Be Alert, Heretical Sects Target The Younger Generation In Aceh

Documentation - Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion Aceh Iqbal while attending a consultation meeting on the handling of religious understanding 2021 in Banda Aceh City. (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) Aceh is wary of the spread of deviant sects targeting the younger generation in the province nicknamed Veranda of Mecca, so it requires the cooperation of all parties to stem it. watch out. This movement is considered to be targeting the younger generation who still lack religious knowledge, including the need to be aware of the spread of new understandings through the development of information technology (IT). mislead our children who are easily influenced by IT," he said as quoted by Antara, Wednesday, November 24. His party invited the Ulama Consultative Council (MPU) and the Ministry of Religion representatives of 23 districts/cities throughout Aceh as well as Islamic organizations to discuss the issue.

According to him, consultation meetings with ulemas are important to identify and detect the emergence of deviant movements or sects in Aceh as well as the resolution steps. or religious movements that are deviant and misleading in Aceh," said Iqbal. Although in Aceh there are not many misleading religious sects, we must remain vigilant. "Even though there is one sect, he said, it must be anticipated and must be watched out for, don't assume it's just one, we can handle it. many. Even though there are many if they don't move, maybe they are less problematic than one, but they are active," said Iqbal. Head of Mosque, Hisab, Rukyat and Sharia Guidance for the Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion of Aceh Province Alfirdaus Putra said the results of the meeting would produce a recommendation from resource persons "Recommendations from this meeting will be conveyed to the MPU regarding the handling of religious understanding in Aceh and we will convey this recommendation to the Sub-Directorate for Religious Understanding of the Ministry of Religion of the Republic of Indonesia," he said.