Indonesia: Ulama Board says exploiting religion for violence wrong

The All-Party Parliamentary Delegation, led by JD-U MP Sanjay Kumar Jha, on Friday met with KH Ulil Abshar Abdalla, Chairman of the Nahdlatul Ulama Executive Board (PBNU), and Kholili Kholil, Committee Member of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) in Indonesia, the world's largest Islamic organisation, and sought their support against violence and religious extremism.“As nations bound by the values of 'Bhinneka Tunggal Ika' (Unity in Diversity), we called for shared voices to champion peace and justice. KH Ulil expressed deep solidarity with India, strongly condemned the Pahalgam attack, and affirmed the need for India and Indonesia to walk together for peace, cooperation, and progress,” Sanjay Jha said in a post on X. 
KH Ulil said he felt the pain and called for India and Indonesia to walk hand in hand to promote peace and economic development .He  highlighted India's measured, non-escalatory, and targeted response following the Pahalgam attack and added that exploiting religion for violence wrong."Of course, certain groups in Islam promote violence in the name of Islam. This is not right because Islam is a peace-loving religion and Muslims are peace-loving people. I said to our colleagues from India that the biggest victims of terrorism are not Hindus, Buddhists, or Christians. The biggest victims are Muslims themselves... That's why the first people who are concerned about tackling this problem are Muslims themselves. People living in South and Southeast Asia want peace and harmony because economic development and political stability cannot be achieved without it."

#WATCH | Jakarta, Indonesia | KH Ulil Abshar Abdalla, Chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama Executive Board, says, "....Both India and Indonesia have gone through this challenge of terrorism...I shared our experience of tackling the problem of extremism with our colleagues from India. Both… pic.twitter.com/tMIZFWSG39

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Later, the visiting delegation met the leaders of the National Mandate Party (PAN) of Indonesia including Eddy Soeparno, Vice Chairman of PAN and Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian People's Assembly, and Viva Yoga Mauladi, Vice Chairman of the Party and also Deputy Minister For Transmigration Republic of Indonesia, along with other leaders and Members of Parliament from PAN sharing views on India's stance on zero tolerance for terrorism.