On May, 26 to July 29, 2005 the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) at its 7th "Mu'tamar Nasional" (مؤتمرالوطنية; National Conference) issued eleven non-legally-binding fatwas, where one of them is to forbid pluralism, secularism and liberalism in Indonesia. JIL responded by reasserting its position not to dissolve and stating the fatwas had restricted the freedom of speech in the democratic country. The JIL movement began to fade out with the departure of Ulil Abshar Abdalla to the United States to continue his education, which also dampened the overreactions from its opposing parties. In mid 2005, FPI attacked JIL headquarters due to the fatwa.