REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Wiranto said the polemic of flag bearing tawheed (Laa Ilaha Ilallah, the oneness of God) sentence should not happen again in the future. He expected Muslims will refrain from the actions that could divide themselves.

After holding a discussion with several Islamic mass organizations on the cause of flag-burning incident, Wiranto and Islamic figures concluded there was a misunderstanding, because there were two different views about the flag burnt in Garut, West Java. Some people considered the flag as a representation of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), the mass organization that has been disbanded by the government.

Meanwhile, another group of people considered the flag as tawheed flag, that used by Prophet Muhammad PBUH. However, Wiranto stressed police has carried out legal process over the flag burning case.

“There’s a debate about the flag burning incident, some people consider it as HTI flag and others as tawheed flag,” Wiranto said in his office, Jakarta, on Friday (Nov 9).