Makassar – Hundreds of young people from across the country attended Monday the first congress of the newly formed Association of Young Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals (ICMI Muda).

The Association of Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals' executive committee is opposed to the use of its name, saying it will confuse the public. However, the young people said they would produce future leaders, with a genuine intellectual curiosity, for the ICMI.

"The birth of the ICMI Muda does not signify a split within the ICMI. Quite the contrary, the ICMI Muda will strengthen the ICMI," AM Iqbal Parewangi, the head of ICMI Muda's national working committee, said.

Iqbal said his organization would continue using ICMI Muda. "We decided at the congress to go ahead with using ICMI Muda. No one can change our minds."