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Muhammadiyah calls for thorough investigation into hotel bombings





The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Sat, 07/18/2009 10:33 PM | National

Muhammadiyah chairman Din Syamsuddin called Saturday for a thorough investigation into Friday’s bomb attacks on JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta, which killed at least eight people and injured more than 50 others.

"Security authorities should probe the case thoroughly and find the mastermind behind the bombings,” Din Syamsuddin said as quoted by Antara state news agency.

He appealed to all parties to avoid connecting the terror attacks with the recent presidential election. All parties, especially the political elite group, he said, should show their statesmanship and capability to calm the people instead.

Din said the police should find no difficulties in uncovering perpetrators of the attacks as a suspected bomber had stayed in JW Marriott Hotel and might have assembled the bombs inside his hotel room.

He also said Muhammadiyah Islamic organization believed the bombing incident had nothing to do with religion, especially Islam.

"No party should link Friday's bombings to Islam. Terror is terror, crime is crime. If it is linked to Islam, it will certainly hurt the feelings of Muslims.”








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