Failing to Speak for All
Tuesday, October 16, 2001
The Indonesian Council of Ulemas (MUI) should represent the aspirations of Indonesian Muslims as a whole, not of one particular group alone.
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WHEN the Americans began their military campaign against Afghanistan, Muslims in Indonesia were united in calling for a stop to the US military action. Everyone did. But when voices were raised calling for a suspension of diplomatic relations with Washington, Indonesian Muslims were divided at least into three groups: the hardliners, the moderates and the diplomatically-inclined, such as the group represented by Paramadina scholar Komarudin
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