Indonesia’s Largest Islamic Organization Calls for Resignation of Chief over Pro-Israeli Speaker

JAKARTA – Indonesia’s biggest Islamic organization, Nahdlatul Ulama, has asked its chief to resign for inviting a U.S. scholar known for his support of Israel during the Gaza war to an internal event in August, as shown in meeting minutes reviewed by Reuters. The NU leadership, with around 100 million members and affiliates, demanded Chairman Yahya Cholil Staquf’s resignation within three days or face removal from his position, following a meeting on Thursday. Reasons mentioned for his potential removal included inviting a person ‘affiliated with an International Zionism network’ and alleged financial mismanagement. Despite these allegations, Staquf, NU’s chairman since 2021, did not offer a comment to Reuters’ request.