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SBY Challenges Muslims to Prove Islam is Peaceful
Dwi Lusiana | January 12, 2012

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, speaking on Wednesday at a a large Muslim Sufi order in Bululawang, East Java, called on Muslims to prove that Islam can live in harmony with a pluralistic nation and in a democratic society. Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali is pictured on the right. (Antara Photo) President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, speaking on Wednesday at a a large Muslim Sufi order in Bululawang, East Java, called on Muslims to prove that Islam can live in harmony with a pluralistic nation and in a democratic society. Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali is pictured on the right. (Antara Photo)
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Normalaatsra
10:00pm Jan 13, 2012

"Islam can become a blessing for the universe,”

A biased opinion, which is like saying "Islam is No.1! Let's spread it's love all over!"

Yes, Sufi Islam is peaceful, but then comes education. About that, if we're spreading Muslim love to the uneducated (not strong-fully implied for safety), we get more people to follow Acehnese measures.

Obviously our answer is... all of us don't want to live in this country anymore.

blightyboy
9:38pm Jan 13, 2012

That farty noise one makes when you put your tongue between your lips and blow, does anybody know how to spell that?

padt
9:21am Jan 13, 2012

Only moderate Muslims can solve the problems created by the Islamists and threatening Islam.


-Lauren-
12:03pm Jan 12, 2012

There will always be discordance between Islam and any other competing dominant systems such as the state or another religion because the main prize in Islam is Power: social, political, and economic. It is an expansionist, military ideology that censors and stifles dissent. Islam needs masses of ignorant and indoctrinated constituents to function. There is no such thing as pluralism, only particularism. SBY's leadership is incompetent; there are no norms of universalism and Indonesia is in the grip of an intermediate regime where competition has stimulated corruption and civil society is nonexistent as it is channeled through religion. Islamic groups in Indonesia are constantly competing for the priviliged position of being above the law, indeed, of making the law. Indonesia is the only example of a 'successful' Muslim 'democracy' and look how terribly frail the social fabric is. Islam cannot engender harmony nor comply with liberal democracy because it is an oppositional system of rule, like facism is to democracy. Indonesian society is shackled by an unequal distribution of power, resources, and influence and Islam only arms the predatory elites to hijack more authority. SBY's gvt is a sickening promotion of patronage that caters to specific interest groups and builds a defective facade of moral authority. The sooner Muslims realise Islam means submission and faith means blind ignorance, the sooner the millions of losers in this social organisation can resist the religious fatalism governing the country.

SirAnthonyKnown-Bender
10:47am Jan 12, 2012

"Islam can become a blessing for the universe,”

Yeah? Muslims on the planet Galagamex ay?

Malang, East Java. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, speaking on Wednesday at a a large Muslim Sufi order in Bululawang, East Java, called on Muslims to prove that Islam can live in harmony with a pluralistic nation and in a democratic society. (Antara Photo)

Yudhoyono made the call while opening the congress of the Jam’iyyah Ahlilth Thariqah Al-Mu’tabarah An-Nahdliyah (Jatman), a large Muslim Sufi order in Bululawang, East Java.

“Let us prove to the world that in Indonesia there is no discordance between religion and the state, between Islam and democracy. Islam can answer the various problems of nations and the world. Islam can become a blessing for the universe,” Yudhoyono told the thousands of people attending the congress.

He praised the Sufi’s approach, saying it was religious, calm and educative in broaching problems and therefore a suitable way to deal with disputes, conflicts and clashes in society and the nation.

“We all know that the Indonesian nation is a pluralistic one, it’s wishes and aspirations are numerous and varied,” he said, adding that in such a dynamic environment, clashes and conflict could erupt at any time.

The president called on all Muslims to abide by the four pillars of the state and nation. He cited them as the unitary nature of the country; the state ideology, Pancasila, which puts all religions on equal footing; the 1945 Constitution, which guarantees freedom of religion and of worship; and the national motto Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (Unity in Diversity) .

“As Muslims, let us lead a religious life. As citizens, let us implement those four pillars,” Yudhoyono said.

Yudhoyono’s government has been criticized by rights activists as failing to protect the rights of the minority and the freedom of religion or worship.

The country has in recent years been the site of attacks on minority sects and minority religions, with the perpetrators often receiving only light sentences, if any.

Yudhoyono, who was accompanied by his wife Ani, Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali, and other ministers, officials and religious leaders, is touring East Java for four days.

Abdul Mujib Sadzili, the secretary of the congress’ organizing committee, said that 10,800 people had registered for the event, but said that many more people were taking part in it.

Jatman is one of the key Sufi orders in the Nahdlatul Ulama, the country’s largest Islamic organization, which has about 40 million members. The event was held at one of its boarding schools.