MUI Asked Not to Hastily Issue Fatwa Haram PUBG

Telset.id, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) plans to issue PUBG haram fatwa, games the most popular today. Regarding this plan, MUI asked not to hastily issue a fatwa, and should coordinate with the Ministry of Communications and Informatics and the Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI).

This was stated by the Executive Director of the Indonesia ICT Institute, Heri Sutadi. According to him, there is a need for a joint study of several relevant ministries and agencies.

Such as with ministries or agencies that focus on children, telecommunications and terrorism such as the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT).

“Perhaps MUI can coordinate with Kominfo, BNPT and KPAI to jointly assess whether the games this is dangerous or not before issuing a fatwa,” said Heru when contacted Telset.id team on Friday (22/03/2021).

{Also read: Kominfo Considers Blocking PUBG Games}

According to Heru, MUI needs to evaluate PUBG first. This is to produce policies that are in accordance with the current conditions of society.

“It must be evaluated together. If it is considered harmless and in accordance with the age classification, then you can go ahead. But if it is dangerous, then its circulation is prohibited,” he said.

In addition, he also asked Kominfo and KPAI to evaluate the games made by Tencent. Because if it is games This has a bad impact on the community, so don’t hesitate to block it.

“Kominfo, KPAI and BNPT can more proactively evaluate and assess” games this (PUBG) too,” said Heru.

The same thing was conveyed by ITB telecommunications observer, Ridwan Effendi. He said policies such as blocking and fatwa haram did not necessarily break the chain of violence in society.

Mesi is considered ineffective, but Ridwan agrees that a haram fatwa can be a good way to reduce the bad impact of games genre battle royale game the.

{Also read: Considered Bringing Misfortune, MUI Will Ban PUBG?}

“Of course, illicit fatwas cannot be 100 percent effective, but at least there is an effort to reduce the bad impact,” said Ridwan.

Previously, MUI would review games PUBG. MUI will consider issuing a fatwa for the PUBG game or not, because the game is considered to have caused harm or bad impact.

Currently, no party has submitted a request for a related fatwa games PUBG. However, according to the Deputy Chairperson of the Central MUI, Zainut Tauhid Sa’adi, his party did not ignore the PUBG phenomenon. [NM/HBS]

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