Abdul Somad Ready for 'Indonesia Raya' So Pre-Lecture Requirements

Hello everyone, Ustaz Abdul Somad admitted that he did not mind that there were conditions to sing Indonesia Raya songs before preaching as a form of love for the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI).

If necessary, these conditions become the standard for all lecturers in Indonesia before giving tausiyah.

"For the Indonesian standards, don't make certain people, but all recitations in Indonesia in order to arouse love for the Republic of Indonesia," Somad was quoted by TV One as saying on Monday (10/9).

"Read the Koran, treat it badly, then [sing] Indonesia Raya. So all the clerics have nothing strange," Somad said.

He also admitted that he did not mind if asked to sing the national anthem before the lecture.

"Is it okay, why are you offended? People love the country," he said.
Moreover, Somad admitted that he had been regularly singing Indonesia Raya since elementary school. "I'm really the director, suddenly now told to sing [the national anthem]. It's funny," he said.

Somad said he was surprised that he was still being accused of being anti-NKRI even though he denied it several times. Including with the publication of videos he held a flag ceremony with children in the forest.

Somad also ensured that he was not ridden by radical Islam or supporters of the Khilafah movement.

"Some say I am riding on a cyber army, Muslim Brotherhood, HTI, hardline, radical, infiltrated, ridden, lailahaillah team," he said

Regarding the attributes that were considered to smell like HTI, Somad said that his party only preached the tauhid or lilahailallah sentence. According to him, many parties already understand that the tauhid sentence is not only identical with the attributes commonly used by HTI.
"It's smart that the people also look. If all the sentences are identified with the hizb ut-tahrir, then how about the coffin, calligraphy, writing on the car," said the speaker from Riau.

"Why is HTI guilty? Because they want to establish a state in a country, anti-constitution, unconstitutional, this is not happening," he added.

If indeed necessary, Somad also allows all parties to make types of writing or other monotheistic sentences that are different from the type of writing commonly used by HTI.

"Yes for other calligraphy, khat naskhah, khat tsulus, why are you," he said.

Separately, GP Ansor General Chair Yaqut Cholil Qoumas claimed that he did not prohibit UAS from lecturing if he had repented to not support the Khilafah.