TEHRAN – About 500 Muslim scholars from 80 countries have been invited to attend the upcoming international conference on Islamic awakening, the secretary of the conference has announced.
Ali Akbar Velayati, who is also the Supreme Leader’s top advisor, made the announcement at a press conference which was held in IRIB conference hall on Sunday.
He said that the conference, which is the first of its kind, is scheduled to be held on September 17 and 18 in Tehran.
“We decided to invite scholars who had never held any government post and worked only in the field of ideas,” he stated.
Jihad Cornered while Intolerance Rising
After emerging as a pivotal point for the global jihadist movement in Southeast Asia in 2002 twin nightclub bombings When The killed and maimed hundreds in Bali, Indonesia can justly an impressive anti-terror time.
Hundreds were arrested and dozens of plots have been foiled. The radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has been one-note long prison sentence handed while almost all other terrorist leader was either killed or arrested beens.
A tiny minority remains inspired by al-Qaeda poses a threat and permanent year, the campaign aims to spread the ideology of the offensive jihad against the Western infidels and their lackeys to achieve year-Islamic caliphate comprehensively rejected.
Islam''HAS so much contributed to the democratization of Indonesia. This is emphasized,''says Ulil, founder of the Liberal Islam Network and himself a target of Indonesian terrorists.
Most Muslims here''Understand that religion is a system of morality, an ethical system, and this is not the policy of the essential teachings of the religion.
''The popularity of this proposal on the adoption of sharia in our country, has atrophied, it is fading.''
Indonesia's Islamic party were rejected in the 2009 elections and their political Islamist strongest force, the Prosperous Justice Party Formal Recently pluralism as a central platform Principles in STIs ADOPTED.
Indonesian authorities remain vigilant during target terrorists, they seem unable, or, worse still, unwilling to another address, probably more harmful form of religious radicalism.
These mobs instead of explosive was used by militants Will machetes, stones or petrol, to attack and destroy Perceived deviants prayer houses.
The increase in violence was particularly against members of the Ahmadiyya Islamic sect, whose followers believe the Indian religious figure, a Messiah, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Prophet Muhammad Followed Pronounced.
In the western province of Banten Javanese frenzied mob attacked a house and killed three years Ahmadiyah men in February. The 12 defendants, including a teenager on film bludgeoning to death a man caught with a rock, got sentences of between three and six months.
The light sentences, some argue, Reflected local factors. The ruling was handed over to judges in a district court in a traditional Indonesian hard-line Islamic heartlands. Around 2,000 local people expressed their support for the accused and intimidated the judges and prosecutors throughout the trial.
The argument that the target box is an anomaly, it is difficult to increase the municipal Square violence, attacks by Islamic fundamentalists invariably are Ahmadis and Christians.
Recent research by the Pew Research Center found Indonesia was one of two countries with previously recorded significant increases in both religious restrictions and disruption of social struggles in the past five years.
Even more serious, with the idea that Indonesia is tolerant abidingly the lukewarm response from Indonesia's political elites to the rise of violence and religion, especially the protection of court proceedings and attacks in Banten Remains Reconcile.
President Yudhoyono has failed to condemn the verdicts, citing the need for respect for the rule of law.
If the Islamists do not do justice to any political burglaries and Indonesian Muslims are mostly moderate, why Indonesia's political class refuses to speak loudly and clearly for the country's secular constitution to recognize that the freedom of religion? Could it YOU have a political attacks on minorities, the calculation is made popular?
Because''It is very conservative, are clever in setting the debate in black and white,''Argues to form Yenny Wahid, the daughter of Indonesia's president and a moderate Islamic cleric Abdurrahman Wahid and a rare, uncompromising voice for tolerance.
''For example, if you condemn attacks on Ahmadiyah, then you are not a good successor to the Prophet Muhammad. Politicians are so afraid to talk because they do not want an Islamic APPEARS to.''
Wahid says a steady influx of money from the Middle East, mosques and schools fund has had years of impact.
The new generation of conservative priests not only cashed up, she says, they are passionate, loud, and activist.
When Yudhoyono speaks about the maintenance of harmony, talks about the ET sometimes have to appease militants, but as the defending diversity.
When asked about ideas of the American interviewer Charlie Rose, the Indonesian state was weak in the protection of religious minorities, Yudhoyono said:''Of course I have to maintain the climate of brotherhood here in Indonesia because the majority of the population is Muslim, so are I try to maintain their feelings.''
Wahid counters''That this policy of appeasement does not work.''In the''short-term, create a degree of stability requirements in May, which the government says,''they. Is there objective''[conservative] too much power. The Greater Good is sacrificed. We need to lead us through the Where in the future to make.''
Mutilated after emerging as the hub of the global jihadist movement in the South-East Asia in 2002, when double-nightclub bombings in Bali, killing hundreds, can rightly point to impressive achievements in Indonesia on terrorism.
Hundreds were arrested and dozens of plots have been foiled. The radical imam Abu Bakar Bashir was given a long sentence, was arrested while almost all other terrorist leaders were either killed or the note.
A tiny minority of Al Qaeda is a threat, and inspired, but sustained campaign against the ideology of the offensive jihad against the infidel West and its lackeys spread to the implementation of an Islamic caliphate was summarily rejected.
Islam''has contributed so much to the democratization of Indonesia. He stressed his need,''said Ulil, founder of the Liberal Islam Network and himself a target of terrorists in Indonesia.
''The majority of Muslims here understand that religion is a system of morality, an ethical system, and that the policy is not part of the essential teachings of the religion.
The popularity of''the proposed introduction of Sharia law in our country is dying, disappearing.''
Islamic parties in Indonesia have been pushed in the elections in 2009, and its most powerful Islamist political force, the Prosperous Justice Party, which recently officially adopted pluralism as a basic principle of its platform.
But while the Indonesian authorities to remain vigilant in prosecuting terrorists, they seem unable, or, worse still not ready, another response, though more perishable religious radicalism.
Instead of using explosives to attack with the masses of activists machetes, stones and petrol canister and destroy the perceived deviant worship.
The increase in violence, especially against members of the Ahmadiyya Islamic sect, whose followers believe that was the Indian religious figure, a Messiah, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, who followed the Prophet Muhammad pronounced.
In the western province of Banten in Java, a mob a house and killed three men Ahmadiyah frenzied attack in February. The 12 defendants, including a teenager on film bludgeoning to death a man caught with a rock, got prison sentences between 3-6 months.
The light sentences, some say, reflect local factors. The ruling was handed over by a judge in a district court in one of the classic Indonesian Islamic extremist strongholds. About 2,000 people have expressed their support for the accused and intimidated judges and prosecutors in the study expressed.
But the argument that the case was an anomaly is difficult to reconcile with the increase in violence between ethnic groups, attacks by Islamic fundamentalists always on Ahmadis and Christians.
Recent research by the Pew Research Center revealed, Indonesia was one of the two countries that recorded significant increases in both religious and social restrictions of the war events in the past five years.
Even more difficult, with the idea that Indonesia is tolerant reconcile abidingly the lukewarm response to the political elites in Indonesia after the rise of religious violence, especially attacks and court proceedings in Banten.
President Yudhoyono has failed to condemn the verdicts, citing the need to uphold the rule of law.
If the Islamists can not make political interventions and Indonesian Muslims are moderate majority, why politicians from Indonesia refuses to speak loudly and clearly for the country's secular constitution recognizes freedom of religion? Could it be that they made a political calculation that the attacks on minorities are popular?
''This is because the Conservatives are very intelligent in the formulation of the debate in terms of black and white, is''Yenny Wahid, the daughter of former President of Indonesia Abdurrahman Wahid and moderate Islamic religious, and a rare, uncompromising voice for said tolerance.
''For example, if you condemn the attacks on Ahmadis, then you are not a good student of the Prophet Muhammad. Politicians are afraid to talk because they do not want to seem anti-Islamic.''
Wahid said that a steady flow of money from the Middle East, mosques and schools fund had an influence.
The new generation of religious conservatives not only cashed up, she says, they are passionate, loud and combative.
When Yudhoyono speaks to the maintenance of harmony, he sometimes speaks of the need to appease the militants, rather than to defend diversity.
When asked about the perception of the American explorer Charlie Rose that the Indonesian government was weak in the protection of religious minorities, Yudhoyono said,''Of course I have to keep the atmosphere of brotherhood here in Indonesia because the majority of the population are Muslims , so I try to keep their feelings.''
Counter Wahid que''cette appeasement does not work.''''In the short term can make it some stability, the government must,''she said. But''there are [Conservatives] too much power. It is well sacrificed. We need to know where this lead us to look into the future.''
