Indonesian legislator: parcel bomb issue should not be used against Islam

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Indonesian legislator: parcel bomb issue should not be used against Islam

2011-03-22 07:02:35 GMT+7 (ICT)

JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- An Indonesian legislator on Monday stated that the recent parcel bomb incidents should not be used to discredit Islam, Indonesia's Antara news agency reported.

Jazuli Juwaini, Prosperous Justice Party legislator, said the country should trust police work and investigations into the parcel bombs and avoid politicizing the incidents to corner Islam.

Juwaini went on to describe Islam as a peaceful religion, adding that people who truly understand it would never try to bomb anyone.

If there is a Muslim behind the bombs, Islam should not be linked to the acts, the legislator said, stating that Islam denounced terror acts, violence, and despotic treatments.

Some have alleged that the series of parcel bombs that began last Tuesday have been acts of a terror group in retaliation of the prolonged Ahmadiyah problem or the trial of Abu Bakar Ba'asyir.

Last Tuesday, a bomb parcel exploded in Utan Kayu, East Jakarta. The explosive device was sent to the local KBR 68H Radio News Agency and was addressed to the agency's chief Gories Mere.

The explosive package was delivered hidden inside a hollowed out book. A police officer attempted to defuse the parcel bomb with his bare hand after pouring cold water on it. However, the bomb exploded blowing off the policeman's hand at his wrist.

Another explosive package was located at the National Narcotics Agency office in Jakarta. The bomb was delivered by an unidentified man but a police bomb squad managed to deactivate it before it exploded.

A third parcel bomb was sent to Ulil Abshar Abdalla, chairman of the Liberal Islam Network, in Utan Kayu. The device exploded while a team of policemen was trying to defuse it; three police officers were severely injured.

The three bombs were hidden in the same way.

On Thursday, a fourth explosive device hidden in a hollowed out book was sent to the residence of music mogul Ahmad Dhani in Pondok Indah, south Jakarta.

-- © BNO News All rights reserved 2011-03-22

[Steely Dan]

"Juwaini went on to describe Islam as a peaceful religion, adding that people who truly understand it would never try to bomb anyone.

If there is a Muslim behind the bombs, Islam should not be linked to the acts, the legislator said, stating that Islam denounced terror acts, violence, and despotic treatments."

I find it very hard to read these words without using the following emoticon - Still if you are serious then I trust that every effort will be made to track down the perps.