Anti-Aswaja movements tend to be more systematic

Pesisir Selatan, NU Online
Nahdliyin (NU followers) should stand guard against any movements posing threats to the teachings of Ahlussunnah wal Jamaah (Aswaja) in Indonesia. To meet their goal, the movement allegedly financed by foreign donors have increasingly launched their more systematic approaches.

The remark was made by Secretary of Advisory Board of the National Awakening Party (PKB) Muhyidin Arubusman before some 200 ulemas at a meeting of the Ulema Forum of Aswaja in Pesisir Selatan regency, West Sumatra province on Monday (31/3).<>
 
"Their movements are conducted systematically including through such political party," Muhyidin said without naming a certain party. NU Online's Bagindo Armaidi Tanjung reported.

Muhyidin then called on ulema and Nahdliyin clrcles to keep preserving tradition and maintaining the line of thoughts of the Aswaja. NU young generation, he added, could be such a target rejecting the Aswaja.

"Many NU cadres studying in certain countries have viewpoints opposing to the Aswaja," he said, adding that the cadres were easily trapped into the viewpoints.

The former secretary general of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) was of view that the anti-Aswaja movements tended to take advantage of mushola or worship places founded by Nahdliyin.
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At the same time Buya Sheikh H Ibnu Abbas Al Yaqieny, the initiator of the ulema forum said, "we won't allow the Ahlussunnah wal Jamaah to again and again be put aside. It's been long enough the Ahlussunnah wal Jamaah put aside."

Buya Ibnu Abbas, who is also the chairman of the PKB Advisory Board of West Sumatra expected ulema and religious figures to both preserve and maintain the Aswaja principles in their own community. All this, he said, was aimed at avoiding NU young generations from negative impacts enable to change their moderate religious thoughts.

The forum was held on the sidelines of the 24th anniversary of Buya Sheikh Abdul Munaf Bakrin being considered as one of prominent and outstanding ulemas in West Sumatra. He died on 31March 1984. (rif)