PBNU General Chairman Said Aqil Cited Wahhabi And Salafi Teachings As The Gateway To Terrorism

General Chairman of the Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) Executive Board KH Said Aqil Siradj / Antara

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) Executive Board KH Said Aqil Siradj said Wahabi and Salafi teachings were one of the entry points for terrorism in Indonesia.

"If we really agree, one line wants to face, exhaust or eliminate the network of terrorism and radicalism, the seeds must be dealt with. The seeds are the entrance that we have to finish. What? Wahabi. Wahhabi teachings are the entrance to terrorism," said Said. Aqil in a webinar entitled 'Preventing Radicalism and Terrorism to Generate Social Harmony', which was broadcast by TVNU, on YouTube, reported by Antara, Tuesday, March 30.

However, he emphasized that Wahabi teachings are not terrorism, but the entrance to terrorism because his teachings are considered extreme teachings.

"Wahhabi is not terrorism but an entrance. If you are Wahhabi, this is idolatrous, this is idolatry, this is 'biddah', this is not allowed, this is deviant, this is 'dholal', this is kafir, that is one more step, another 'step'. the blood can be killed lawful. So the seeds of entry for terrorism are Wahabi and Salafi. Wahabi and Salafi are extreme teachings, "said Said Aqil.

He said the suicide bombing in front of the Makassar Cathedral Church, South Sulawesi, on Sunday (28/3) showed the latent danger of terrorism still threatening Indonesia.

The latent danger facing Indonesia, he said, was no longer communism or the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), but terrorism and radicalism.

"Sorry, I dare to say that the PKI is not our latent danger, but radicalism and terrorism that always threatens us," he explained.

According to the information he received, he said, there were still six thousand suspected terrorists who had not been caught by the police.

Said Aqil also suspected that this terrorist group was part of the Jamaah Asharut Daulah (JAD) network.

This group could be more extreme than the Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid led by Abu Bakar Baasyir because JAD considered that all parties who opposed them were kafir.

"Unlike Ansharut Tauhid, JAT Abu Bakar Baasyir is the target of non-Muslims, churches, non-Muslims who must be eliminated. For JAD, all of us have legal blood," he said.

He also asked the police not to hesitate in taking action against terrorist groups and networks in Indonesia.

Moreover, Islam and the Koran never teach violence, let alone acts of terrorism to kill other people.

"I hope the police do not hesitate and are hesitant in eradicating terrorism. If you want arguments, I will give you the arguments," said Said Aqil.