2006年VOA标准英语-Indonesian Muslim Organization Calls for F

By Nancy-Amelia Collins
Jakarta
08 February 2006

The second largest Islamic organization in Indonesia has called for Muslims to forgive the publication of drawings of the Prophet Muhammad in a Danish newspaper that has ignited protests around the world. Protests in Asia continue, with Afghanistan's leading Muslim organization also calling for an end to the violence there.

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Din¹ Syamsuddin, chairman of Indonesia's second largest Muslim organization, Muhammadiyah, and the vice² chairman of the influential³ Council of Ulemas, says Muslims must now forgive the publication of the cartoons.

"Islam teaches us to forgive, and forgiveness is one of a noble character, value, and teaching of Islam," he explained. " So if other parties, Danish media or Danish government, or other parties, have apologized to the Muslim community, essentially⁴ that's the obligation for the Muslims to give forgiveness."
 
 
Indonesian Muslim protester throws rotten eggs at an office building housing the Embassy of Denmark
  
Many Muslims are angry over cartoons published in September in a Danish newspaper depicting⁵ Islam's prophet, Muhammad, which have since been reprinted in Europe and elsewhere.

Islam forbids depiction⁶ of the Prophet Muhammad, flattering or otherwise.

Indonesian protesters stormed a building housing the Danish embassy last week, prompting the embassy to close and the Danish foreign ministry⁷ to urge its citizens to leave the country.

Din, of the 30,000 strong Muhammadiyah Muslim organization, says while Muslims have the right to protest against the drawings, violence is unacceptable.

"Of course any kind of protest from the Muslim community all over the world, including Indonesia is their right," he said. " Still, in my opinion, Muslims should not engage in violence and anarchism because all kinds of violence, anarchism, are also in contradiction to the very teaching of Islam."

Indonesia's foreign minister, Hassan Wirayuda, says radical⁸ groups are exploiting the controversy⁹.

He says the cartoons have hurt the Islamic community and given ammunition¹⁰ to radical groups who want to exploit the situation, adding that the whole thing is getting out of proportion.

Afghanistan's top Islamic organization has also called for an end to the violent protests that have killed at least 11 people and injured dozens more in the country this week.

But protests continued across Asia Wednesday. In Bangladesh, more than 1,000 demonstrators burned the Danish flag, while other protests against the cartoons took place in India, Thailand, and the Philippines.

1 din   

n.喧闹声，嘈杂声

参考例句：

• The bustle and din gradually faded to silence as night advanced.随着夜越来越深，喧闹声逐渐沉寂。
• They tried to make themselves heard over the din of the crowd.他们力图让自己的声音盖过人群的喧闹声。

2 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

4 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

5 depicting   

描绘，描画( depict的现在分词 )； 描述

参考例句：

• a painting depicting the Virgin and Child 一幅描绘童贞马利亚和圣子耶稣的画
• The movie depicting the battles and bloodshed is bound to strike home. 这部描写战斗和流血牺牲的影片一定会取得预期效果。

6 depiction   

n.描述

参考例句：

• Double rhythms, resounding through the lyric depiction and connecting with each other, indicate the thespian place of mankind and the cognition of the writer to this thespian place. 这双重旋律互为表里，表明了人类的某种悲剧性处境以及作家对这种悲剧性处境的感受和认识。
• A realistic depiction of scenes from everyday domestic life. 日常家居生活的写实画。

7 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

8 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

9 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

10 ammunition   

n.军火，弹药

参考例句：

• A few of the jeeps had run out of ammunition.几辆吉普车上的弹药已经用光了。
• They have expended all their ammunition.他们把弹药用光。