REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- A total of 12 leaders of Islamic ormas met with the Chairman of the Pengurus Besar of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) KH Yahya Cholil Staquf at PBNU Jakarta Head Office, Thursday (30/4/2025).

The meeting was held as a post-Eid Silurahim 1446 H. The main agenda of the meeting discussed joint steps to seek a solution to the cessation of the genocide in Gaza and the independence of Palestine.

The meeting began with an intimate joint lunch in a cozy, new-looking room. The General Chairmen (Ketum) Ormas chatted casually about many things.

KH Yahya Cholil Staquf, known as Gus Yahya, was accompanied by about 10 PBNU chairmen as well as PBNU Wasekjen. Among them Kiyai Zulfa and Gus Ulil Abshar Abdallah.

At the beginning of the meeting materials, Ustadz Zaitun Rasmin as the initiator of the meeting said that the very severe situation of the genocide in Gaza requires the cooperation and cooperation of leaders of ormas, religious leaders and leaders of the country, especially the President. Moreover, Indonesia is the country with the largest Muslim population in the world.

“Indonesia is a great country with a long history as a pioneer in the fight for the independence of oppressed nations. Now is the time for Indonesia to become the driving force of the Islamic world again, as the great role it once played in the Bung Karno era,” said Wahdah Islamiyah General Chairman Ustadz Zaitun.

Wahdah Islamiyah is one of the national Islamic ormas that has now spread across 36 provinces and more than 250 districts/cities in Indonesia.

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