Islam Indonesia Harus jadi Referensi Dunia, kata Wapres
Jusuf Kalla: Indonesia Must Become World Reference
Reporter : Rizki Saleh
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Senin, 09 Februari 2015
Islam di Indonesia berjalan harmonis seperti pada pelaksanaan shalat Ied berjamaah menyambut Hari Raya Idul Fitri (Foto: MailOnline)

Jakarta (B2B) - Wakil Presiden Jusuf Kalla menyerukan agar Islam di Indonesia mampu menjadi teladan dan referensi bagi peradaban dunia.

"Indonesia harus menjadi pelopor pemikiran-pemikiran kebersamaan yang lebih baik. Harus menjadi referensi di dunia ini, Islam yang moderat, Islam menjadi referensi dunia," kata Wapres, saat memberikan sambutan dalam Kongres Umat Islam Indonesia (KUII) VI di Pagelaran Keraton Yogyakarta, Senin.

Wapres dalam kesempatan tersebut, sekaligus juga melakukan pembukaan KUII VI dengan memukul alat musik tradisional bende. Islam telah menjadi garda depan bagi pembangunan peradaban di Indonesia. Di Indonesia pula, Islam mampu tumbuh moderat hingga saat ini.

Islam Indonesia, menurut Wapres berbeda dengan Islam di Timur Tengah. Di Indonesia, Islam diajarkan secara damai melalui para ulama yang pedagang atau pedagang yang ulama. Wapres menyebut penyebaran ini dengan Islam transisional.

Sementara di Timur Tengah, sejarah pergolakan dan pertikaian memenuhi kawasan tersebut. Untuk itulah, menurut Wapres, Islam Indonesia moderat dan tidak heran bila mampu tumbuh berdampingan dengan berbagai agama lain.

Di wilayah politik, menurut Wapres saat ini semua partai politik mengakui sebagai nasionalis religius. Bahkan partai-partai Islam juga berwajah kebangsaan.

"Sepuluh ketua umum partai juga bergelar haji," kata Wapres yang disambut tawa para hadirin.

Wapres menyakini, politisi di Indonesia juga lebih dewasa dibandingkan negara lain saat ini.

Wapres menyatakan, Indonesia kini menjadi salah satu negara mayoritas Islam yang besar, dan lebih baik dibandingkan negara-negara Islam lainnya. Indonesia kini menjelma menjadi negara yang dihormati berbagai kalangan.

Sementara itu, dalam kesempatan tersebut, Ketua Umum Majelis Ulama Indonesia Din Syamsuddin mengatakan, Negara Kesatuan Republik Indonesia (NKRI) merupakan buah tangan umat Islam Indonesia. Untuk itu, umat Islam Indonesia, mempunyai tanggung jawab terhadap masa depan NKRI.

Kongres Umat Islam Indonesia VI di Yogyakarta pada 8-11 Februari 2015 diikuti oleh sekitar 775 orang yang terdiri atas 700 orang peserta utusan dan 75 pemantau.

Dalam pembukaan tampak hadir Menteri Agama Lukman Hakim Saefuddin dan Menteri Sosial Khofifah Indar Parawansa. Tampak pula Wakil Ketua MPR Hidayat Nur Wahid.

Dalam sambutannya Gubernur Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X menyambut baik penyelenggaraan Kongres Umat Islam Indonesia VI. Ia menyatakan sebagai salah satu kesultanan (kerajaan Islam) di Indonesia, Yogyakarata memiliki sejarah dan peran penting dalam pergerakan Islam.


Jakarta (B2B) - The Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla reminded Islam in Indonesia must be able to become a role model and a reference for world civilization.

"Islam in Indonesia must become a pioneer in the development of ideas for better togetherness. It must become a reference for the world, a moderate Islam, Islam as a reference for the world," Mr Kalla noted in his speech during the opening of the 6th Congress of Indonesian Moslems, known as KUII here on Monday.

Mr Kalla remarked that Islam has, so far, been on the front line in the development of civilization in Indonesia, and it is in Indonesia where Islam is able to grow moderately until now.

He said Islam in Indonesia is different from that in the Middle East. In Indonesia, Islam has been propagated peacefully through clerics who are also traders or traders who are also clerics. The vice president called Islam being propagated by cleric traders or trader clerics as transitional Islam.

With regard to the Middle East, Mr Kalla pointed out that the region has, since long, been engulfed in conflicts and insurgencies.

Therefore, he remarked that Islam in Indonesia is moderate, and also, it is not surprising that it has grown along with other religions.

In the political area, he stated that all political parties in Indonesia have called themselves as religious nationalists, and Islamic parties too have presented themselves as nationalists.

"The general chairpersons of ten political parties all hold a Hajj title," he pointed out.

Mr Kalla is of the viewpoint that politics in Indonesia has also evolved and matured as compared to that in some other countries.

He said Indonesia is one of the biggest Muslim-majority countries in the world, and the situation in the country has been better as compared to other Islamic countries. Indonesia has become a country that is respected by various quarters, he stated.

On the occasion, Din Syamsuddin, the general chairman of the Indonesia Council of Ulemas (MUI), noted that the Unitary State of Indonesia (NKRI) is the fruit of the hard work of the Muslims in Indonesia, and in view of that, the Muslims in the country are responsible for the future of NKRI.

Around 775 participants comprising 700 representatives from MUI, Islamic organizations, boarding schools, universities, domestic and foreign Islamic institutions, professionals, individual figures, and 75 observers participated in the congress.

Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saefuddin, Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa, and Deputy Chairman of the Peoples Consultative Assembly Hidayat Nur Wahid also attended the opening event.

Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X, who is also head of the Yogyakarta Sultanate, hailed the congress being held in the city, saying that, as one of the sultanates (Islamic kingdom), Yogyakarta has played an important role in the history of Islamic movement in the country.
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