MUI: 1,000 Ulama In Indonesia Will Attend Ijtima Ulama In Babylon

Deputy Chairman of the MUI Fatwa Commission Prof. Dr H Abdulrahman Dahlan (ANTARA/Aprionist)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) stated that as many as 1,000 scholars throughout Indonesia will attend Ijtima Ulama VIII in Sungailiat, Bangka Regency, Bangka Belitung Islands, from May 28 to 29.

"God willing, these 1,000 scholars will attend this year's Ijtima Ulama," said Deputy Chairman of the MUI Fatwa Commission Prof. Dr. H Abdulrahman Dahlan after attending the coordination meeting to prepare for securing the working visit of Vice President Ma'ruf Amin in Pangkalpinang as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, May 22.

Ijtima Ulama VIII in Sungailiat, Bangka Regency will open Vice President Ma'ruf Amin and 1,000 scholars throughout Indonesia will participate.

"Currently, some scholars have confirmed their presence, but some of them still have problems attending this year's Ijtima Ulama in Sungailiat," said Abdulrahman.

According to him, the reason why Babel hosted Ijtima Ulama this year, was because twice the MUI held national and international scale activities in Serupun Sebalai Country, which was a huge success.

"This is special, because twice the MUI held an event in Bangka Belitung and both were great successes, so that many changes were obtained in the development of insight and thought donations, ideas for the government in realizing conducive and harmonious in society," he said.

Abdulrahman hopes that these 1,000 scholars will attend this year's Ijtima Ulama to discuss various actual problems faced by people in Indonesia.

"At least three-quarters of these scholars attended this year's Ijtima Ulama," he said.