Ulemas threaten to close down dump

Ulemas threaten to close down dump

TANGERANG: At least 100 ulemas from several districts in
Tangerang warned the regental administration that they would
close down the local dump if the planned haj dormitory was not
built in Sepatan district.

"Banten Governor Djoko Munandar chose Sepatan as the location
for the haj dormitory on July 28," said Nuryadi on Thursday while
leading the protest toward the administration's offices.

"If the Banten and Tangerang administrations insist on
building the dormitory in Curug district, we will close down the
dump site," he said.

The Tangerang administration moved the construction from
Sepatan to Curug, because developer PT Lippo Karawaci had
provided a 12-hectare plot of land there.

Nuryadi had led the ulemas to the Ministry of Religious
Affairs on Wednesday, but failed to meet minister Said Agiel
Munawar.

"The minister's assistant (Muslim Aulani) promised to support
the construction of the dormitory in Sepatan," he claimed. -- JP