CI FLAYS PROPAGANDA AGAINST INDONESIAN SCHOLAR

Citizens International strongly condemned the black propaganda generated by the Indonesian police unit Detachment 88 and publicised in the local media with screaming headlines that the respected Indonesian scholar Abu Bakar Bashir allegedly helped fund and support an armed terrorist cell in Acheh. “Detachment 88 is the creation of the American and Australian governments which provide funding and training for its officers. Under the guise of fighting terrorism, it is a tool of these foreign governments to persecute Muslims who stand up for the dignity of the Muslims and the sovereignty of the Indonesian nation,” said S.M. Mohamed Idris, Chairman, Citizens International, Indonesia, in a statement on June 18.