Surabaya (Antara) - The Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Surabaya Branch (PCNU) in East Java has strongly condemned the oppression and genocide of Rohingya ethnic minorities in Myanmar.
"We call on the leaders of Buddhists in Indonesia in particular, and religious communities in general, to condemn the barbaric acts and then take the necessary actions to stop the action," Surabaya PCNU Chairman Achmad Muhibbin Zuhri remarked in a press statement here on Sunday.
Zuhri said the Muslims have strongly condemned the acts of terror against the Rohing group in Myanmar, and he called on Buddhists and other religious communities to do the same.
He does not dismiss the fact of geopolitical and geoeconomic factors in the case. But the NU Surabaya's concern is to maintain peace and harmony of inter-religious relations.
In the meantime, Indonesia's Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin has urged the Myanmar authorities to respect the human rights of Rohingya ethnic minorities, who suffer due to the violence from the country's military.
"Myanmar must respect the human rights (of all its citizens), regardless of their ethnicity and religion. Rohingya Muslims must be protected," the minister said in a press statement released on Saturday in Jakarta.
The humanity tragedy has become a major cause for concern, particularly because it happened when Muslims from all over the world were performing hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, he stated.
The minister asked all sides to exercise self-restraint while responding to the conflict. The Indonesian government has taken a number of proactive and productive steps to contribute to the settlement of the Rohingya issue by facilitating the creation of Indonesian Humanity Alliance for Myanmar (AKIM), which is made up of 11 mass organizations and humanitarian institutions.
In addition, the Indonesian government has also urged the Myanmar government to restore security situation, refrain from the use of violence, protect the Rohingyas, and give them access to humanitarian aid, he noted.
Indonesia also supported any effort to implement former UN secretary general Kofi Annan's recommendation to deal with security issue in Myanmar, he noted.(*)
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"We call on the leaders of Buddhists in Indonesia in particular, and religious communities in general, to condemn the barbaric acts and then take the necessary actions to stop the action," Surabaya PCNU Chairman Achmad Muhibbin Zuhri remarked in a press statement here on Sunday.
Zuhri said the Muslims have strongly condemned the acts of terror against the Rohing group in Myanmar, and he called on Buddhists and other religious communities to do the same.
He does not dismiss the fact of geopolitical and geoeconomic factors in the case. But the NU Surabaya's concern is to maintain peace and harmony of inter-religious relations.
In the meantime, Indonesia's Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin has urged the Myanmar authorities to respect the human rights of Rohingya ethnic minorities, who suffer due to the violence from the country's military.
"Myanmar must respect the human rights (of all its citizens), regardless of their ethnicity and religion. Rohingya Muslims must be protected," the minister said in a press statement released on Saturday in Jakarta.
The humanity tragedy has become a major cause for concern, particularly because it happened when Muslims from all over the world were performing hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, he stated.
The minister asked all sides to exercise self-restraint while responding to the conflict. The Indonesian government has taken a number of proactive and productive steps to contribute to the settlement of the Rohingya issue by facilitating the creation of Indonesian Humanity Alliance for Myanmar (AKIM), which is made up of 11 mass organizations and humanitarian institutions.
In addition, the Indonesian government has also urged the Myanmar government to restore security situation, refrain from the use of violence, protect the Rohingyas, and give them access to humanitarian aid, he noted.
Indonesia also supported any effort to implement former UN secretary general Kofi Annan's recommendation to deal with security issue in Myanmar, he noted.(*)
Editor : Masuki M. Astro
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