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| Indonesia: Largest Muslim organizations snub US Congress invitation |
| 2003-01-27 |
| Jakarta Post Two largest Muslim organizations in the Indonesia have rejected an invitation from the U.S Congress to attend the National Prayer Breakfast next month in a bid to protest U.S. plan to attack Iraq. Oh, dear! Whatever shall we do? Hasyim Muzadi, the leader of giant Nahdlatul Ulama, told reporters Monday that the prayer, which aimed at developing peace on earth, is meaningless due to the attack plan. "I attended (the ceremony) last year, but not this year because I see no relevance (with peace building), particularly with U.S. plan to attack Iraq," he said. The decision not to respond the invitation, he said, was also related to recent U.S. government policy over registration of immigrants from 25 countries, including Indonesia, which possibly link with terrorism. Oh, look. We have rebuffs to meaningless symbolic ations. Well, my face is certainly slapped... Funny. I didn't feel anything... Hasyim said that M.Syafi'i Ma'arif, the leader of Muhammadiyah, the second largest Muslim organizations in the country, has also decided not to respond the invitation. Didn't feel that one, either. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 I seem to recall that between 1965 and 1967, over 500,000 ethnic Chinese were murdered in Indonesia, by members of the Nahdlatul Ulama. So many machete hacked bodies filled the country's riverways that drinking water was affected. And many of these |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-01-27 19:13:17 |