[nasional_list] [ppiindia] Former Jihad members get lecture
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Former Jihad members get lecture
M. Azis Tunny, The Jakarta Post, Ambon
Dressed in distinctive attire of turbans and white robes, hundreds of former
members of Muslim hardline group Laskar Jihad filed into the Al-Fatah Grand
Mosque here.
Their presence was not for a mass prayer service, but to hear lectures on the
meaning of terrorism and jihad (holy war) -- the latter often cited by
terrorists in the wave of bombings in the country in recent years.
With the gathering tightly guarded by police, the men listened to a lecture by
ustad (cleric) Luqman Ba'abduh, the author of Mereka Adalah Terrorists (They
are terrorists), a work which refuted the arguments of Imam Samudra -- one of
the Bali bombers in 2002 -- in his Aku Melawan Terroris (I'm fighting
terrorists).
The two-day event, organized by the Abu Bakr Ash-Shiddiq Foundation, was also
attended by Indonesian Military and National Police officers.
Luqman put jihad in historical context by focusing on the Khawarij, an Islamic
splinter group in the first century whose rebellious actions have are often
used today to justify terrorist acts by Imam Samudra and others.
The sect's members believed they could oppose authority if they considered that
it was not abiding by the principles of divine law.
The cleric said the Prophet Muhammad foretold the presence of the Khawarij as
one of the 73 groups in Islam, and the ideology, despite opposition from the
Prophet's followers, persisted.
Emotional, foolish actions belied the declared religious fervor of the
followers, he added.
"During the era of Khalifah Ali bin Abi Thalib, their power was built on
support from 60,000 followers, who faced widespread opposition. However, their
ideology and thoughts persist until now," Luqman said.
"Their ideology and actions along the course of history have taken millions of
Muslim victims, including three of the Prophet's best friends, namely Umar bin
Khattab, Usman bin Affan and Ali bin Abi Thalib."
Khawarijism continues as a latent danger among contemporary Muslims, he said,
with its followers believing they are divinely empowered to overthrow
governments and oppose those, including other Muslims, who they considered
infidels.
They proclaimed the rallying cry of amar ma'ruf nahi munkar, meaning the
enforcing of sharia law, to explain their actions.
"However, the slogan is only a lie as it is done just to gain support from
Muslims," he said.
Terror attacks and suicide bombing are all part of the actions by Khawarij
group members, he reiterated. In order to wipe out this group, Luqman said,
there should be two different methods -- fighting their ideology and by using
physical force to arrest them.
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