News|Israel-Palestine conflictIndonesian Muslim group tells leader to resign over pro-Israel speakerThe leadership of Nahdlatul Ulama, the world’s biggest Islamic organisation, has called on their chairman to resign, according to reports.

Indonesia’s biggest Islamic organisation, Nahdlatul Ulama, has called on its chairman to resign for inviting an American scholar known for his staunch support of Israel to an internal event earlier this year, according to Reuters and local publications.

The leadership of NU, which is the world’s biggest Islamic organisation with about 100 million members and affiliates, has given Chairman Yahya Cholil Staquf three days to offer his resignation or be removed from his post, according to the reports.

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NU official Najib Azca told the Reuters news agency that calls to step down stemmed from Staquf’s decision to extend an invitation to former US State Department official and scholar Peter Berkowitz to join an NU training event.

Berkowitz often writes in support of Israel’s war in Gaza, according to his website, including a piece in September aiming to refute that Israel has carried out genocide in the Palestinian territory.

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Based on reporting by Al Jazeera.