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Best to Disband Ahmadiyah, Religious Minister Says
Fitri | February 28, 2011

Minister Suryadharma Ali meeting with top religious leaders in Lombok, Mataram, on Sunday. At the meeting, the minister said he was in favor of banning Ahmadiyah but that religious leaders, not the government, had the power to make such a decision happen. (JG Photo/Fitri) Minister Suryadharma Ali meeting with top religious leaders in Lombok, Mataram, on Sunday. At the meeting, the minister said he was in favor of banning Ahmadiyah but that religious leaders, not the government, had the power to make such a decision happen. (JG Photo/Fitri)
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Muslimsforpeace1
9:44pm Mar 4, 2011

My question would be

" does religious freedom means banning a community just because the majority does not like their beliefs ? 

Does anyone has a patent to label any religion as theirs only and not for others ? From whom they get such patent rights ?

Does religious freedom means telling a community to name them or behave in a manner against their beliefs just because the majority wants so

Is it justice that people who spread hatred are not considered cause of problem rather those who are subject of hatred are further dePrived of their rights?

Ahmadi Muslims are peace loving because this is true Islam 

You can learn more at

Www. Alislam.org

Basyier
11:25am Mar 2, 2011

Strange that someones faith can become a crime. Constitution is not respected anymore. So after they are finish Ahmadiayah who will be next? JIL, Shiah, Islam Jama'ah, Kejawen and others you name it. And after all minority are banned. We can predict that they will go for others as well Kristian, Hindu, Budha, etc... They can't respect the Constitution of the country, so they will never be able to respect diversity an nor respect Humanity. Poor Indonesia. They should build the country with their resources rather than bugging minorities faith.....Poor Indonesia once a lovely and peaceful country is close to turn into the extremist. Which will be no different than Afgahnisthan, Pakistan and Somalia. Poor Indonesia......


RafiqMahmood
11:30am Mar 1, 2011

Which invisible spirit is Suryadharma shaking hands with? What devilish deal is he agreeing to?

And religious people say you can't be moral without god. Pah! It seems the most immoral and corrupt are the most religious and the most ethical, caring and honest are infidels. Be proud to be an infidel!

TGIF
9:02am Mar 1, 2011

People with an honest and clear conscious would look at religion differently. All these religious organizations should learn of what's unfolding exactly in the Middle East.

The people across the Arab world want change and freedom without being coerced by religious political parties.

The logic behind the religious brouhaha in Indonesia reflects a step back in democracy. This restless situation is a personal agenda inherited within some religious figures without actually studying the real issues. This tug of war toward religious minorities will not create a democratic solution but will remain an animosity among all sides.

Eliminating and exiling a group of religious or racial minorities for that matter should be something of the past (actually something that should never been permitted to happen) and not in anyway with god's wishes to its followers to do so. Their god will decide their fate later and certainly not by any living humans on earth.


blightyboy
7:13am Mar 1, 2011

If Indonesia allows the disbanding of Ahmadiyah it will be labeled across the World as a pretty sick country, and a democratic joke.

But what the hell, can Indonesia's reputation really get any worse?

With evil, vile little cretins like Suryadharma Ali allowed to hold power, the country is already f*ck*d.

Religious freedom and harmony, peace, love, tolerance and equality, absolute b*ll*cks.

Its getting more like Nazi Germany by the day.

Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara. Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali told a gathering of Islamic leaders on Sunday that the Ahmadiyah sect should be outlawed, but that the government did not have the power to make the decision.

To shouts of “Disband Ahmadiyah” from an audience that included the heads of about 500 Islamic boarding schools and the leaders of at least nine Islamic organizations, the minister seemed to urge religious leaders to take the lead in pushing for the minority Islamic sect to be disbanded.

“We [the government] do not have the right to disband Ahmadiyah,” he said. “That right lies in the hands of you esteemed ulema. We, the government, only have the right to regulate and control, not to disband or excommunicate.”

Suryadharma told the audience in Mataram, Lombok, which included leaders from the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI), Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Muhammadiyah and Hizbut Tahrir, that MUI branches across the country had declared Ahmadiyah a deviant sect.

On those grounds, he said, any request by religious leaders to have the sect disbanded was reasonable and had his approval.

The minister’s statement came on the same day that Habib Rizieq, leader of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), called on Muslims nationwide to attend a march on Tuesday demanding the banning of Ahmadiyah.

In a sermon in Jakarta, Rizieq invited Muslims from across Indonesia to attend a rally at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Jakarta to protest the sect.

Suryadharma said the government had not issued an official statement in regard to banning Ahmadiyah, but that he would favor any proposal to outlaw the sect.

“I admit that the government has not issued any such statement,” he said. “However, I personally am of the opinion that it would be best if Ahmadiyah was disbanded. In this case, there lies a question: If we let them be, will the problem eventually be resolved? And if we disband them, will the problem go away?

“If we leave them the way the are, the problem will only become much bigger. Ahmadiyah deserves to be disbanded.

“Once they are disbanded, harmony will be guaranteed. I have pushed members of Ahmadiyah to form a new sect that is devoid of any and all attributes of Islam, not to ever use the word or symbol of the mosque in any of their prayer halls, and never to accept the Koran as their holy book if they call themselves Ahmadiyah. My preference would be that they all leave Ahmadiyah and follow the right path by entering into Islam.”

He also urged religious leaders in the audience to work harder to bring what he called the “correct” teachings of Islam to isolated corners of the country, to prevent deviant sects from flourishing in those areas. He then posed a question for those supporting the rights of Ahmadis.

“ The problem now is that those who oppose Ahmadiyah are fighting against those campaigning for religious freedom,” he said. “If we work toward disbanding [Ahmadiyah], those fighting for religious freedom will accuse the government of getting in the way of religious freedom.

“So my question is, does religious freedom mean the freedom to insult someone else’s religion and rewrite the teachings of someone’s religion?”