Syafi'i Ma'arif: "Many groups are more interested in symbols, not substance"
Tuesday, November 6, 2001
Chairman since Muhammadiyah's 44th convention (July 2000), he is most suitable as a source. Muhammadiyah is the second largest Islamic organization after Nahdlatul Ulama. Syafi'i himself is a peaceful, moderate Muslim scholar. When expatriates and non-Muslims became jittery at the angry reaction of most Muslims on the US attack on Afghanistan, he then became the person to ask opinions.
"There was even a Catholic intellectual who asked wh
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