A photo of five members of Nahdlatul Ulama, Indonesia’s largest Islamic organisation, with Israel president Isaac Herzog triggered heavy criticism after it appeared on social media.
Mr Zainul Maarif and four other Nahdlatul Ulama scholars met with Israel President Isaac Herzog. JAKARTA: Five members of Indonesia ’s largest Islamic organisation have come under fire for visiting Israel and meeting with Israel i president Isaac Herzog as the war in Gaza rages on.
The visit came to light after a participant, NU scholar Zainul Maarif, shared a group photo with Mr Herzog on Instagram on Jul 7, which triggered a wave of condemnation that forced him to disable the comments section of his account. According to an NU scholar Nadirsyah Hosen, the visiting programme to Israel by Indonesian scholars has been running for years but tends to cause controversy each time a trip becomes public.
"If they were just 'activists and scholars', I am sure they would not have been invited to meet the president. It is precisely because they are NU members that they were invited," wrote Dr Nadirsyah, who is also an associate professor at Melbourne Law School, on his Instagram account. NU secretary-general Saifullah Yusuf said the following day that NU is seeking clarification and will summon the five activists for an explanation.
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