{"id":2973,"date":"2025-11-22T08:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T08:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=2973"},"modified":"2025-11-22T08:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T08:32:11","slug":"indonesian-muslim-group-tells-leader-to-resign-over-pro-israel-speaker-israel-palestine-conflict-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=2973","title":{"rendered":"Indonesian Muslim group tells leader to resign over pro-Israel speaker | Israel-Palestine conflict News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>The leadership of Nahdlatul Ulama, the world\u2019s biggest Islamic organisation, has called on their chairman to resign, according to reports.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 22 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">22 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Indonesia\u2019s biggest Islamic organisation, Nahdlatul Ulama, has called on its chairman to resign for inviting an American scholar known for his staunch support of Israel to an internal event earlier this year, according to Reuters and local publications.<\/p>\n<p>The leadership of NU, which is the world\u2019s biggest Islamic organisation with about 100 million members and affiliates, has given Chairman Yahya Cholil Staquf three days to offer his resignation or be removed from his post, according to the reports.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>The organisation cited Staquf\u2019s invitation to a person \u201caffiliated with an international Zionism network\u201d, who attended an internal event in August, as well as alleged financial mismanagement, as reasons for his need to step down.<\/p>\n<p>NU official Najib Azca told the Reuters news agency that calls to step down stemmed from Staquf\u2019s decision to extend an invitation to former US State Department official and scholar Peter Berkowitz to join an NU training event.<\/p>\n<p>Berkowitz often writes in support of Israel\u2019s war in Gaza, according to his website, including a piece in September aiming to refute that Israel has carried out genocide in the Palestinian territory.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Debunking Genocide Allegations Against Israel,&#8221; RealClearPolitics, Sept. 14, 2025<a href=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peter Berkowitz (@BerkowitzPeter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BerkowitzPeter\/status\/1967232275248193552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In an opinion piece in October, Berkowitz said that \u201cformal recognition of an imaginary Palestinian state sets back security, stability and peace\u201d and \u201cpanders to the growing Muslim populations in Western democracies\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt reinforces the progressive fantasy that the primary obstacle to a just and lasting solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict is Israeli belligerence rather than Palestinian intransigence and Hamas bloodthirstiness,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Berkowitz also wrote about the seminars he gave to NU participants in Indonesia in August, and praised the organisation\u2019s chairman Staquf.<\/p>\n<p>Staquf, who has been NU chairman since 2021, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n<p>Staquf has apologised for the invitation to Berkowitz, calling it an oversight due to not carefully checking the scholar\u2019s background, Reuters reports.<\/p>\n<p>Local Indonesian news outlet Kompas reported that NU\u2019s Secretary-General Yusuf Saifullah has called on the organisation\u2019s membership to \u201cremain calm \u201d and to not be swayed by \u201cpotentially misleading news\u201d which could exacerbate the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Saifullah also said NU members should \u201cmaintain a conducive spirit\u201d as the issue was being handled by senior members \u201caccording to applicable internal mechanisms\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia, the world\u2019s largest Muslim-majority nation, has routinely condemned Israel\u2019s actions in Gaza, has long advocated for a two-state solution and has no diplomatic relations with Israel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The leadership of Nahdlatul Ulama, the world\u2019s biggest Islamic organisation, has called on their chairman to resign, according to reports. 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