Apostasy occurred, number of Muslims Descending

Note 2014

Apostasy occurred, number of Muslims Descending

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Chairman of Muhammadiyah, Yunahar Ilyas alarming number of Indonesian Muslims are increasingly years continues to decline. Mainly of apostasy from other beliefs.

"What is particularly worrying now is the percentage of Muslims in Indonesia has greatly decreased," said Yunahar when contacted ROL.

According to the statistical records of religious ministry, Yunahar revealed, the number of Muslims currently about 207 million of the total population of 250 million people.

Means, he said, the number of Muslims in Indonesia, only about 83 percent. Though the post-independence era, the population of Indonesia is 95 percent Muslim.

Therefore, Yunahar said, the government needs to examine seriously decrease the one cause that is apostasy.

He also highlighted the problem of apostasy as seen from the video that circulated on November 3. Videos uploaded through YouTube is shown to occur in the process of apostasy Car Free Day event in Jakarta.

Yunahar said, the spread of religious conversion attempts can be classified into crime. However, so far there are no rules and provisions governing the spread of such action.

Basically, Yunahar explained, every religion has a mission to spread the religion. However, it is not justified to deployment in a way that is not true.

For example, he pointed out, relief assistance to disaster victims who subsequently infiltrated proselytizing mission.

Yunahar estimates, if the issue of apostasy is not considered, then in 50 years Muslims will not be an absolute majority in Indonesia.