VOA标准英语2010年-Indonesian Religion Minister Wants Ahm
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(九)月
Members of Indonesian hard-line Islamic groups shout slogans during a rally in front of the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, demanding the government disband Ahmadiyah, 5 Mar 1 2009 (file photo)
The Indonesian minister of Religious Affairs wants the Jamaah Ahmadiyah religious group to be disbanded in the country. Human rights groups and some religious organizations said such action would be a violation 2 of both human rights and the constitution, which guarantees freedom of religion.
Suryadharma Ali, the Religious Affairs minister, has said that the Jamaah Ahmadiyah sect 3 should to be broken up because its followers 4 violated regulations and are not Muslim.
The Ahmadiyah sect, which has 200,000 followers across the country, breaks with mainstream 5 Islam because its followers do not believe the Prophet Muhammad was the final prophet. In 2008, the Indonesian government banned the group from propagating the faith. The Religious Affairs minister says Ahmadiyah has defied this restriction 6 and should now be banned.
Syafi'i Anwar with the International Center for Islam and Pluralism said the minister's call to restrict the religion contradicts the values and laws he should be upholding. "This is definitely against human rights, against religious freedom, against our constitution and against our Islamic principles."
He said Ahmadiyah has been a sanctioned religion by the government since 1954 and its members should enjoy the same protection under the law as other religions.
Some Muslims, however, contend Ahmadiyah is not a separate religion, but a deviate 7 sect of Islam, and therefore does not enjoy the same constitutional protection.
In the past few months there have been attacks on Ahmadiyah mosques 8 by fundamentalist Islamic groups. At a hearing in the House of Representatives on Monday, the Religious Affairs minister said Ahmadiyah should be disbanded to prevent further problems.
Anwar said the attacks happened because the government, particularly President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, refuses to speak out against the violence and for religious freedom.
"President SBY makes a serious mistake," said Anwar. "Why? Because he doesn't take any firm position. If he just say that, you know, order the police (to arrest) those who attack Ahmadiyah or any other non-Muslim groups, I think the police will follow."
The president thus far has refused to comment, so the minister of Religious Affairs' statement is the clearest indication of where the government stands on this issue.
While Indonesia has the world's largest Muslim population, the government is secular 9 and the constitution guarantees freedom of religion. The country has seen sporadic violence, though, between different religious groups over the past decade
- It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
- Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。
- He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
- He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。
- When he was sixteen he joined a religious sect.他16岁的时候加入了一个宗教教派。
- Each religious sect in the town had its own church.该城每一个宗教教派都有自己的教堂。
- the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
- The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。
- Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
- Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。
- The park is open to the public without restriction.这个公园对公众开放，没有任何限制。
- The 30 mph speed restriction applies in all built-up areas.每小时限速30英里适用于所有建筑物聚集区。
- Don't deviate from major issues.不要偏离主要问题。
- I will never deviate from what I believe to be right.我绝不背离我自信正确的道路。
- Why make us believe that this tunnel runs underneath the mosques? 为什么要让我们相信这条隧洞是在清真寺下？
- The city's three biggest mosques, long fallen into disrepair, have been renovated. 城里最大的三座清真寺，过去年久失修，现在已经修复。