SEVERAL hundred Islamic clerics from Central Java came together in the branch office of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) mass Muslim organization in Jepara, Saturday, two weeks ago, to discuss the status of the fiqih (Islamic rules) in relation to a nuclear power plant (PLTN), which is planned to be built in Muria, Jepara, Central Java.

“A large portion of the participants are of the opinion that construction of the Muria PLTN is haram (forbidden),” st