Indonesian Council of Ulama (MUI) Chair Ma’ruf Amin: I Called on the Ulama to Support Jokowi

MA’RUF Amin was among the ulama (Islamic scholars) who denounced a statement by former Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama back in September 2016 in which he cited Chapter 5, Verse 51 of the Qur’an. A few days later, Ma’ruf signed a letter on MUI letterhead stating Basuki had insulted the Qur’an and the ulama.

At the mass ‘212’ street protest, Ma’ruf was scheduled to give the sermon at the Friday con

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