JAKARTA - This is the latest development in the case of 'Sofyan Tsaury versus Yusuf Qordhawi'. Yesterday, Tuesday (12/10) Yusuf Qordhawi went to see Sofyan and some other Aceh Mujahideen ikhwahs in the prison. In that visit Yusuf Qordhawi clarified that he had never accused Sofyan of being an intel (spy). Why did Qordhawi reverse his course like this? Is it because of his fear when challenged to a mubahalah and that of his guise had been unmasked by Sofyan and friends? Will Qordhawi soon give a clarification to the ummah?

The Start Of The Rolling Issue

When the issue of Aceh first developed, Yusuf Qordhawi was the foremost person in arising the issue (that the Aceh case and the personality of Sofyan are full mystery) and then Munarman with the big name of his FPI followed up and then with the power of the media the public were taken in by the misleading opinion, and fitnah then spread like wildfire. Especially that this master of martial arts from the FPI (Munarman) had come to the DPR (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat or House of Representatives) raising this issue. Yusuf Qordhawi is one those who should be responsible for the fitnah.

On 12th October 2010, Yusuf Qordhawi went to meet Sofyan, Yudi and others i.e. a number of Aceh Ikhwans. In this visit by Yusuf Qordhawi, tension arose for a while, in fact he (Yusuf Q) almost got beaten by Sofyan and others, if not for the Densus, so that did not happen. Yusuf came to clarify that he had never accused Sofyan of being an intel, notwithstanding that he could not prove his words and they are precisely contrary to the facts on the ground where the issue of "Sofyan An Intel" was first generated by himslef. After Sofyan and Yudi unmasked his guise, he went mute and frozen, especially when challenged to a mubahalah. Why was he frozen? At least there are two answers presented by Sofyan and Yudi, namely:

1. His reporting, to the Aceh District Police, of the addresses and photos of the FPI youths who were in the DPO (wanted list), everything was taken down, from the training activities while in Jakarta (at Sofyan’s house), and the potos from the registration of the volunteers for Gaza, all came from him because only he got all the data. Sofyan, Yudi and some other Aceh ikhwans saw all those data with their own eyes at the hand of the investigators as evidences.

2. Yudi caught him several times with the intels and introduced them to Yudi as laskar (maybe laskar FPI and others), whereas Yudi already knew who those people he introduced actually were.

3. He also threatened to report our (Sofyan and others) activities to the Densus by sending anonymous letters to some Aceh ikhwahs by using the name "Forum Aceh Cinta Damai" (Aceh Loves Peace Forum). In those letters the data of the Aceh ikhwahs were mentioned, as well as their aliases, whereas only he knows all those because nobody else kept the data other than him, in fact even his own name, only he knows it. In that meeting, Sofyan said; "Aren’t those data only known by you...?" When thrown back with that question, he just went silent and could not do anything except getting himself frozen in confusion!

The Ummah Are Yet To Hear A Clarification From Qordhawi!

That was the result of their brief meeting (Yusuf versus Sofyan and Company). After Sofyan’s writing circulated in the cyberspace, especially after a challenge for a mubahalah with Munarman as the representative of the FPI and Yusuf Qordhawi, it is as if the situation is in a state of silent and not even a word has come from the FPI so far. Is someone scared of the challenge...? The ummah is waiting for a clarification.

Wallahu'alam Bisowab.

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