Jakarta (Antara Babel) - The Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) ended its three-day National Working Congress here on Thursday by urging President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to fulfil his campaign pledge made towards the struggle for Palestinians.
"In its recommendations issued at the national working congress, MUI urged President Joko Widodo to meet his pledge to seriously help settle the question of Palestine to ensure the rights of Palestinian people and the existence of Aqsha Mosque," the Chairman of the MUI team for formulating main ideas and external recommendation, A.M. Romly said on Thursday.
One of the efforts to meet the pledge is that the government should immediately open a representative office in Gaza, Palestine, he said.
MUI also denounced the Jewish Zionists for any form of misdeeds, including occupying Palestinian land, launching aggression, and evicting and killing Palestinian people.
In its recommendations, the MUI called for stronger international cooperation to settle the question of Palestinian, he said.
"We call upon and urge OIC member states and Islamic countries to take more concrete steps to help the people of Palestine," he said,
The MUI also urged the government to adopt an initiative to settle a humanitarian conflict involving the Rohingya ethnic group.
"We urge the Indonesian government to take the initiative in regional/ASEAN and Pacific cooperation in the religious and economic fields and settle problems in ASEAN, particularly the Rohingya issue," he stated.
