Viral Photos Of Anies Baswedan-Hidayat Nur Wahid With ISIS Leader Sheikh Yusuf, Check The Facts!

Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan (Photo: Twitter @aniesbaswedan)

JAKARTA - Photos of DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan and MPR Deputy Chairman Hidayat Nur Wahid with Syeikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi spread on Twitter social media after the suicide bombing that occurred at the Makassar Cathedral Church, Sunday, March 28.

The photo of their togetherness was retweeted by former Democrat Ferdinand Hutahaean on his personal Twitter, @ FerdinandHaean3, Tuesday, March 30. In the photo narrative, Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi is called the leader of ISIS.

"Sir Wahid, can you explain this photo in what context? Don't talk too much about the BNPT budget going up but terror and radicalism are rising",

"Why did you meet this person with Anies Baswedan yourself? Can you explain in what framework?", tweeted Ferdinand.

Sir Wahid, can you explain this photo in what context? Don't talk too much about the BNPT budget going up but terror and radicalism are rising. Why did you meet this person with Anies Baswedan yourself? Can you explain in what framework? https://t.co/DLV1vzZpUN

- Ferdinand Hutahaean (@FerdinandHaean3) March 30, 2021

This photo apparently circulated in 2017. Reporting from liputan6.com Syeikh Yusuf is not affiliated with ISIS. Even the British Telegraph media, Sheikh Yusuf criticized the ISIS declaration by one of its leaders, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi in 2014.

This can be seen through the following link. At that time, Baghdadi claimed to be the caliph named Ibrahim. But Qaradawi considered the declaration to violate sharia law and a potential danger to Sunnis in Iraq and the uprising in Syria.

"The Caliph can only be given by all Muslims, not by one group", said Qaradawi.

Quoted from Turnbackhoax.id, who examined the facts of the same photo in 2017, Yusuf al-Qaradawi was not a leader or founder of ISIS. In fact, several of his statements criticized the activities of ISIS. Qaradawi is an activist of the Ikhwanul Muslimin in Egypt.