It was a public attack on a respected national and religious leader, and it was answered quickly by the leaders of the two most important Muslim organizations in the country. Representing a combined membership of more than sixty million Indonesians, they called directly upon the government to act against groups who engage in violence in the name of Islam, and denounced the behavior of such groups as un-Islamic, criminal, and a threat to national unity.
这是对于一位受人尊敬的国家和宗教领导人的公开攻击，该国两个最重要的穆斯林组织的领导人很快作出了反应。这两个在印尼共拥有超过六千万成员的组织直接要求政府打击以伊斯兰的名义进行暴力活动的团体，并且宣布他的行为是非伊斯兰主义的，是犯罪行为，并且是对国家统一的威胁。