REPUBLICA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — The Indonesian Ulema Assembly (MUI) delivered a statement of mourning for the martyrdom of the head of the Hamas political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh. Haniyeh called MUI Foreign Relations Chairman Sudarnoto Abdul Hakim a hero of the Palestinian nation and a defender of humanity

“Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun. Allahumagh pharlahu warhamhu wa afihi wa'fu anhu. Dr Ismail Haniyeh was killed as a martyr by Israel following previous martyrs. God willing the deceased is placed by God's side in his Naim heaven. Amen,” said Sudarnoto's statement received by the Republika.

He did not forget to invite and call on the Muslim community in particular to perform ghoib prayers and pray for the prosperity and independence of Palestine.

According to him, the deceased was a figure and leader not only for Hamas, but for the citizens and the Palestinian nation as a whole. “It is no exaggeration for me to say that he is a fighter and defender of humanity, a sovereign who has managed to unveil and dismantle the rot and evil of Israel, which has carried out a massive occupation and the most heinous and terrible genocide in Palestine,” he said.