West Kalimantan MUI Asks Muslims To Be Polite And Not Anarchist In Responding To Ahmadiyah Problems

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Ulema Council of West Kalimantan (West Kalimantan) Province asked Muslims to prioritize politeness in addressing the problem of the Ahmadiyah congregation following the destruction of a place of worship for the Ahmadiyah congregation in Balai Harapan Village, Temunak District, Sintang Regency, on September 3, 2021. Sintang, MUI invites Muslims to deal with Ahmadiyah in a polite, non-anarchic, and not violent manner," said West Kalimantan MUI chairman M Basri Har in Pontianak, Tuesday. Ahmadiyah congregation worship in Sintang and calm the Muslims in their respective areas. "So as not to be provoked and provoked," he said.

He also asked all parties to exercise restraint so as not to cloud the atmosphere and hand over the handling of cases of destruction of places of worship for the Ahmadiyah congregation to law enforcement officers. Basri explained that the MUI had submitted a fatwa regarding the Ahmadiyya sect, namely that the sect was outside of Islam. According to the MUI fatwa, Muslims who followed this sect had left Islam and asked those who already followed it to return to the true teachings of Islam. Meanwhile, in its fatwa, the MUI stated that the government is obliged to prohibit the spread of Ahmadiyah ideology throughout Indonesia and freeze the organization and close all places of its activities.