Vice President Ma'ruf Amin Affirms Final NKRI, Calls Khilafatul Muslimin Deviant

JAKARTA - Vice President Ma'ruf Amin emphasized that the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI) is final in accordance with national agreements, so that the concept of caliphate must be stopped because it violates the agreement.

This was stated by the Vice President in response to the existence of the Khilafatul Muslimin organization which campaigns for the caliphate ideology.

"I think it's clear that his response is distorted, because we in Indonesia have a national agreement that our country is a Republic. The Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia is final. So if there is a caliphate, it violates the national agreement that has become the structural basis," said the Vice President after inaugurating Tedung Center for Islamic and Arabic Studies (PUSIBA), in Bekasi, West Java, reported by Antara, Wednesday, June 22.

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin said the Khilafatul Muslimin organization had to be stopped and its former followers would be rehabilitated.

Previously, the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD stated that the handling of the Khilafatul Muslimin community organization which was considered a threat to the ideology of the State still had to pay attention to human rights.

Mahfud emphasized that the purpose of establishing the Khilafatul Muslimin mass organization was to spread the caliphate ideology, and was considered to be contrary to the Pancasila ideology.

"We will brush off the Khilafatul Muslimin if it threatens ideology, but we also pay attention to human rights because it is also the duty of the State to protect human rights," said Mahfud.