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Indonesia's top Islamic Council calls for Jihad

Indonesia's top Islamic council has called for a 'jihad' if the United States and its allies attack Afghanistan.

The Indonesian Council of Ulemas called "on all Muslims of the world to unite and mobilise their forces to fight in the path of Allah" in the event of attacks on Afghanistan and the Islamic world.

The Secretary General of the Council Din Syamsuddin says Jihad does not just mean "holy war", but he said that individual Indonesians were free to join the Taliban forces in Afghanistan.

It's up to them, because they have their freedom as the citizen of Indonesia to do so, but we didn't mention that point in our statement.

26/09/01 1:11:04 | ABC Radio Australia News

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