Credit: Jakarta Globe.
Sukabumi, West Java. Indonesia’s highest clerical body says more than 100 followers of a minority Islamic sect in Sukabumi have apologized for their “misguided” religious practices, following the alleged killing of a mainstream Muslim cleric and the arrest of the sect’s leader.
The Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) said on Friday that 123 members of the Tijaniyah Mutlak Cimahi sect had submitted a written promise to abandon the sect and its practices.
“They declared remorse under no force, and they have really abandoned the misguided teachings,” said Zezen Zainal Abidin, head of the MUI’s chapter in Sukabumi, adding that MUI officials and the local consultative leadership board (Muspida) witnessed the followers write the statement.
The Prophet Muhammad S A W said his Islam will divide into 73 sects, but only those who practice what he and his disciples lived on shall be recognized as believers. May Allah guide us to His path