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Gus Dur's "NU" ever issued verdict banning Ahmadiyah
NU Online · Jumat, 25 April 2008 | 03:43 WIB
Jakarta, NU Online
Rais Syuriyah (Chairman of Lawmaking Body) of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama KH Ma'ruf Amin said here on Thursday (24/4) that the Indonesia's biggest Muslim organization in the era of KH Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid had ever issued a verdict banning Ahmadiyah in Indonesia.
Ma'ruf said that so far the Ahmadiyah sect had not implemented its 12-point statement that it issued recently to defend its existence in the country both consistently and unresponsibly.<>
Ma'ruf told NU Online that in August 1995 the Syuriyah of the Nahdliyin-based organization ever issued a verdict that Ahmadiyah should be disbanded on account of its misleading teachings. In the meantime the Syuriyah also called on the government to ban its existence in Indonesia.
"Yes, at that time I also involved in formulating the decision," Ma'ruf said, adding that "Gus Dur must know that the PBNU issued the decision. He (Gus Gur) at that time was the chairman of executive board of PBNU."
The government said recently it was preparing a joint decree to outlaw Ahmadiyah following a recommendation by its Coordinating Board for Monitoring Mystical Beliefs in Society (Bakor Pakem).
The board, comprising senior officials of the Attorney General's Office, the National Police, the Religious Affairs Ministry and the Home Ministry, ruled Wednesday that Ahmadiyah failed to commit to the 12-point declaration it signed in January.
The declaration acknowledged mainstream Islamic teachings and abandoned the sect's "deviant" beliefs, including recognizing Mirza Gulam Ahmad, not Muhammad, as the last prophet in Islam.
Facts about Ahmadiyah
* An Islamic sect founded in Qadian, Punjab, India, in 1889 by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1839-1908), who claimed to be the mahdi -- a figure expected by some Muslims to appear at the end of the world.
* The group is guided by a Khalifa (Caliph), its spiritual leader, who claims to commune with the Almighty and be the successor to Mirza Ghulam Ahmad.
* Ahmadiyah entered Indonesia in 1925.
* There are two groups of Ahmadiyah in Indonesia -- Jamaah Ahmadiyah Indonesia (JAI), also known as Ahmadiyah Qodiyani, and Indonesian Ahmadiyah Movement (GAI), also called Ahmadiyah Lahore.
* JAI believes Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was the last prophet after Muhammad, while GAI only considers Mirza to be a reformer.
* The Indonesian Ulema Council declared both JAI and GAI heretical sects.
* Attacks on Ahmadiyah increased following the council's fatwa. (rif)
Rais Syuriyah (Chairman of Lawmaking Body) of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama KH Ma'ruf Amin said here on Thursday (24/4) that the Indonesia's biggest Muslim organization in the era of KH Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid had ever issued a verdict banning Ahmadiyah in Indonesia.
Ma'ruf said that so far the Ahmadiyah sect had not implemented its 12-point statement that it issued recently to defend its existence in the country both consistently and unresponsibly.<>
Ma'ruf told NU Online that in August 1995 the Syuriyah of the Nahdliyin-based organization ever issued a verdict that Ahmadiyah should be disbanded on account of its misleading teachings. In the meantime the Syuriyah also called on the government to ban its existence in Indonesia.
"Yes, at that time I also involved in formulating the decision," Ma'ruf said, adding that "Gus Dur must know that the PBNU issued the decision. He (Gus Gur) at that time was the chairman of executive board of PBNU."
The government said recently it was preparing a joint decree to outlaw Ahmadiyah following a recommendation by its Coordinating Board for Monitoring Mystical Beliefs in Society (Bakor Pakem).
The board, comprising senior officials of the Attorney General's Office, the National Police, the Religious Affairs Ministry and the Home Ministry, ruled Wednesday that Ahmadiyah failed to commit to the 12-point declaration it signed in January.
The declaration acknowledged mainstream Islamic teachings and abandoned the sect's "deviant" beliefs, including recognizing Mirza Gulam Ahmad, not Muhammad, as the last prophet in Islam.
Facts about Ahmadiyah
* An Islamic sect founded in Qadian, Punjab, India, in 1889 by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1839-1908), who claimed to be the mahdi -- a figure expected by some Muslims to appear at the end of the world.
* The group is guided by a Khalifa (Caliph), its spiritual leader, who claims to commune with the Almighty and be the successor to Mirza Ghulam Ahmad.
* Ahmadiyah entered Indonesia in 1925.
* There are two groups of Ahmadiyah in Indonesia -- Jamaah Ahmadiyah Indonesia (JAI), also known as Ahmadiyah Qodiyani, and Indonesian Ahmadiyah Movement (GAI), also called Ahmadiyah Lahore.
* JAI believes Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was the last prophet after Muhammad, while GAI only considers Mirza to be a reformer.
* The Indonesian Ulema Council declared both JAI and GAI heretical sects.
* Attacks on Ahmadiyah increased following the council's fatwa. (rif)
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