Intolerance in Indonesia
Amien Rais:
Saya mencium ada kelompok siluman yang melakukan semacam operasi intel untuk memperkeruh suasana, menghancurkan ketenangan masyarakat.
Amien Rais: Ahmadiyah Punya Hak Hidup
Di tengah pro-kontra yang kembali bergulir, bekas Ketua Umum Muhammadiyah
Amien Rais menawarkan jalan tengah mengatasi persoalan Ahmadiyah. Ia
mengusulkan agar Ahmadiyah dilarang menyebarkan ajarannya secara terbuka,
tapi masih boleh secara tertutup. Dan hak hidup mereka sebagai bagian dari
bangsa Indonesia harus dijaga.
Jangan paksakan Ahmadiyah keluar dari Islam
As Indonesia mulls the fate of its Ahmadiyyas, its leaders ought to draw lessons from others’ mistakes. In 1974 the charismatic Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto sought to appease Pakistan’s strident Islamists by declaring the Ahmadiyyas to be non-Muslims. Bhutto’s placing of petty politics above principle is now generally regarded as a turning point in his country’s long slide toward obscurantism and lawlessness.
As Indonesia mulls the fate of its Ahmadiyyas, its leaders ought to draw lessons from others’ mistakes. In 1974 the charismatic Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto sought to appease Pakistan’s strident Islamists by declaring the Ahmadiyyas to be non-Muslims. Bhutto’s placing of petty politics above principle is now generally regarded as a turning point in his country’s long slide toward obscurantism and lawlessness.
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MISSISSAUGA, ON, April 21 /CNW/ – Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Canada expresses grave concern regarding the recommendation of the Islamic Cleric Council in Indonesia to ban the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. News reports indicate that an Indonesian government team is drafting a decree that will ban the Ahmadiyya sect. If adopted by the Indonesian Government, such an act would result in the violation of the constitutional right to freedom of religion of the members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and result in the seizing of mosques and other religious properties.
The members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Indonesia are law-abiding and peaceful, having lived in Indonesia for decades in accordance with their motto “Love for All, Hatred for None”. A recent report by the CBC noted that, despite this long history of peaceful existence, the recent violence and civil unrest has been instigated and orchestrated by religious extremists hailing from outside of Indonesia, primarily from Pakistan and the Middle East. In other words, the lack of peace in Indonesia is being instigated by non-Indonesians who advocate violating the Indonesian constitution. Read more
Membela Ahmadiyah yang Dizalimi
GAI dan JAI, setelah saya melakukan studi terhadap kitab Tadzkirah, testimoni, interogasi, dan dialog dengan para tokoh dan kaum awam pengikut JAI, ternyata mereka tidak keluar dari kriteria muslim dan mukmin di atas. Karena itu, saya konsisten mengikuti nurani dan kajian ilmiah untuk “Membela JAI” tanpa mempertimbangkan akan dibenci kelompok muslim yang menyesatkan Ahmadiyah atau tidak.
Ketiga, fatwa penyesatan dan penilaian di luar Islam oleh MUI terhadap Ahmadiyah Qodiyan, 1 Juni 1980, dan diperkuat fatwa MUI 15 Juli 2005, itu muncul setelah aliran tertentu yang mengaku paling Islam, menyerang kantor pusat JAI di Parung, Bogor.
Selanjutnya, tindak kekerasan menyebar ke berbagai daerah, kantor-kantor JAI diserang, sehingga menimbulkan korban. Saya menilai fatwa MUI tersebut telah memberi legitimasi diperkenankannya tindak kekerasan terhadap JAI yang tak pernah mengganggu secara fisik -apalagi menyerang- kelompok Islam lain yang berbeda.
Realita ini menggugah nurani saya untuk menyatakan bahwa JAI telah dizalimi dan hak-hak sipilnya digangu. Ini jelas bertentangan dengan konstitusi kita UUD ’45 pasal 29, ayat 1 dan 2, di samping mengabaikan bahkan melanggar hak asasi manusia (HAM).
THE latest results from the elections in the provinces of West Java and North Sumatra, Indonesia, would suggest that a sea change of sorts is taking place in Indonesia. Will it be the modernist vision of the Islamists of PKS and PAN (which is already conservative enough on social and moral issues), or will it be the exclusive and sectarian vision of Islam currently pushed by the likes of the Indonesian Mujahideen Council? Only time will tell, but for now Indonesia remains a focal point for the battle for hearts and minds of two hundred million Muslims. Read more
April 25, 2008 at 7:28 am
http://ayomerdeka.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/islam-itu-agama-damai/