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Pope Francis Calls for Gaza Ceasefire in Easter Sunday Address Pope Francis called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, until the release of Israeli hostages during his Easter speech. (Reuters/Vatican Media)  --  Pope Francis called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, until the release of Israeli hostages. He made this call when giving a blessing and the Urbi et Orbi message from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican, Sunday (31/3).  In the blessing, Pope Francis said a ceasefire and humanitarian assistance must be provided immediately to Gaza. He also requested that the hostages arrested on October 7 be immediately released.  "I call once again for ensured access to humanitarian aid to Gaza, as well as calling once again for the immediate release of the hostages captured on October 7 and an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip," said Pope Francis, as reported by Reuters.  He continued his Urbi et Orbi blessing

Mahfud MD Calls There Are 3 Solutions to Al Zaytun's Problem The Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law and Security (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD said there were three solutions to solving the Al Zaytun Islamic Boarding School (Ponpes) problem.  First, for legal issues will be resolved by the Police.  "Basically, there are three solutions. One, legal issues, will be resolved by the Police," said Mahfud at the Presidential Palace Complex, Jakarta, Monday (3/7/2023).  Second, education administration issues will continue to be coached and monitored.  "Then there are security issues, because there are social problems, there are political problems that are little by little resolved by the Governor (West Java) Pak Ridwan Kamil together with vertical officials," said Mahfud.  As is known, Al Zaytun Islamic Boarding School is currently in the public spotlight because it is full of controversy.  Apart from that, Muslims also questioned the source of funds to

Panji Gumilang Calls MUI Agitator: Punishes Baru Tabayun The leader of the Al-Zaytun Indramayu Islamic Boarding School (Ponpes), Panji Gumilang, gave an open statement regarding the polemic of the Islamic boarding school he led.  This statement was made shortly after the Coordinating Minister for Politics and Security (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD held a press conference with the Governor of West Java, Ridwan Kamil, Saturday (24/6/2023) evening.  In a video broadcast on Al-Zaytun's YouTube channel, @AlZaytunOfficial, Panji said the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) did not reflect Islamic morality in responding to issues concerning Al-Zaytun.  "The ulema assembly has convicted (Al-Zaytun) of being heretical before tabayyun. After convicting a new tabayyun. This is actually out of Islamic morality and it is not the behavior of Muslims. Muslims are tabayyun first and then say something," said Panji, quoted from TribunJabar. id, Monday (26/6/2023).  Panji also recounte