Ustadz Abu Bakar Ba’asyir is eventually sentenced to 15 years in prison by the presiding Judge on Thursday (16/6). Of course this verdict is very disappointing for Ustadz Abu and the Muslims who support him. Then, how is his response to this trial which he had undergone for months on end?
When visited at his cell at Bareskrim Mabes POLRI (Criminal Investigation Section, Main HQ, Police of Republic Indonesia) Friday (17/6) afternoon, he again expressed his firm attitude against the trial which according to him is not neutral, in fact it even has the element of fighting against Islam.
“I reject the verdict because they judge not by the law of Allah, there is an element of fighting Islam in this verdict and this court is not neutral,” Ustadz Abu asserted.
Ustadz Abu, who was accompanied by his wife, ummu Aisyah Baradja, states that he will continue to fight, and as in his several defences, he cannot accept the insult on the Shari’ah in the trial, where the injunction of i’dad is instead ensnared b y accusing it as an act of terrorism.
“If they want to charge me as guilty, they must bring up proofs from the Qur’an and Sunnah. Like in the case of i’dad in Aceh for example, according to Islam it is shar’ie, so if they want to blame me, please do, if they want to penalize me, please do, but insulting the Shari’ah of Allah by saying that it is an act of terrorism, that I cannot accept, that is considered as an insult and which I will continue to fight.” Thus Ustadz Abu explained, who plans to continue through the legal channel up to the level of PK (judicial review).
Like what had been published in various media, President SBY commented from Tokyo, Japan, on the verdict against Ustadz Abu Bakar Ba’asyir, that he does not interfere with the legal process that was going on. However, according to this ulama' who had often went into jail through the multiple regimes because of his tawheed da'wah, the attitude of SBY shows his participation in helping the crusade against the Islamic ummah.
“As a manifest form of kufr, this SBY is already helping the crusade as declared by Goerge W. Bush, under the pretext of fighting terrorism but the target in truth is the Islam ummah, the ulama's and mujahideen.”
A severe sentence against an elderly ulama' like Ustadz Abu Bakar Ba’asyir, which is considered unfair by many circles, is the same as wanting to put Ustadz Abu behind bars until his death.
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