Scholars from RI, Malaysia plan meeting<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Muslim religious leaders from Indonesia and Malaysia are
\nconsidering organizing a meeting of Southeast Asian ulema to deal
\nwith religious problems in the region.<\/p>\n
Chairman of the Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) H. Amidhan
\nsaid here on Thursday that the proposed meeting would discuss
\nproblems related to akidah or faith.<\/p>\n
"Hopefully, Southeast Asian ulema will be able to prevent
\nMuslim akidah from being influenced by apostate teachings,"
\nAmidhan was quoted by Antara as saying on Thursday.<\/p>\n
He noted that deviant Islamic sects were flourishing in
\nSoutheast Asia, including Ahmadiyah and Jema'ah Islam in
\nIndonesia, and Kumpulan Militant Muslim (Muslim Militant Group)
\nin Malaysia.<\/p>\n
The government has banned both Ahmadiyah and Jema'ah Islam in
\nIndonesia, but their communities are still present in a number of
\nprovinces throughout the country.<\/p>\n
Recently residents in East Lombok destroyed mosques and houses
\nbelonging to members of Ahmadiyah and Jema'ah Islam in Indonesia
\nfor allegedly practicing a deviant form of Islam.<\/p>\n
The MUI, Amidhan said, was also studying whether the material
\ntaught at Al Zaitun Islamic boarding school in the West Java town
\nof Indramayu deviated from Islam.<\/p>\n
The school has been at the center of a controversy with
\nmembers of the public accusing it of deviating from the teachings
\nof Islam. Malaysia has stopped sending its citizens to study at
\nAl Zaitun pending clarification from MUI, Amidhan said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, chief of the MUI's committee for fatwa (edicts)
\nMa'rum Amin expressed hope that the meeting of Southeast Asian
\nulema would discuss procedures for issuing fatwa.<\/p>\n
He said the meeting needed to issue a fatwa on halal
\n(permitted by Islam) food, sharia with regards profit-and-loss-
\nsharing, banking and insurance companies.<\/p>\n
In view of new problems related to Islamic law, he deemed it
\nnecessary to revive such a meeting which was last organized in
\n1992.<\/p>",
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