Virtually, the NII Movement is an old movement but the government since its presence did not settle it completelyYogyakarta (ANTARA News) - The government should be able to completely solve the problem of the NII (Indonesia Islamic State) Movement so that it would not thrive and harm the state interest, Muhammadiyah Chairman Din Syamsuddin said.
"Virtually, the NII Movement is an old movement but the government since its presence did not settle it completely," the chairman of the country`s second largest Muslim organization, said here on Tuesday.
He said that the NII Movement which have affected younger generations should awaken the government to eliminate it or even liquidate it.
"After all, Islamic organizations in Indonesia felt themselves that they had done something to protect Muslims from its teaching," the Muhammadiyah chairman said.
He said that if the government did not firmly settle and solve the problem, the NII movement will thrive and grow in Indonesia.
"Even, they will use religion as a means of justification. Therefore, the way out that the government should use to fight in bud its main root," he said.
Din said that the radical teaching has developed not only because of wrong perception on religion but also of non religious factors such as social, economic and political factors.
"Muhammadiyah firmly supports the Unitary State of Indonesia (NKRI) based on the Pancasila ideology. Therefore, Muslim generations should not be influenced with thoughts that would form a country with an other ideology," he said.(*)
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