JAKARTA - Former Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Rizal Ramli claimed that hateful prejudice against Muslims or Islamophobia was deliberately raised in the country so that the nation's main focus would not be on the problems currently facing the government.
According to the senior economist, Islamophobia is deliberately raised so that the public and intellectuals do not focus on the real problems that are being faced by the nation.
"But the focus is on the problem of radical radicals, this is what will continue to be fried," said Rizal Ramli on the YouTube channel Refly Harun.
Although not mention in detail who raised it. However, Rizal said there was a group that was deliberately formed to make the issue of radicalism even bigger. He called the group "Coro TV".
"Moreover, there is a "Coro TV" group that is funded intentionally to promote Islamophobia, so that people do not focus on the performance of the Jokowi government, or the problems faced by the people, but focus on issues of radicals," he said.
Rizal hoped that what he was feeling right now would be over. He also asked the political elite and all elements of the nation to imitate the attitude and steps of the 4th President of the Republic of Indonesia Abdurrahman Wahid or Gus Dur in fighting for the principle of pluralism during his lifetime.
"It was over during the Gus Dur administration that the SARA issue was over. How come it continues to be enlarged? So that the people will make a fuss on their own," he said.
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