As legal advisor - Attorney to Syaykh Abdussalam Panji Gumilang, last Tuesday 19 September 2023 at Bareskrim we conveyed to the media that peace had been made between Alzaytun Islamic Boarding School leader and the complainants and the Indonesian Ulema Council. The press conference was supposed to be held together, but several parties were unable to attend, and a press conference will be held soon so that the general public understands it.
That peace was not only for criminal cases in which the three reporters - Complainents mentioned above have withdrawn their reports, but also related to civil cases between the Head of the Alzaytun Islamic Boarding School Syaykh Abdussalam Panji Gumilang as the plaintiff " in case Acts against the law" and Buya Anwar Abbas as the defendant and the Indonesian Ulema Council as a co-defendant. The civil lawsuit has been withdrawn and peace has been made between the two parties.
As is well known, several months ago there was a frenzy in cyberspace, something that was completely unexpected, because in several months there was not a single day without news about Syaykh Abdussalam Panji Gumilang and the Alzaytun Islamic Boarding School which he founded. together with his friends, who for 24 years have been dedicated to educating the nation's children, so that they become good Indonesians, have character and uphold and practice the state principles of Pancasila. In accordance with the motto of the Islamic Boarding School " The center of Education , Peace and Tolerance Culture building .
It is understandable that the freneticism above is a consequence of the rapid development of Information Technology in the world, without being followed by digital awareness throughout the world, including Indonesia. It is natural that excesses occur in cyberspace, such as hoaxes, hate speech, slander and so on through social media which have become an inseparable part of the daily lives of people of all ages in the world. And to anticipate the rapid flow of information, in 2003 the Alzaytun Islamic Boarding School presented the Information and Communication Technology learning concept, namely the International Computer Driving License [ICDL], with the main aim of making Alzaytun students and alumni "Digitally literate" and able to live healthily in the middle of flood of information.
That the commotion mentioned above has dragged our client into criminal and civil law cases. The criminal case has made the head of the Alzaytun Islamic Boarding School a suspect, while in the civil case our client sued Buya Anwar Abbas and the Ulama Council and was tried at the Central Jakarta District Court. That then the parties involved in the criminal and civil cases mentioned above took the peaceful route after deliberation and consensus with the aim of maintaining friendship and peace in the country after several months of chaos. Something that is envisioned in the foundation of our country "Pancasila". And of course making peace and forgiving each other's mistakes is something that is highly recommended and is a characteristic of greatness of spirit that is recommended in Islamic guidance."
Even though peace and mutual forgiveness between our client and the complainants and defendants was only achieved today. However, this has actually been done outside the court and inside the court through mediation and withdrawal of the civil case, where the peace statement letter has been signed by the parties, namely Buya Anwar Abbas and Dr. Ihsan Abdullah, SH, M.H as representative of the Indonesian Ulema Council, as well as Dr. Ihsan Tanjung, SH, M.H as the Reporting Party was witnessed by one of the attorneys of Syaykh Abdussalam Panji Gumilang Hendra Effendi, SH, M.H. The signing was carried out at the Bareskrim Detention Center.
We have conveyed the peace and mutual forgiveness between the Alzaytun Islamic Boarding School leader and several complainants and defendants in the civil case above to the Attorney General of the Republic of Indonesia as a report, where as legal counsel we hope that the case involving our client will be considered as well as possible by the police. Republic of Indonesia, Attorney General of the Republic of Indonesia, so that the common good and peace and tranquility will always be in this beloved country, especially ahead of the 2024 Legislative and Presidential Elections.
Our client, Syaykh Abdussalam Panji Gumilang, even during the ongoing legal process, always told us as his attorney, to prevent the Islamic Boarding School's extended family from doing anything that would disturb the peace of the community.
In the end, our client said that all of us are not free from human mistakes and mistakes, even though we have become objects and/or targets of frenzy in cyberspace, regardless of right and wrong, it is only God's right to determine. Syaykh Abdusalam Panji Gumilang apologized for the commotion that occurred to the Indonesian nation, both those supporting and those opposing it. Along with the hope that all of us as Indonesians will always live in peace, full of tolerance, so that this beloved country will always be safe, peaceful and serene.
To God everything is returned.
Source: Hendra Effendi SH, MH – Dr. Ali Syaifuddin, SH, Mh Attorney for Syaykh Abdussalam Panji Gumilang