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Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –
Ulema Council of Indonesia (MUI) called on Indonesian Muslims to boycott French products following the president’s statement Emmanuel macron about cartoons of the prophet Muhammad SAW. This boycott is considered a means of the people. Islam defending the honor of Prophet Muhammad.
The Secretary of the MUI Fatwa Commission, Asroroun Niam Soleh, said that respect for the Prophet is part of the faith of Muslims. Therefore, there is not the slightest room to humiliate and abuse the honor of Prophet Muhammad, even through caricatures.
“The purpose of honoring the Prophet and remembering the mistakes of those who insulted the Prophet then means [pemboikotan] could become mandatory, “Asrorun said in a video recording received CNNIndonesia.com, Saturday (10/31).
Asrorun harshly criticized Macron’s statement. According to him, what Macron said was a form of harassment and insult to the sanctity of the Prophet Muhammad and Islam.
Furthermore, according to him, the boycott became one of the means to remind Macron to be careful when speaking, let alone offend the prophet Muhammad SAW.
“If the boycott of French products is part of the means to remember the mistakes,” Asrorun said.
“In addition to realizing Macron’s mistakes because of what he did and then becoming an instrument for him to return to the truth, to withdraw the mistakes he made and then the process of normalization of international social life, then the boycott it becomes shar’i, “he added.
Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron’s statement drew criticism because it was seen as an insult to Islam. The situation in France has been heating up since the Charlie Hebdo tragedy in 2015 and has dragged on until 2020.
“There is a radical Islam group, an organization that has methods to oppose republican law and create a parallel society to build other values,” Macron said in early October 2020.
He did not stop there, on Friday (10/23) last week, Macron responded to the incident of the beheading of history professor Samuel Paty by Abdoullakh Abouyezidovitch saying that Islam is “a religion that is experiencing a world crisis”.
The incident was a reaction to the discussion about the cartoon of Prophet Muhammad SAW.
Faced with Macron’s statement, President Joko Widodo voiced criticism. According to Jokowi, Macron’s comments had hurt the feelings of millions of Muslims around the world and could break religious unity.
(dmi / nma)
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