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Charged With Blasphemy And Possibly Also Falsifying Documents Alexander Aan, a 31-year-old civil servant in the Dharmasraya regency of West Sumatra, who was arrested and charged with blasphemy about a fortnight ago, may now face second charge, that of falsifying documents. The first charge came about because of what Alexander Aan wrote on the Facebook fan page, [...] “A Fawa Is Non-Binding” There are plenty of fatwas issued by Muslim clerics. These fatwas can be confusing if not contradictory. It is not uncommon for clerics on one side to issue fatwas to counter fatwas issued by the other side. And then there are fatwas that are are somewhat hilarious, even bordering on the absurb. So what [...] Fatwa Against Movie That “Pollutes The Morality” Of Muslims Indonesia’s hardcore Muslim organization, the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) has just succeeded in censoring a locally produced movie on the private TV station, SCTV. Calling it a movie that “pollutes the morality” of Muslims, the Islamic Defenders Front demonstrated in front of the Jakarta office of the TV station [...] Reasons For Fear The Ahmadiyah sect in Indonesia fears a resurgence of attacks by Islamic radicals during Ramadan, the Holy Month. Ramadan has been used as an excuse by hardliners to “purge” unholiness, which for them includes the Ahmadiyah sect, explained Firdaus Mubarik, spokesman for the Indonesian Ahmadiyah Congregation (JAI). He added, “A mosque in Taskimalaya was [...] No Agreement It sounded like a straight forward question – What is Islam’s position on saluting the national flag and anthem? But when Cholil Ridwan, a leader of the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) answered that question in his regualr column on sharia-related issues in Suara Islam (Voice of Islam), he received heavy flaks from his own [...] MUI Says “No Such Thing” In Islam What can one say about the recent comment by Ramli Mansur, the West Aceh district head who is also the leader of the Aceh Party, that women who don’t comply with Shariah law in the manner of dressing are “asking to get raped”? Ramli Mansur is the one who sponsored [...] Indonesian Government Switches From GlaxoSmithKline To New Novartis Vaccine Since 2006, the government of Saudi Arabai has insisted that all Muslims making the pilgrimage to Mecca must be vacinated against meningitis. All this while, there is only one medically approved vaccine for meningitis, produced by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). Now the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) has issued a fatwa [...] While Indonesia’s 2 largest Muslim organizations and the Indonesia Government is still arguing among themselves whether smoking a cigarette is considered “makruh” (meaning “undesirable”) or “haram” (meaning “forbidden”), now there is a shocking news, which if true, would settle the issue immediately. It seems that a Dutch researcher has identified 185 uses of pig haemoglobin (meaning blood). [...] Muhammadiyah, Indonesia’s second-largest Muslim organization, probably expected opposition from smokers and tobacco-related businesses when it issued a fatwa against smoking recently. It compared smoking to suicide which is forbidden in Islam. But now controversy and opposition surround that fatwa. Opposition to the smoking fatwa came from Nahdlatul Ulama, Indonesia’s largest Muslim organization, and the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI). [...] |
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