Jakarta, Nov 26 (Antara Maluku) - Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Chairman Zulkifli Hasan has condemned Friday's bombing and shooting attack on a mosque in Egypt, killing at least 305 people.
Hundreds of Sufi Muslims were finishing Friday prayers when a bomb ripped through the Al Rawda mosque in Bir al-Abed sometime midday, and the MPR chairman strongly condemned the attack.
In a press statement made available to Antra here on Sunday, Zulkifli remarked that on any basis terrorism cannot be justified.
On the sides line of his visit to Tanjung Pinaang, Riau Islands Province, the MPR chairman noted that in any religious teaching there is nothing to justify violence and murder.
Earlier on Saturday, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) in Medan, North Sumatra, also condemned the deadly bombing attack at the mosque in Egypt.
"I strongly condemn the attacks in North Sinai, Egypt," Jokowi stated, after holding the wedding ceremony of his daughter Kahiyang Ayu with Bobby Afif Nasution in Medan, North Sumatra, on Saturday.
It was previously reported that a bombing and shooting incident had occurred in the Al-Rawdah mosque, Bir al-Abed, North Sinai Province of Egypt.
"We offer the deepest sorrow and sympathy of all Indonesians for both the Egyptian government and the victims, as well as the people of Egypt," he added.
"Indonesia has always been with Egypt in such conditions, and I think we have repeatedly worked together within the framework of terrorism. The regulation of radicalism is our common obligation," the president added.
No group has claimed responsibility for this attack yet. However, ISIS-affiliated militant groups have carried out attacks in Egypt before.
The attack begins with a bomb blast, which was then followed by a series of shootings at the survivors.
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Hundreds of Sufi Muslims were finishing Friday prayers when a bomb ripped through the Al Rawda mosque in Bir al-Abed sometime midday, and the MPR chairman strongly condemned the attack.
In a press statement made available to Antra here on Sunday, Zulkifli remarked that on any basis terrorism cannot be justified.
On the sides line of his visit to Tanjung Pinaang, Riau Islands Province, the MPR chairman noted that in any religious teaching there is nothing to justify violence and murder.
Earlier on Saturday, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) in Medan, North Sumatra, also condemned the deadly bombing attack at the mosque in Egypt.
"I strongly condemn the attacks in North Sinai, Egypt," Jokowi stated, after holding the wedding ceremony of his daughter Kahiyang Ayu with Bobby Afif Nasution in Medan, North Sumatra, on Saturday.
It was previously reported that a bombing and shooting incident had occurred in the Al-Rawdah mosque, Bir al-Abed, North Sinai Province of Egypt.
"We offer the deepest sorrow and sympathy of all Indonesians for both the Egyptian government and the victims, as well as the people of Egypt," he added.
"Indonesia has always been with Egypt in such conditions, and I think we have repeatedly worked together within the framework of terrorism. The regulation of radicalism is our common obligation," the president added.
No group has claimed responsibility for this attack yet. However, ISIS-affiliated militant groups have carried out attacks in Egypt before.
The attack begins with a bomb blast, which was then followed by a series of shootings at the survivors.
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