Chairman of Muhammadiyah Youth Leadership Center Partaonan Daulay Saleh urged the French government to stop provocative actions committed one publisher that publishes comic Charlie Hebdo about the Prophet Muhammad.
"PP Muhammadiyah Youth urged the French government through its embassy in Jakarta to immediately halt provocative actions committed by Charlie Hebdo publisher," said Saleh Partaonan Daulay on Wednesday.
He said France as a democracy and respect for human rights should stand in the forefront to respect religious freedom for all people, including Muslims.
Muhammadiyah Youth also asked the government, in this case the Ministry of Communication and Information to immediately block the sites that publish the comic.
"Blocking the site is necessary in order not to cause a negative reaction from the public and not constructive Indonesia," he said.
Saleh asks Indonesian Muslims not to respond excessively to publishing comics and making the site of the Prophet Muhammad. Exaggerated reactions and responses will make publishers and website makers happy.
"Because their primary goal was to enrage Muslims," he said.
French magazine, Charlie Hebdo, re-create controversy by publishing a comic that tells the life story of the Prophet Muhammad. This time, the publication of the biography comic touted will not offend the Muslim world.
Charlie Hebdo editor Stephane Charbonnier magazine says biography titled "The Life of Mohammed" is a serious book that is based on extensive research by a French sociologist bloody Tunisia.
"This is an authorized biography edited by Islam because Muslims. I think open-minded Muslims would not consider this book as un-Islamic," said Charbonnier.
Previously, the magazine protests and sharp criticism for publishing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. At that time, French embassies in several countries were forced to shut down due to an increasingly large protests.
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