REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Indonesian Council of Ulama (MUI) said Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) has stated half hearted apology over his "insulting" remark to MUI Chairman KH Ma'ruf Amin at a court session on Wednesday. 

MUI spokesman Masduki Baidlowi said Ahok and his team of lawyers should state their apology separately. On one hand, Ahok stated an apology but Ahok's supporters of social media buzzers gave an insulting remark, Masduki said. 

He said the social media buzzers issued hostile statements saying that 'what is important is that Ahok wins (the election)'. He said Ahok and his lawyers should state genuine apology that there would be no further problem. "We in MUI see this serious. It is not a matter that concerns only ulemas. He (KH Ma'ruf Amin represents symbols of two respectable power as Rais am of PB Nahdlatul Ulama and general chairman of MUI," he said. 

"Protests are wide spread among the grass root against Ahok that we have to work hard to keep them calm," Masduki said.

East Java Nahdliyin (Nahdlatul followers) even considered to come to Jakarta, he added. Masduki said Ahok and his lawyers accused MUI leaders playing politics with former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. "The target was SBY but we were implicated as if we are SBY's political alliance. That offended us," he said.

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