Call for peace in Aceh during Ramadhan

Call for peace in Aceh during Ramadhan

BANDA ACEH: The Aceh provincial legislative council called for the two conflicting sides to stop violence in the restive province during the Ramadhan fasting month.

"We appeal to both security authorities and the Free Aceh Separatist Movement (GAM) to stop all forms of violence to allow all Muslim locals to perform their religious fast during the fasting month," Zainal Abidin, secretary of the legislative council's Commission F on religious affairs, said here on Thursday.

He said all parties should be eager to not only call on the United States and its allies to stop their strike against Afghan Muslims, but also to be able to create a conducive situation at home.

"Blood will continue flowing and the death toll will continue rising in the province unless the violence is stopped and the prolonged conflict resolved," he said. --Antara