BANDAR LAMPUNG - The government is battling radical ideas that have infiltrated various lines of this nation. Thankfully, none of the Islamic boarding schools owned by Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) throughout Indonesia have been exposed to radicalism.
This was emphasized by the General Chair of PBNU KH Said Aqil Siroj when giving an accountability report at the Raden Intan State Islamic University Lampung, Thursday, December 23.
KH Said Aqil said that PBNU understands that radicalism is caused by a narrow and rigid religious understanding. Narrow and rigid religious understanding is usually built by narrow knowledge.
The education that is built is usually not able to clearly distinguish the true religious values and those that are actually being misused.
"PBNU guarantees that none of the dai-dai have radical views. None of the NU Islamic boarding schools has been infiltrated and contaminated with radicalism," said KH Said.
PBNU also supports the issuance of an Anti-terrorism Law that is sharper and more capable of anticipating the potential for acts of terrorism. KH Said campaigned for educational institutions within NU to build the critical power of the younger generation in digesting information in cyberspace.
"Because radicalism has infiltrated a lot through the world of education," he continued.
"PBNU also asks the Ministry of Communication and Information to firmly close sites that spread radicalism, because this is where the roots of understanding that foster acts of terrorism come from," he asserted.
Under his leadership for two terms, KH Said Aqil ensured that he was active in maintaining unity and integrity in Indonesia. With the various practices and beliefs of the people that are so great, the role of NU is not only to shape the nation's civilization, but also to be an inspiration for world civilization.
"NU's work in countering the undermining of groups that want to change the nation's ideology has received recognition from Indonesia. A number of countries appreciate the role and extension of NU in maintaining peace in diversity, tolerance in diversity, harmony, and the integrity of nations," said KH Said Aqil.
In the Indonesian context, NU is an organization that plays an important role in the integration of Islam and the state. It is proven until now, continued KH Said Aqil, that NU is committed to maintaining the existence of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI) and consistently maintaining the ideology of Pancasila, the 1945 Constitution.
"NU consistently rejects any group that wants to change the shape of the state, both a religious state and a secular state," he said.
"NU supports the government to disband organizations that wish to promote the caliphate in Indonesia. NU also considers that the 212 movement is not a revival of Muslims but a political movement. Its originators clearly have political goals and motives in the name of Islam," he said.
The LPJ reading session was held behind closed doors. Even so, speakers that emit sound from inside the room can be heard for participants outside the trial location. After Said Aqil's accountability report, a number of plenary participants expressed their views.
Then M Nuh as chairman of the trial concluded that the plenary session agreed that Said Aqil's PBNU accountability report was accepted.
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