PK calls for united Muslims

BOGOR, West Java: Presidential candidate Didin Hafidhuddin of Justice Party (PK) renewed on Saturday a call for Muslim parties to unite.

In his address to 4,000 PK supporters flocking Sampur soccer field here, Didin said his party was prepared to take the job of mediating all Muslim-oriented parties contesting the poll.

"It's no use winning the elections if unity among Muslims is the price we have to pay. There is only one phrase which needs voicing in this big war against tyranny: joining forces," Didin said.

He said Muslim parties should focus their struggle on advocating justice, which is in line with Islamic values.

But he guaranteed that the non-Muslim community would not be pushed aside if his party won the elections because Islam teaches people to love each other.

"One of our woman activists was threatened once by three supporters of a certain party who said the first thing they would do would be to crush PK if their party won. But she replied: 'If my party wins, you're the first we will protect'," Didin recalled. (24)