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.

The organisation cited Staquf’s invitation to a person “affiliated with an international Zionism network”, who attended an internal event in August, as well as alleged financial mismanagement, as reasons for his need to step down.

NU official Najib Azca told the Reuters news agency that calls

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