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'Indonesia lives in sin without sharia'
Indonesian Muslims are living in sin as long as they fail to implement Islamic law across their nation, hardline cleric Abu Bakar Bashir said on Monday. As long as we live in a secular state, Indonesian Muslims continue living in sin, the Muslim leader told some 200 participants attending a seminar on Islam and democracy. Bashir heads the Indonesian Council of Mujahedin, an umbrella organisation advocating the implementation of sharia across Indonesia. The government permitted Aceh province to begin implementing Islamic law to pacify demands for independence. Some districts have also passed strict Islamic bylaws.Bashir said that sharia was a non-negotiable matter and we cannot act in a soft way in order to implement Islamic law. The Muslim community has an obligation to struggle to make a drastic change in support of Islamic law implementation, he said. Posted by: Fred 2007-08-28 |
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