Intolerant Islamist ‘Scholars’ Condemned – by a REAL Scholar!

No surprise that the self-styled ‘scholars’ of the MUI have flaunted their engrained Islamist intolerance once more, but good to see that decent Muslims are protesting against this latest disgraceful example of arrogant Sunni triumphalism.

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Metrotvnews.com reports that the Dark Agers’ Jogjakarta branch has been heresy-hunting, this month’s target being the Shia minority, ranting that their fellow-Muslims are misguided and demanding that all forms of their activities are thus prohibited.

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Muhaimin, Scholar with both brain and conscience

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But a voice of sanity is heard, the Chairman of the  FPUB ( Jogja Faith Brotherhood Forum) a decent man named KH Muhaimin –  “I regret the attitude of the MUI,” he says.

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I should explain at this point that KH are not his initials but an indicator that Muhaimin himself is recognised as a Muslim Scholar, obviously a lot smarter than the mean-spirited MUI.

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It turns out the MUI there had issued not a fatwa but only a reply to a bunch of fanatics calling itself the Islamic Jihad Front.

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Even so, Ahmad Muhsin Kamaludiningrat, spokesman for the ‘scholars’ advised the jihadists  that indeed the local Shia were misguided and stated that the Foundation Rausyan Fikr, as a Shiite organization in Yogyakarta, should be shut down and banned from all its activities.

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Sadly, that organisation has indeed shut down, ‘voluntarily,’ intimidated by the sectarian shrilling.

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• “Our attitude is the same as MUI Centre, that declared Shia heretical  due to many deviant teachings,” said Kamaludiningrat.

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But good for Muhaimin, who rebutted the intolerants – Jogja MUI does not understand the socio-cultural map of Yogyakarta, referring them back to the historic origins of the monarchy, Songsong Sultan Agung Mataram, whose king must protect all groups. http://www.metrotvnews.com/metronews/read/2014/01/02/3/205030/Persaudaraan-Umat-Beriman-Sesalkan-Sikap-MUI-DIY

This is no doubt obscure to overseas readers, but monarchists in Europe at least will recognise the traditional role of kings as defenders of their every subject.

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I have noted before that the Sultan of Jogjakarta is one of the best local leaders in Indonesia, in terms of preserving harmonious relations and promoting tolerance for all creeds in his realm.

The photo above is from a site where he declares that even the cruelly persecuted Ahmadiyah minority is safe from oppression in his domain.

http://www.rimanews.com/read/20110207/15658/sri-sultan-ahmadiyah-di-yogyakarta-aman

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 He’s not an absolute monarch, so he doesn’t always get the better of the forces of evil, but he is a far, far better local ruler than the elected governors of many other parts of this archipelago.

It’s to be hoped that he will instruct the local police to treat the MUI demand for suppression of the Shia with the contempt it deserves.