Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (batik shirt) was convicted two years imprisonment by the judges of North Jakarta District Court, Tuesday (May 9).

GNPF MUI comments on UN Human Rights Asia's tweet regarding Ahok imprisonment

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Member of advocacy team of the National Movement to Safeguard the Indonesian Council of Ulama's Fatwa (GNPF MUI), Kapitra Ampera, said United Nations should not discredit nor be unfair to Indonesia.  He said that to comment on a tweet from UN Human Rights Asia on Tuesday showing its concern following the jail sentence for the Jakarta Governor...

Chairman of the Advisory Board of Indonesian Council of Ulama (MUI) Din Syamsuddin

The 55 rally is in line with true harmony: Din Syamsuddin

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA --  Chairman of the Advisory Board of Indonesian Council of Ulama (MUI) Din Syamsuddin said the 55 rally is an expression of democration which is guaranteed by the Constitution. "Therefore, nobody may block it. Anyone who tried to clog it is catagorized as anti-democracy, anti-Constitution," he said in a release made available to Republika.co.id, Thursday. According to Din, the...