REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Ansor Youth Movement (GP Ansor) has urged Indonesian Muslims to not get dragged into the Yemeni conflict, which involves Saudi Arabia and the Shiite Houthi rebels, because Indonesia is an anti-war and peaceful nation.

"In the preamble of the 1945 Constitution, it is stated that Indonesia must be actively involved in efforts to maintain world peace. Therefore, regardless of what the excuse is or what the conflict in question is, we cannot accept war as a means to resolve a problem because it claims many victims," Chairman of GP Ansor Nusron Wahid said here, Sunday (12/4).

GP Ansor still recognizes Abedrabbuh Mansour Al Hadi as the legitimate president of Yemen and does not accept the coup by Abdul Malek al Houthi.

"Ansor is also against war to seize power," he emphasized.

However, Wahid pointed out that the war in Yemen was not one between the Sunni and Shiite because Al Hadi and al Houthi were followers of Syi'ah Zaidiyyah.

"(This war) is, in fact, a political rivalry among all nations (involved). As Indonesian nationals, we must not get involved or interfere," he reiterated, adding that war was not the solution, especially if it was a war among Muslims.

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