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Tackling Environmental Issues Through Fatwas The Indonesian government seems to be getting Muslim clerics to take on larger and larger roles in the nation’s efforts to tackle environmental issues and in government policies. This week the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) issued a fatwa on mining practices, a result of a memorandum of understanding between MUI and the [...] After The Sea Burial, Now The Controversies Now that the US Navy Seal Team 6 members have done their job in eliminating America’s most wanted enemy, Osama bin Laden, and the crew of the USS Carl Vinson have given the body a sea burial, questions are now being asked as to whether the Americans followed proper Islamic rites for [...] 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 [...] How Muslims In Certain Countries View Christmas So Christmas as a Christian festival/holiday has disappeared from the 2011 EU calendar. Will Christmas be celebrated in Europe next year, EU calendar’s omission notwithstanding? But what about the $11 million Christmas tree in Muslim Abu Dhabi in the UAE? How do Muslims view Christmas? “Excessive And Provocative” Over in Indonesia, the [...] “No Need To Demolish Such Mosques” Recently Indonesian Muslims discovered that they had been praying in the wrong direction all this while. Earlier the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) issued a fatwa stating that the correct direction to face Mecca is westward. But it later admitted that it was wrong. Praying westward means praying towards Somalia or Kenya, [...] 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 [...] “This is not the Indonesia I once knew” A recent survey has thrown up an interesting answer to this age long question: Why are Indonesian Muslims still vulnerable to being radicalized? Though not exactly unexpected, the result is nevertheless a reconfirmation that Indonesia – the world’s most populous Muslim nation – is susceptible to Islamic radicalization. Indeed [...] 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 [...] MUI Now Says Kopi Luwak Is Halal Earlier reports said that 2 of Indonesia’s main Muslim organizations are discussing a possible fatwa concerning the highly prized and world famous coffee bean known locally as Kopi Luwak. But now, the Indonesian Council of Ulama (MUI) has decided that Kopi Luwak is halal afterall. What Is Kopi Luwak? Kopi Luwak (civet [...] Transvestites Banned From Working In Beauty Salons What is a transvestite? Now a group of Islamic boarding schools (pesantren) meeting in East Java last week came up with an answer – transvestites are still male. And following from that, they concluded that it is not permissible for females to have their hair cut by transvestites at beauty salons. [...] |
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