Flag Meaning Used by ISIS

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Flag Meaning Used by ISIS

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The editor of English daily The Jakarta Post, Meidyatama Suryodiningrat, a suspect in a case of alleged blasphemy. This case related to the loading caricature of a group calling itself the Islamic State formerly known as ISIS on 3 July 2014. So, what is the meaning of the flag?

Chairman of Jemaah Ansharut Tauhid - Islamic institutions formed by Abu Bakar Ba'asyir - Nana said Ainur Rofiq flag called the Al-Liwa Al-Rayah or was merely a symbol or status.

According to Nana, a flag that reads the usual phrase of unity was brought to the battlefield to indicate the direction of force. "The troops should go forward or backward it is usually the commander who directs the flag," Nana said when contacted on Monday, December 15th, 2014.

Because the flag was inscribed with the phrase of unity, Nana said, it should not be treated unjustly. The flag is also not to be worshiped with excessive attitude. (Read: Will the Police Headquarters to Review Case of The Jakarta Post)

Nana pointed caricature in the Jakarta Post that juxtaposing the phrase laa ilaha illallah with a skull. According to Nana, good sentence that worships God is juxtaposed with pirates or pirate symbol. "Yes including category abusing the symbols of Islam."

If you want to insinuate ISIS, Nana suggested should the flag bearing the image of the skull alone ISIS. "Even just a symbol, we should not worship him or abusing it." (Read: Caricature ISIS, Police Abai Description Press Council)

Jakarta Police chief editor set the Jakarta Post, Meidyatama Suryodiningrat, as suspects in the alleged blasphemy. In this caricature there is a black flag with a skull with an Arabic phrase meaning there is no god but Allah.

The Jakarta Post has issued a statement of apology on their website on July 7. They claimed these caricatures drawn as potentially harassing certain parties. They also said he did not intend to insult to a particular religion.

Will the Police Headquarters to Review Case of The Jakarta Post

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Police will review the determination of suspected cases of alleged blasphemy against the Chief Editor of The Jakarta Post Meidyatama Suryodiningrat.

According to the Head of Public Relations Division of Public Information Bureau National Police Headquarters Brigadier General Amar Joey Boy, Police Headquarters will examine more opinions related elements in one-two today. One of them is the Press Council.

"The plan, we are going to clear-right back," Boy said when contacted on Monday, December 15, 2014. According to Boy, a person named as a suspect is not necessarily guilty. (Caricature ISIS, Police Abai Description Press Council)

Therefore, said Boy, the investigator should attempt to prove the articles is suspected. The verification process includes the examination of witnesses, including the Press Council as an expert witness. "Now this is being studied, journalistic or out of crime," said Boy.

He said the basis for determining Meidyatama as suspects is blasphemy clause in the draft Criminal Code, under penalty of 5 years in prison. Article suspicion, he added, referring to the image of the skull with the phrase of unity which is considered insult Islam. "The position of the skull, the direction is there."

Jakarta Police chief editors assign English daily The Jakarta Post, Meidyatama Suryodiningrat, as suspects in the alleged blasphemy.

This case related to the loading caricature of a group calling itself the Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS, on 3rd July. In this caricature there is a black flag with a skull and Arabic phrase meaning "there is no god but Allah".

The Jakarta Post has issued a statement of apology on their website on July 7. They claimed these caricatures drawn as potentially harassing certain parties. They also have expressed no intention of certain religious insult.