Investigate Ade Armando, Abu Janda, and Grace Natalie: Dozens of Islamic Mass Organisations Convinced the Trio Will Go to Prison

The controversy surrounding an edited video clip of a sermon by Indonesia’s 10th and 12th Vice President, Jusuf Kalla (JK), has entered a new phase. Dozens of Islamic mass organisations (ormas) under the Alliance of Islamic Mass Organisations for Religious Harmony have officially reported several figures to the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim Polri). The three names reported are Ade Armando, Permadi Arya, and Grace Natalie. The report has been registered under number LP/B/185/V/2026/SPKT/BARESKRIM POLRI, dated 4 May 2026. Representative of the complainants from LBH Syarikat Islam/SEMMI, Gurun Arisastra, emphasised that this legal action was taken after they assessed the existence of narratives deemed to mislead the public. “I, Gurun Ari Sastra, am one of the complainants in this matter, from the Legal Aid Institute of the Indonesian Muslim Students’ Union and the Legal Aid Institute of Syarikat Islam, along with LBH Muhammadiyah, Hidayatullah, AFKN, and other organisations, have reported three figures: Ade Armando, then Permadi Arya, and also Grace Natalie,” he told reporters, quoted on Tuesday, 5 May 2026. According to him, the issue stems from the circulation of JK’s sermon video shown only in part, thus sparking perceptions deemed incomplete in society. “In which they framed that Mr JK in his sermon video was accused regarding the discussion of Christian religious teachings related to martyrdom,” he said. However, Gurun continued, in the full version of the sermon, there is no such discussion as perceived. He stated that the actual context relates to concerns about how society understands a particular teaching. Similar scrutiny was also voiced by the Secretary General of KAHMI, Syamsul Qomar. He assessed that the substance of Jusuf Kalla’s sermon actually carries a message of peace, not the opposite. “Whereas the substance of the sermon when he delivered it to the people of Maluku and Poso during that conflict brought peace,” Syamsul said. He even believes the filed report has a strong basis and could lead to legal consequences for the reported parties. “But then by Ade Armando and his associates, that peace-bringing statement was framed in such a way that it could become a new dispute. That is what we do not want, and therefore with very strong evidence, we are convinced that those three people will go to prison,” he stated.