Rofiuddin, Semarang – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali lamented the growing misconception of unlimited freedom that has entered the minds of Islam's followers. According to Suryadharma, the realization of unlimited freedom is a democracy without any rules and the freest of human rights.

Suryadharma said, if such a concept is allowed to continue, Muslims would be doing their prayers without reading the Al-Fatihah, pray using the Indonesian language, or pray facing the east. "This concept of freedom can ruin the contents of Holy Quran," he said in front of religious leaders of the Central Java United Development Party's (PPP) Board in Semarang on Saturday.

Suryadharma said such misunderstanding on the meaning of freedom has been prevalent for some time. He cited as examples, the gay and lesbian congress in Surabaya and same-sex marriages.