REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The General Chairman of the Muhammadiyah Center, Professor Haedar Nashir delivered a speech on the 79th Anniversary of the National Day (Anniversary) of the Republic of Indonesia (RI) broadcast on TVMu Channel on Friday (16/8/2024). In her speech piece, Haedar highlights secular, gambling and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT)

Haedar said that the State of the Republic of Indonesia held high and recognized religion and religious ownership as defined in Article 29 of the 1945 Constitution. This means that the Indonesian state should not allow space and practice a secular, anti-religious, anti-god system of life.

“Indonesia is not a religious country, but religion lives in the totality of the soul of the nation and the constitution of Indonesia,” Haedar said in his speech on the 79th Anniversary of Indonesia on Friday (16/8/2024).

In his speech, Haedar quoted the statements of the First President of RI. According to Soekarno, not only the nation, but the country of Indonesia must be godly. The state must guarantee the fundamental rights of religion.