Group: End use of ‘kafir’ term

Jakarta: Indonesia’s largest Islamic organisation, Nahdlatul Ulama, has issued a call to end the usage of “infidel” or “kafir” to refer to non-Muslims in state or citizenship matters, a move that may be aimed at calming religious tensions ahead of the presidential election.

Nahdlatul Ulama, with around 140 million members, said at its recent national conference that non-Muslims shouldn’t be referred to as “kafir” as they have equal standing in state affairs.