A number of Islamic figures have spoken out regarding President\nPrabowo Subianto\u2019s condolences on the death of Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader\nAyatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei. Khamenei died in a joint attack\nlaunched by the United States and Israel on Iran on 28 February\n2026.<\/p>\n
Commentary by several Islamic figures was delivered after they\nattended an iftar with President Prabowo at the Istana Kepresidenan in\nJakarta yesterday. Attendees included ulama, Islamic civil society\norganisations, and leaders of pesantren (Islamic boarding schools).<\/p>\n
Jimly Asshiddiqie, chair of the Advisory Board of the Indonesian\nMuslim Intellectuals Association (ICMI), said Prabowo\u2019s condolence\nstatement was a fitting step. According to Jimly, as the world\u2019s largest\nMuslim-majority country and a nation that subscribes to Pancasila,\nbelief in the one God, and humanity that is just and civilised,\nIndonesia cannot accept a barbaric murder.<\/p>\n
The former Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court added that\nIndonesia should also play a more strategic role in bridging conflicts\nand tensions among Islamic countries.<\/p>\n
Yahya Cholil Staquf, the general chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU),\nsaid Prabowo\u2019s expression of condolence is a normal and humane\nresponse.<\/p>\n
For Yahya, equally important is concrete efforts by various parties\nto stop violence and conflict. \u2018We have no choice but to strive with all\nour might for peace. Stop the war, peace now. There is no other\nalternative. Otherwise, no one will be saved. This violence must be\nended by any means,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n
He also emphasised the importance of leveraging various forums and\ninternational cooperation mechanisms at Indonesia\u2019s disposal to push for\npeace, including Indonesia\u2019s membership in the Board of Peace, also\nknown as the Dewan Perdamaian, initiated by the United States.<\/p>\n
\u2018Look, we find ways to use the BoP for peace. Whatever we have in\nhand, let\u2019s use it. If we need to dig a hole and have no shovel, we can\ndig with a spoon,\u2019 Yahya said.<\/p>\n
Separately, the organisation Front Pembela Islam (FPI) asked\nPresident Prabowo to publicly convey condolences on the death of\nAyatollah Ali Khamenei. FPI\u2019s Central Leadership Council\u2019s Secretary of\nthe Syura, Habib Hanif Alatas, said the request came as a mandate from\nformer FPI Grand Imam Habib Rizieq Shihab, conveyed through him.<\/p>\n
\u2018Today we asked, a mandate from Habib Rizieq, because Iran is also a\nfriendly country. We ask the President not to rely only on the Foreign\nMinister to convey condolences, but for the President to express\ncondolences publicly,\u2019 Hanif told the Presidential Palace complex in\nJakarta on Thursday, 5 March 2026.<\/p>\n
He stressed that Iran is a friend of Indonesia. Therefore, Iran\nshould receive support, particularly as it faces attacks on its\nsovereignty.<\/p>\n
During the occasion, FPI also called for Indonesia to withdraw from\nBoP. Hanif said the request had been formally conveyed via a letter left\nwith one of the ministers to be given to President Prabowo.<\/p>\n
\u2018We have delivered the letter, left with one of his ministers, and we\nhave told the President that Indonesia should withdraw from BoP. Not\nbecause we do not trust the President, but because we do not trust\nAmerica, nor Israel,\u2019 he said.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/islamic-figures-comment-on-prabowos-condolences-to-khamenei-1772773237", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }