PKS Ads Castrates NU-Muhammadiyah

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Ismatillah A. Nu’ad*

The political advertisement on television launched by the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) to commemorate the Youth Pledge Day last October was considered by the followers of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah to have stained the reputation and the dignity of the religious organizations’ founding fathers, namely KH Hasyim Asy’ari and KH Ahmad Dahlan. In this regard, the ad was really to political interest in nature. Ideally, if the PKS has a good willingness for showing photographs of the prominent men as the source of inspiration for young generations, it should not base its ad on the figures in the name of party. As consequence the ad was fully littered with political interest.