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View all search resultsChairman of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Yahya Staquf, who met with Jokowi while the protest was raging in the capital over the plan to amend the local election, said that in the initial stage, the organization would purchase at least 100 hectares of land in Nusantara where it would build a number of facilities.
During the meeting, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo asked Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) executives for the latest updates on the Islamic group's feud with the National Awakening Party (PKB), but did not give any advice or express his position in the conflict, as claimed by NU chair Yahya Cholil Staquf.
Tensions between the nation’s largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), and its de facto political vehicle, the National Awakening Party (PKB) have reached new heights after the Islamic party reported its ex-secretary-general, Lukman Edy, to the police.
The rivalry between National Awakening Party (PKB) chairman Muhaimin Iskandar and the ruling Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) brothers Yahya Cholil Staquf and Yaqut Cholil Qoumas has taken a new turn as they use the organizations to undermine each other.
In contrast to their Islamic counterparts of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Muhammadiyah and the Indonesian Mosque Youth Communication Forum (BKPRMI), which have declared their interest in managing coal mining concessions from the government, the Indonesian Bishops Conference (KWI) and the Indonesian Communion of Churches (PGI) have stood fast in rejecting the policy, citing the environmental and social impacts of the extractive industry.
Muhammadiyah, a major Muslim group known for its environmentalist stances, is facing a backlash from grassroots members and activists for welcoming a government policy that allows religious organizations to manage state-owned mines.
Former Surabaya mayor Tri “Risma” Rismaharini and prominent Muslim cleric Marzuki Mustamar have emerged as viable contenders in the East Java election as their potential backers intensify talks to join forces to challenge the possible reelection bid of popular former governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa.
Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) chairman Yahya Cholil Staquf has apologized on behalf of Indonesia’s largest Muslim organization following the recent meeting of its activists with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem, claiming that the visit was unbeknownst to them and broke NU regulations on event permission.
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