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        "id": 1130095,
        "msgid": "east-jakarta-officials-came-to-the-defense-of-the-islamic-liberal-1447899208",
        "date": "2005-09-16 00:00:00",
        "title": "East Jakarta officials came to the defense of the Islamic Liberal ",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "East Jakarta officials came to the defense of the Islamic Liberal Network (JIL) on Thursday, saying that the organization was legal and could not evicted from the Utan Kayu area as demanded by a group claiming to represent local residents. \"District officials have recognized that we have all the necessary legal documents and therefore there is no reason for any eviction to take place,\" deputy coordinator Nong Darol Mahmada said after a public meeting with Utan Kayu district officials.",
        "content": "<p>East Jakarta officials came to the defense of the Islamic Liberal <br>\nNetwork (JIL) on Thursday, saying that the organization was legal <br>\nand could not evicted from the Utan Kayu area as demanded by a <br>\ngroup claiming to represent local residents.<\/p>\n<p>\"District officials have recognized that we have all the <br>\nnecessary legal documents and therefore there is no reason for <br>\nany eviction to take place,\" deputy coordinator Nong Darol <br>\nMahmada said after a public meeting with Utan Kayu district <br>\nofficials.<\/p>\n<p>Utan Kayu Utara sub-district and East Jakarta municipality <br>\nofficials supported the statement, telling the meeting that \"JIL <br>\nis legally recognized.\"<\/p>\n<p>Previously, the Utan Kayu Muslim Forum led by Ustadz <br>\nSyafruddin Tandjung, who claimed to represent residents, branded  <br>\nJIL an illegal group and threatened to evict it from the area.<\/p>\n<p>At a meeting last week with several district and police sub-<br>\nprecinct officials, JIL presented documents showing the group had <br>\nbeen legally registered. Tandjung and Imam Pambudi, a <br>\nrepresentative from a neighboring mosque, failed to show up.<\/p>\n<p>Nong told the meeting he hoped the support from district <br>\nofficials would resolve the issue positively.<\/p>\n<p>Muslim hard-liners have been pushing for the eviction of JIL <br>\nsince the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) issued a much-criticized <br>\nedict in July, outlawing all forms of liberalism, secularism and <br>\npluralism.<\/p>\n<p>Reports surfaced earlier last month that members of the <br>\nreligious vigilante group, the Islam Defenders Front (FPI), <br>\nplanned to attack the JIL office. The building was put under <br>\ntight police guard and the threat failed to materialize.<\/p>\n<p>Established in 2001, JIL developed from interfaith dialog at <br>\nthe Institute for Free Flow of Information (ISAI). The group aims <br>\nto promote an openness of ijtihad (interpretation) in all aspects <br>\nof the Islamic faith.<\/p>\n<p>At Thursday's meeting, JIL's legal representatives Todung <br>\nMulya Lubis and Nono Anwar Makarim said any attack against the <br>\norganization would be a violation of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Nono cited articles from the Constitution protecting the <br>\nfreedom to practice one's religious beliefs. The group would deal <br>\nwith future violations of these human rights in the courts, he <br>\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>\"We have seen this official support as a positive sign and <br>\nwill not initiate any legal processes unless forced to,\" Nong <br>\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>\"After all, we are not aiming to offend anyone.\"<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/east-jakarta-officials-came-to-the-defense-of-the-islamic-liberal-1447899208",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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