Public Disturbing, West Aceh Regency Government Bans Wahhabi Salafi Recitation Activities

West Aceh Regent H Ramli MS, banned the teaching of Wahhabi Salafi ideology. (photo: doc. between)

JAKARTA – The West Aceh Regency Government has officially banned all recitation activities on Wahhabi Salafi teachings (Salifus Salih) which have been centered in the Jabir Al-Ka'biy Meulaboh Mosque, located in Drien Rampak Village, Johan Pahlawan District.

The decision was stated in the Letter of the Regent of Aceh Barat Number: 300/75/2022 dated January 28, 2022 which was signed by the Regent of Aceh Barat H Ramli MS, and copied to various parties including the Forkompimda.

"We have banned this activity because of unrest among the ulama, including recommendations from scholars from the south west coast of Aceh," said West Aceh Regent H Ramli MS in Meulaboh to ANTARA, Sunday.

In addition to stopping the Wahhabi Salafi teaching activities, said Ramli MS, the West Aceh District Government also banned the spread of Wahhabi Salafi teachings (Salifus Salih) throughout West Aceh District.

Not only that, the local government also prohibited the group of worshipers from performing Friday prayers at the Jabir Al-Ka'biy Meulaboh Mosque, according to the decision of the Regional Leadership Communication Forum (Forkompimda) of West Aceh Regency.

Ramli MS said the ban on Friday prayers at the prayer room located on Jalan Sentosa, Drien Rampak Village, Johan Pahlawan District, West Aceh Regency because the prayer room was not registered as a mosque at the Office of the Ministry of Religion of West Aceh Regency, in the Mosque Information System (SIMAS) application. Ministry of Religion of the Republic of Indonesia.

He also explained that the ban on the teaching in West Aceh, apart from getting rejection from the ulama from the districts of Aceh Jaya, West Aceh, Nagan Raya, Southwest Aceh, South Aceh, Subulussalam City, and Aceh Singkil, also received rejection from the people of Drien Rampak Village. , Johan Pahlawan District, West Aceh according to a letter dated March 5, 2021.

West Aceh Regent H Ramli MS also asked the administrators of the Jabir Al-Ka'biy Meulaboh Mosque to immediately stop their activities since the letter was signed.

Instead, he ordered the Gampong (Village) Government of Drien Rampak Meulaboh, to immediately form a new management in the local prayer room as well as manage the said prayer room.