Be careful of Arab-sponsored organizations: NU

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta, Friday 04/15/2011

Said Aqil Siradj, the chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama, the biggest Indonesian Muslim organization, said Arab-sponsored foundations and organizations must be addressed carefully due to their criticism of NU activities.

“Arab-sponsored organizations always criticize our tradition. This is terror on our theology,” he said.

Regarding the Cirebon blast, Aqil urged the police to work more seriously. “The Utan Kayu bombing is also not far from our minds,” he said.

He guaranteed there was no NU member involved in acts of terror.

Bomber's face: Indonesian National Police spokesperson Insp.
Gen. Anton Bachrul Alam holds up the photo of suspected suicide
bomber who blew himself at a mosque inside a police compound
in Cirebon, West Java on Friday, during a press conference at the main
police hospital in Jakarta, Saturday. The bombing was the first attack
on a mosque since extremists started targeting the predominantly
Muslim country a decade ago.(AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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