The Jakarta Globe: The Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) on Friday asked Muslims here not to be provoked by the anti-Islam movie “Innocence of Muslims,” but at the same time demanded that legal action be taken against the producer.
Amid increasing violent anti-US protests in response to the movie in the Middle East, MUI deputy chairman Amidhan said Muslims should stay cool-headed and advised against conducting rallies to protest it.
“Don’t overreact,” Amidhan said in Jakarta on Friday, as quoted by the Indonesian news portal tempo.co, adding that Muslims should not be affected by the movie.
But he added that the MUI nevertheless condemned the movie and demanded that legal action be taken against the producer.
“Whoever made the movie must be punished. The [Indonesian] government should respond to this quickly because this movie degrades the Prophet Muhammad,” he said.
A similar call came from the Islam-based United Development Party (PPP), which demanded the movie be banned but asked Indonesian Muslims not to be provoked by it.
“We hope that the Indonesian Muslim community doesn’t get provoked by the circulation of the movie to commit actions that are against the law,” PPP deputy chairman Arwani Thomafi said on Friday, as quoted by tribunnews.com.
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