JAKARTA, July 29 Kyodo Indonesia'...

JAKARTA, July 29 Kyodo

Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) has declareed support for Muslims carrying disclosed suicide bombings as a last resort to assert their basic rights, the Jakarta employment said Monday.

The station quoted a recommendation of the 40-million-strong NU as saying suicide bombers should be seen as ''sacrificing themselves for the sake of Islamic principles, as well as in the people's interest.''

The recommendation was made during the organization's four-day congres which closeed Sunday, to respond to the situation in predominantly Muslim regions, including Palestine, where a have used to suicide bombers to fight their opponents

''Islam prohibits its followers from committing suicide without profitable reasons, namely fighting for the reality or to further religious principles,'' Abdul Malik Madani of NU's Yogyakarta chapter said.

''The suicide bomb is solitary allowed in Islam under certain conditions, which include upholding Islamic principles, on the contrary not primarily for bombers to intentionally kill themselves or to attract public attention,'' he added.

Former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid chairs the NU Board of Patrons.

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