‘No reason’ to object to sentence, say Islamic leaders

INDONESIAN Islamic leaders said yesterday they had no reason to object to a death sentence given to Amrozi, the first man found guilty of involvement in the Bali bombing.

“If the process has been fair and objective, we have to accept it,” said Ahmad Syafii Maarif, chairman of Muhammadiyah, Indonesia’s second-largest Islamic social organisation.

Din Syamsuddin, secretary general of the Indonesian Ulamas’ Council (MUI), had a similar reaction, saying: “There is no reason for us to object” to the sentence, as long as the court was a just one.