Miftachul Akhyar Becomes MUI General Chairman, Ma'ruf Amin: Cannot Be Harassed

Representative Presiden Ma'ruf Amin (Photo: instragram @marufamin)

JAKARTA - Rais Aam Executive Board of Nahdatul Ulama (NU) Miftachul Akhyar has been appointed as the General Chair of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) for the 2020-2025 period replacing Ma'ruf Amin who is currently the Vice President. This determination was produced by the MUI X National Deliberation Formation team (Munas), whose meetings were held behind closed doors.

In addition to establishing Miftachul Akhyar, this formation also appointed Amirsyah as Secretary General of MUI replacing Buya Anwar Abbas. Meanwhile Buya Anwar Abbas, Marsyudi Suhud, and Buya Basri Bermanda were appointed as deputy chairmen.

According to the Chairman of the Formation Team for Munas X MUI, Ma'ruf Amin, the results agreed at the meeting should not be contested. This is because the results of this meeting went through a good process.

"The atmosphere was very fluid, not tough. So, thank God, the meeting resulted in a decision from the daily board and the advisory council. The results must not be contested," said Ma'ruf as quoted in a written statement, Friday, November 27.

Furthermore, this formation team also appointed Vice President Ma'ruf Amin as Chair of the MUI Advisory Council for the 2020-2025 period. Ma'ruf then brought several MUI daily administrators in the previous period. The two names of the Deputy Chairmen of the MUI for the 2015-2020 period, namely Buya Zainut Tauhid Sa'adi and Muhyiddin Junaidi were chosen by the Deputy Chairperson of the MUI Advisory Council 2020-2025.

Not only that, there is another name from the previous period who is now serving in the advisory council as deputy secretary to accompany the Secretary of the MUI Advisory Council Dadang Kahmad. They are Maman Abdurrahman who previously served as Head of Research and Studies and Zaitun Rasmin who was previously deputy secretary of MUI for Islamic brotherhood and foreign relations.

In addition to establishing new management formations, Munas X MUI produced a number of decisions and a number of fatwas including fatwas regarding human diploid cells or cells originating from parts of the human body as ingredients for the production of drugs and vaccines as well as fatwas regarding the Hajj list from an early age.