Moslems protest liquor regulation
Moslems protest liquor regulation
BOGOR, West Java (JP): More than 500 Moslems attended over the
weekend a mass prayer session at the Al-Huda mosque in the Timah
Kelapa housing complex of Cimanggis, Bogor, to protest a
provincial regulation on alcohol distribution fees.
The gathering, held under the theme of "Liquor and the
Decadence of the Young Generation," heard a single speech given
by Habib Abubakar Al-Habsyi, a local Moslem leader.
"The revenues to be derived from the liquor distribution fees
will be very small, while the punishment in hell later on will be
very painful," Habib Abubakar said.
He supported his point by citing the moral decadence of other
foreign countries brought on by the sale of liquor.
Habib urged the chairman of the Indonesian Council of Ulemas,
Hasan Basri, and Minister of Home Affairs Yogie S. Memed to not
ratify the provincial regulation, arguing that enforcing the
ruling would amount to the legalization of liquor distribution.
Separately, Abdullah Muadz, who sponsored the mass prayer,
said that the gathering was held to express strong objection to
the regulation.
"This mass prayer gathering is a courteous demonstration of
our rejection of the regulation," he said.
Abdullah expressed great concern that the new ruling might
expand the sales of liquor. (21/26)
BOGOR, West Java (JP): More than 500 Moslems attended over the
weekend a mass prayer session at the Al-Huda mosque in the Timah
Kelapa housing complex of Cimanggis, Bogor, to protest a
provincial regulation on alcohol distribution fees.
The gathering, held under the theme of "Liquor and the
Decadence of the Young Generation," heard a single speech given
by Habib Abubakar Al-Habsyi, a local Moslem leader.
"The revenues to be derived from the liquor distribution fees
will be very small, while the punishment in hell later on will be
very painful," Habib Abubakar said.
He supported his point by citing the moral decadence of other
foreign countries brought on by the sale of liquor.
Habib urged the chairman of the Indonesian Council of Ulemas,
Hasan Basri, and Minister of Home Affairs Yogie S. Memed to not
ratify the provincial regulation, arguing that enforcing the
ruling would amount to the legalization of liquor distribution.
Separately, Abdullah Muadz, who sponsored the mass prayer,
said that the gathering was held to express strong objection to
the regulation.
"This mass prayer gathering is a courteous demonstration of
our rejection of the regulation," he said.
Abdullah expressed great concern that the new ruling might
expand the sales of liquor. (21/26)