RI urged to promote peaceful Islam

RI urged to promote peaceful Islam

JAKARTA: Rabithah Alam Islami (the World Islamic League) has
asked Indonesia to promote the image of Islam as a peaceful
religion on the international stage following a series of
terrorist attacks by fundamentalists.

Heading a delegation from the organization on a visit to
Indonesia, Abdullah bin Abdul Muhsin At Turki, the secretary-
general of the organization, said on Saturday that the request
was reasonable given that Indonesia was the most populous Muslim
country in the world,

After a meeting at the official residence of Vice President
Jusuf Kalla, he said that the league had always campaigned to
convince people that terrorism was un-Islamic.

The delegation, which had some US$300,000 stolen from a hotel
here, has met with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and a
number of religious leaders. -- JP