REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Former chairman of Indonesia's largest Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Hasyim Muzadi warned that Saudi Arabia could face destruction if Prophet Muhammad's tomb was removed as called for by a certain group.

"Saudi Arabia will be 'destroyed' if it complies with the proposal and removes the tomb," he said when speaking at an Islamic Boarding School and Islamic Educators Forum on Wednesday night.

He made the remarks in response to a report by London-based The Independent on Monday, September 1, 2014, on a proposal by a leading Saudi academic to remove the Prophet's grave.

A Saudi academic had made the proposal through a 61-page document, which calls for the removal of the Prophet Mohammad's remains to the nearby Al-Baqi cemetery, where it should be interred anonymously.