The decision to ban Ajnomoto taste enhancer was taken at a stormy meeting of the Indonesian Council of Ulemas. It took four sessions lasting over a period of one month before the 30 or so participating Muslim legal experts and chemists reached agreement. Ma’ruf Amin, chairman of Komisi Fatwa, a commission charged with issuing fatwa (decree) on religious issues affecting the Muslim community, was said to have brought in piles of books on Is