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National Police chief meets noted clerics during Ramadhan tour
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Islamic cleric Maimun Zubair (second right) receives a gift from National Police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian (third left) during Tito's visit to the Raudlatut Thalibin pesantren (Islamic boarding school) in Rembang, Central Java, on Tuesday. Also attending the event, which was part of Tito's 2017 Safari Ramadhan tour, was the pesantren's headmaster, Mutofa. (The Jakarta Post/Suherdjoko)
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ational Police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian during his visit to the Raudlatut Thalibin pesantren (Islamic boarding school) met with prominent Islamic clerics as part of his 2017 Safari Ramadhan tour, in Rembang, Central Java, on Tuesday.
Among the clerics was Maimun Zubair, reputed for his charisma, and the headmaster of the pesantren, Mutofa "Gus Mus" Bisri.
“I often watched Gus Mus’ tausiah [sermons], especially when I was still a provincial police chief. Only after I became the National Police chief was I finally able to meet him,” Tito said.
Also attending the event was National Police security maintenance director Com. Gen. Putut Eko Bayuseno, Central Java Police chief Insp. Gen. Condro Kirono and Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo.
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During the meeting, Tito expressed concerns over the rise of extremist ideologies and intolerant and violent actions carried out in the name of religion. “Such actions are certainly not in line with the Pancasila [state ideology],” Tito asserted.
Maimun echoed Tito’s statement, saying that the concept of caliphate was not compatible with a plural Indonesia. “We have to defend Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution,” he said. (bbs)
