As the US bombs began raining on Afghanistan on October 7 anger erupted all across the Islamic world, not least in Indonesia. The Indonesian Council of Ulemas (MUI) quickly let its

views be known. In a strongly worded statement last Monday it pressed the government to suspend diplomatic relations with the United States and its allies.

This is the second 'tough' call by the MUI in less than a month. On September 24, it called for a jihad if Ameri