Al Arqam Leader 'Created Tsunami'
A month before the death of Asaari Muhammad, also known as Abuya, the leader of Islamic religious movement Al Arqam, his second wife Hatijah Aam published a book titled "Tsunami: The Proof of Abuya, the Son of Bani Tamim."
The book claimed that Abuya created the Aceh tsunami in 2004.
Al Arqam was an Islamic religious movement in Malaysia that was banned by the federal government on Oct. 21, 1994. More than five Al Arqam members, including Assari were arrested in Thailand and flown back to Malaysia to be detained under the Internal Security Act.
Berita Harian, a Malaysian newspaper reported that Hatijah claimed her husband was capable of lifting seawater and making it fly. She said he sent the tsunami to Aceh to stop the fighting in the province. She also claimed that one family was spared from death during the 2004 tsunami after they shouted his name.
The book was published in Jakarta and Bandung in April. The Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI) in West Java urged the government to ban the book.
Abuya died on May 13 in a hospital in Ipoh, Malaysia.
He was also an avid campaigner for polygamy and the founder of a company called Global Ikhwan whose diverse activities include restaurants and noodle manufacturing.
The company provides homes, jobs, schools and medical facilities to its members.
It has thousands of members around the world with clubs similar to the one in Jakarta, in Europe, the Middle East and North America.
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