Banned Sect ‘Worse Than Tsunami’: Aceh Official
Nurdin Hasan | May 26, 2011
Related articles
Five Jakarta Governor Candidates Guarantee Religious Freedom 1:28pm May 20, 2012
Sri Lankan Buddhists Demand Demolition of Mosque 9:08pm May 7, 2012
Indonesian Vice President Cautions Mosques on Noise and Radicalism 2:00pm Apr 27, 2012
East Java Islamic School Closed After Attack 12:52pm Apr 23, 2012
Deputy Minister Considers Ahmadiyah Issue Indonesia’s ‘National Exam’ 11:39am Apr 23, 2012
Post a comment
Please login to post comment
Comments
443395Yes it is worse than Tsunami. It is hell's disaster. Canning, honor killing, violence addict, racism, hatred promoter, are true characters of truly religion of peace.
How very, very quickly they forget! Actually, I cannot remember if any aid (physically) was conveyed by any Arab nations.
There was no thoughts if the food aid was "halal" or "haram." They took it and now are biting the fingers that fed and helped them.
There's a word describing this.......ungrateful!
Does Indonesia only elect mindless, corrupt twits?
Maybe next time a tsunami strikes Illiza Sa’aduddin Djamal can wait for help from all those wonderful Sharia-following nations she so clearly admires. Nope I guess she and her hypocritical ilk will still have their hands out for aid from the Satanic west.
Only a self indulgent twit would make such an insensitive and pathetic comparison.
Banda Aceh. City officials said on Thursday that they would stick to their threat to name and shame members of a banned sect who had not yet repented before the deadline of Wednesday.
Illiza Sa’aduddin Djamal, deputy mayor of Banda Aceh, said his administration was still verifying information about the followers of the Millata Abraham sect before revealing their identities.
“Right now we’re coordinating on the data with the city’s Shariah enforcement agency and the city police,” she said. “We’ll start publishing their names in early June.”
Illiza said official records showed there were around 100 followers of the sect in the city, although unofficial estimates put the number at closer to 200.
She added that no matter how insignificant their transgressions might seem, the impact was “worse than the tsunami” that killed more than 170,000 people in Aceh alone in December 2004.
“When a Muslim leaves Islam, that’s a major disaster,” she said.
The city administration issued a decree on April 6 banning the sect. On May 10, it gave the followers an ultimatum to renounce their faith by May 25 or face having their identities published in the local media as part of a name-and-shame campaign.
Millata Abraham members do not recognize the Prophet Muhammad and only pray once a day at midnight, instead of five times a day as everyday Muslims are required.
In April, more than a hundred members of the sect underwent a mass conversion to the mainstream faith.
Said Yulizal, head of the Shariah enforcement agency, said that since the ultimatum, only 20 of the followers had volunteered to renounce their faith.
“We’re giving them a final chance to report themselves to our office,” he said.
He attributed the low turnout to the possibility that several of the followers may have already left Banda Aceh.
- Indonesia ‘Most Tolerant Country in the World’: Religious Minister
- Tomy Winata to Build Jakarta's Tallest Building
- Indonesia Wilts as Deforestation Moratorium Loopholes Go Unaddressed
- More Muslim Groups Demand Cancellation of Lady Gaga’s Jakarta Show
- Lady Gaga Angers Thai Fans With Fake Rolex Comment
- Lady Gaga Refuses to Tone Down Her Shows: Manager
- Australia’s Corby Could Walk Free as Soon as Next Year
- Indonesia Set to Cap Bank Owners’ Stakes: Sources
- Singapore Cabby Jailed for Molesting Indonesian Maid
- President's Son Nearly Attacked by Angry Mob
-
1:46pm | If You Don’t Like It, Don’t Wa...
At last a minister who talks sense. After all no one forced the FPI to but tickets. -
1:46pm | President's Son Nearly Attacke...
Finally...they can feel a little what it's like to be attacked by mobs. I hope this will make them realize to wake up from their stupidity and bli -
1:46pm | National Exams' ‘Fantastic’ Pa...
It is very easy for the children to pass the exams. The Ministry just have to set the passing grade. E.g. for 10marks you past. for 50 marks, you g -
1:44pm | Jakarta Minimarkets Might be B...
Indonesia government loves to cut down a problem instantly without taking times to analyze the reasoning. We have to fix our security system and no -
1:42pm | If You Don’t Like It, Don’t Wa...
It's clear from their slogans that this minority of conservative muslims reject the "Western/US culture". It's not really about Gaga's soft nu -
1:38pm | Hard-Line FUI Says Lady Gaga P...
BillBandung, He knows he could be sued -
1:37pm | If You Don’t Like It, Don’t Wa...
well said -
1:30pm | Singapore Cabby Jailed for Mol...
@jusdogin: a small correction, it is sad that we don't see Indonesian Citizens (regardless maid, servant, workers etc) getting protection like thi
