Jakarta, Insertlive –
Hundreds of students from Madura held a demonstration to reject the arrival of Ustaz Abdul Somad (UAS) who wanted to fill a lecture in Sumenep, Madura, on Friday (20/5),
In a letter circulating on social media, the santri who are members of the Madura Santri Movement rejected the arrival of UAS because it was considered one of the preachers who taught radical and intolerant Islam.
“UAS is a propagator of radical and intolerant Islam who has created a commotion among the people, so in order to prevent and maintain the security of the Madurese community from radicals and intolerance, we on behalf of the Madura Santri Movement will stage a demonstration against the arrival of UAS in Madura.” wrote a letter notification of the action of the Madura Santri Movement.
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Madura Santri Movement Rejects UAS/ Photo: doc. Personal- – |
The letter also stated that the Madura Santri Movement would take place at 13.00 WIB in front of the Sumenep Jamik Mosque with a mass of 200 students.
The UAS is planned to be filled in at the Al-Amien Parenduen Islamic Boarding School in Sumenep on Friday (20/5) at 19.30 WIB.
After that, UAS will deliver a lecture at the Muidzul Amin Islamic Boarding School Al-Islamy Pagentenan Pamekasan the next day, Saturday (21/5) at 08.00 WIB.
Until this news was published, there was no confirmation whether UAS was still present for the lecture or not.
Meanwhile, UAS also received a refusal from Singapore when they wanted to go on vacation instead of giving a lecture.
He is known to have arrived in Singapore on Monday (16/5). When passing through immigration, UAS was then separated from his entourage because he was not allowed to enter.
In his statement via a video on social media, UAS admitted that immigration officials could not explain the reasons for refusing to enter him.
“This is a holiday, my friend’s house is near Singapore. Immigration staff can’t explain and the one who can explain maybe the ambassador of Singapore in Jakarta,” said UAS.
“Why? Is it because of terrorists? Is it because of ISIS? Is it because of carrying drugs? Explain!” he continued.
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