Extremist group in Indonesia slammed over controversial fatwas...

More condemnation has been heaped on the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) for issuing draconian fatwas outlawing liberal Islamic thought and pluralism, raising the question as to whether the Council should be dissolved.

Scholars and activists grouped in the Democratic Education Association (P2D) issued a joint statement on Monday condemning the MUI for undermining the principles of nationhood and democracy.

Read by lawyer/human rights activist Todung Mulya Lubis, the Association criticized the fatwas as unconstitutional, and as hampering nation-building efforts in this country. More...

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