"MUI will not issue a haram (baned by religion) fatwa for the NII movement," Amidan said during a discussion on religious radicalism here on Thursday.
He said that radicalism in Indonesia was clearly against the law and religion so that there was no need to issue a fatwa because it was already clear that it was haram.
Amidan said that the MUI established a fatwa on matters whose legal status was not clear, so that a fatwa was needed to make it clear.
Radicalism movement in Indonesia, he said, clearly ran counter to religion and the law.
He said that there was a request for MUI to issue a haram fatwa during an interactive dialog on a private TV station program on Thursday.
(Uu.A014/HAJM)
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