Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
Minister of Politics, Law and Security (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD stressed that Indonesia is not a country that can apply the law religion certain.
As a state of Pancasila, said Mahfud, although it cannot specifically apply certain religious laws, Indonesia still protects adherents of all religions who practice their religious teachings.
“Indonesia is not a religious state, so it cannot enforce the laws of a certain religion. But Indonesia is also not a secular country, so religions that become citizens’ awareness of life and beliefs must be protected and guide the management of the state,” he said, Tuesday (9/11).
This was conveyed by Mahfud in his speech at the Ijtima Ulama MUI forum which was held in the Central Jakarta area.
In that position, Mahfud said, sharia can apply with certain conditions. For example, for private legal matters such as aqidah, morals, muamalah, rituals of worship and social worship, Muslims can carry out without having to be enforced by law by the state.
Because, said Mahfud, a number of these areas involve civil law, which comes from personal awareness. This means that the state cannot impose sanctions on citizens who do not implement it.
“In the civil sector, everyone can submit voluntarily to the preferred civil law,” he said.
Meanwhile, in matters of public law, continued Mahfud, such as constitutional law, elections, regional autonomy, and criminal law, the same law applies to all citizens despite different religions. The law requires all citizens to submit and obey.
According to Mahfud, public law was created as a meeting point for various religious teachings that live in Indonesia. In that law, Muslims must also be subject to the same laws as other religions.
“In public law, such as party law and elections, Muslims are also subject to the same laws that apply to other communities. Public law is made by the state as a sentenceun sawa’ or meeting point of various groups of people,” he said.
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