RI clerics to join Islamic meeting

Tue, 29 Jun 2004, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA: Indonesia has sent five representatives from the
country's largest and second largest Muslim organizations,
Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah respectively, to a conference of
clerics and Muslim intellectuals being held in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, this week.

The Ministry for Religious Affairs said in a statement the
five clerics were former minister Tarmizi Taher, Abdul Rasyd
Fanai, Abu Yamin Roham, Yunahar Ilyas and Tabrani Syabirin.

Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is expected to
open the meeting, which will run from June 29 to July 1. --
Antara

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