Tarakan, N Kalimantan (Antara Bali) - Military (TNI) Chief General Gatot
Nurmantyo warned the TNI soldiers and other components of the nation
not to pay attention to men claiming to be ulemas (Islamic religious
leaders) but advocating conflict.
"Anyone seeking to split the nation and curse the government are
certainly not ulemas although they are dressed as ones. Therefore, stay
away from them," the general said when breaking the fast together with
Tarakan city administration leaders, 1,000 orphans and around 4,000
soldiers in this North Kalimantan city on Sunday.
Even if they claimed to be ulemas or "kiai", but advocating
conflict and enmity they are not Indonesian muslims, he said, adding
they might be Indonesian Muslims but they had studied Islam abroad.
"Therefore, if anyone wearing turban claiming to be ulema or kiai,
but encouraging conflicts, they are not Indonesian kiai or they might be
Indonesian kiai but studied Islam abroad," he said.
Muslims or kais, who are genuinely Indonesians would not want
conflict among the people, he said, adding ulama had been hand in hand
with the people in bringing the country to independence.
"The history show that the ones fighting for the countrys
independence were the Indonesian people, with Muslims the majority.
Ulemas seeking to break the national integrity and replace the state
ideology Pancasila, they must be false ulemas. According to Islamic
teaching a Muslim may not utter insulting words and set one against the
other," the four star general said. (*)
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