Funerals Of Maulana And Saptono
Jamadi-us-Sani 05, 1431 A.H, Thursday, May 20, 2010
WEST
PAMULANG, INDONESIA - Today, Tuesday 18th May
2010, the janaza of Ahmad Maulana was allowed to
be taken back home from the Kramat Jati Police Hospital,
after it has been nearly a week that the jasad of Maulana
was kept in the refrigerating-chamber of the Kramat Jati
police hospital.
At around 10:00 hours, two Toyota Avanza cars belonging to
the entourage of Maulana's family arrived at the police
hospital. Soon after identifying the janaza, the
family immediately performed the washing of the janaza,
followed by wrapping it up with the white shroud. During
the process of the washing, it was noticed that blood was
still flowing from the mouth and the ear hole. Gunshot
wounds could be seen on the top part of the abdomen, which
penetrated to the other side from the waist downwards, on
that sturdy body of Maulana.
Approaching the Zuhr prayer, an ambulance which a
day earlier was also used to send the janaza of
Saptono (the man shot to death by the Densus88 in Cikampek),
left the hospital complex. At around 12:30 hour the
janaza arrived at the house of Maulana's parents at
Reni Jaya Baru AA6/2, Flamboyan Street 3, West Pamulang.
The janaza was rested down inside the house for a
while, and then brought to the Al-Hikmah musolla
which is about 200 meters away, for the funeral prayer to
be performed by the dozens of jama'ah.
After the funeral prayer, the janaza was taken to
the Pondok Petir cemetery, Depok, which is 4 km away from
the house of Maulana's parents. The groups of sympathizers
sending the janaza off to the cemetery could not
stop crying out the takbeer. At around 13:30 hour
the funeral procession was complete.
Maulana left behind a wife, Siti Hamimah and a son aged 8
years, Ahmad Dahlan from his earlier wife who had passed
away earlier.
He was charged of having an
involvement in the actions of the armed group in Aceh and
joining the Al-Qaidah of Indonesia in the Aceh region.
Maulana was also a suspect in the killing attempt of the
Defence Minister Matori Abdul Jalil. This man had also
been detained by the government of Malaysia before after
having joined the MILF Camp in Mindanao, Philipppines.
In this funeral procession of Ahmad Maulana, not that many
police personnels were on guard or setting up security
barriers. The residents in the village of Maulana's
parents did not question and make an issue out of
Maulana's burial in West Pamulang.
The Funeral of Saptono alias Pak Tuo
However, on the funeral of Saptono alias Pak Tuo which
took place a day earlier i.e. on Tuesday 17th May 2010,
there were a number of incidents encountered by the
sympathizers who came from outside of Lebak village.
An information sourced from the family member who
contacted the MuslimDaily through the telephone said that
the janaza of Saptono arrived at his house in
Sajirah village, Lebak, Banten at 15:00 hour. Then, it was
laid down for a while inside the house and the solatul
janaza was performed by the families. After that the
janaza was taken to the village cemetery which is
approximately 500 meters away from the house. The
janaza of Saptono was laid in the final resting place
beside the grave of his brother, who is no other than
Pura Sudarma alias
Jaja, the man shot to death in a shooting
incident in Aceh, not long ago.
Some commotions broke out a few times in the final part of
the procession, some sympathizers who came from out of
town, who "stubbornly" wanted to be present in the
ceremony, received intimidation from the "intel". A
sympathizer got his neck smothered and was asked for his
identity card. This incident angered the sympathizers who
reacted and thus some pushing and shoving occurred. In the
end, the "provocateur " retreated and disappeared in the
crowd of mourners.
Also seen
present for the condolence at the residence of Saptono was
Ummi Embay Badriyah, who is no other than the mother of
Imam Samudra.
Ahmad Said Maulana
Maulana is considered as one of the important figures in
the armed group that did military trainings in the
mountains of Jalin Jantho, Aceh Besar. A little
information that could be brought to light, Maulana first
became active in the arena of jihad during the conflict in
Ambon in 1999-2000 where the local Muslims were massacred
and the rest driven out by the Christians.
Next, his jihad moved to Poso
starting from the year 2000. In a number of video
documentations taken in the areas of conflict owned by
KOMPAK, it could be seen that Maulana had really plunged
into the battlefields at that time. On one of Maulana's
arms, there was a scar from a spear wound. According to
his mother, he had gotten that wound during his jihad
fighting against the primitive kafir Christian in
Buru Island, Ambon in around the year 2000.
Year 2003, Maulana departed for the Philippines for
weaponry trainings, as well as military combats. On the
way home from the Philippines, Maulana was arrested in
Malaysia, and he served a sentence of 5 year imprisonment
after being affected by the inhumane Malaysian law of
International Security Act (ISA).
Late 2008, Maulana was freed and returned to Indonesia.
Apparently, his desire to conduct jihad continued to burn
intensely, even though he had been crouching in the
Malaysian jail for five years, where it was said that the
prisons there are more cruel than the prisons in
Indonesia. He had just been released, and it was already
reported that he was hunted by the police of Kalimantan
after being accused of arms trafficking. Until eventually,
an eventful news about the existence of an armed group in
Aceh came out early this year. This group claimed
themselves to be the Tandzhim Al Qaidah of the Front Porch
of Makkah.
Along with Abdullah Sunata (May he be blessed by Allah to
become the commander of jihad in our country! AMEEN! -
ed), his companion in the Ambon-Poso jihad under the
organization of the Laskar Mujahideen Kompak and who at
this moment becomes the number one DPO (wanted person) in
Indoneisa, Maulana was suspected as being the brain behind
the armed trainings in Aceh.
This lately, a photo of man that resembles Maulana
appeared on a social network website, Facebook. It was a
photo of a man holding a long-barreled gun. The photo has
the texts “Mujahid Maulana Rahimahullah” written on it .
It is still not known who posted that photo.
Now Maulana has gone, his jasad is resting peacefully in
its 'place' at Pondok Petir, Depok. While we pray that his
deeds are accepted by Allah and he is accepted as a
Shuhada'. Insha Allah!
O Allah! Raise from this ummah 100 Mujahids for every Mujahid who has fallen. O Allah! Inflict upon 10 enemy soldiers disasters and miseries for every Mujahid who has fallen or are captured! AMEEN!
Source: muslimdaily.net
Translated and submitted by a Mujahid