"Don`t let the doers be untouched by law. If it is so, there will be feeling that if we kill or destroy properties in a mass, we think that laws cannot touch," he said.
Speaking at the religious affairs commission of the House of Representatives for talks about the Pandeglang incident of the Ahmadiyah religious sect, Jusuf Kalla said Indonsia had indeed had sufficient laws and regulations to deal with such these cases.
But, what was significantly needed was the firm actions of law enforcers against those who got involved in any sectarian attacks and unrests, the former vice president said.
Along with top figures of the Indonesian Council of Ulemas (MUI) and Indonesia`s largest Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Jusuf Kalla was invited to share his views on the Ahmadiyah case.
"Our laws and regulations have been complete enough. The only solution is firm law enforcement," he said.
For the law enforcers, they should firmly and consistently punish the violators of laws because letting them be legally untouched was dangerous, he said.
Besides that, such that situation could also endanger the society`s life as shown by the nation`s experience of handling sectarian conflict in Maluku island, he said.
The Maluku conflict was so hard to end, Jusuf Kalla said.
A series of attacks on Ahmadiyah religious sect`s followers and their properties have occurred in some parts of Indonesia over the past two years.
The latest incident happened in Umbulan village Cikeusik subdistrict, Pandeglang district, Banten province, on February 6, killing three people.
Following this incident, the chief of Banten`s regional police command, Brigadier General Agus Kusnadi, was replaced.
Besides Agus, the chief of the Pandeglang district police and the director of the Banten l police`s intelligence division were also replaced.(*)
Editor: Ruslan Burhani
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