Ingin mendengar lebih banyak tentang Gus Dur?????? Besok 4 Februari 2010 di Aula Kantor Pusat NU, di Jalan Kramat Raya No.164 Mulai pukul 13.30, Salah seorang tokoh NU/PKB, yakni Dr. ALi Masykur Musa akan membuka berbagai rahasia tentang kepribadian Gus Dur yang sangat dia kenal sejak lama. Datang ya, karena sebuah buku yang baru diterbitkan menanti Anda. Confirmasi: Dedeh Rochyati 08129920230
wassalam, Dharma On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 6:31 PM, abdul <latifabdul...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Thanks for a good article.. > So every one who love peace in this country should continue Gus Dur's way > of life, to protect minority right and freedom of religious and speech. So > let we fight all together the violent ideology from Islam group. May God > will bless us.amien > > > --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com <wanita-muslimah%40yahoogroups.com>, > "Dharmawan Ronodipuro" <dharmawan_ronodip...@...> wrote: > > > > http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/16amy/Article/index_html > > > > AMY CHEW > > Gus Dur's pluralist Islam takes root > > > > 2010/02/03 > > > > The late Indonesian president and ulama Abdurrahman Wahid, or Gus Dur, > was a > > great protector of minorities who taught his followers to respect and > accept > > others, regardless of race and religion, writes AMY CHEW > > > > TAHRIR Square is the most famous public square in Baghdad. It is also one > of > > the most bombed-out areas in Iraq. The late Indonesian president and > ulama > > Abdurrahman Wahid knew the square well, having committed it to memory > from > > his days as a student at the University of Baghdad. > > > > Wahid, fondly known as Gus Dur, lived in Iraq from 1966 to 1970, where he > > studied Islamic literature. As a struggling student, he worked part-time > for > > a textile company owned by a Jewish man to earn some extra money. > > > > On Jan 27, 1969, his Jewish boss asked Gus Dur to accompany him to Tahrir > > Square, which was just steps away from the office. > > > > On that day, nine Iraqi Jews were hanged at the square. They were > convicted > > on charges of spying for Israel. Their deaths were part of a persecution > of > > the tiny Jewish community that started around 1941. > > > > Upon seeing the bodies, Gus Dur's boss broke down and cried, for the dead > > men were his friends. > > > > "That event left a very deep impact on my father," recounted Yenny Wahid, > > Gus Dur's second daughter. > > > > "They were victims of politics and a policy of hatred. On that day, my > > father vowed he would protect minority people for as long as he lived." > > > > Gus Dur taught his followers to respect and accept others at all times, > > regardless of race and religion, as all men were God's creation. He also > > explained the Jewish faith and their people to Muslims. > > > > In 1994, Gus Dur broke new ground when he visited Israel. He also called > > Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad a "liar" for denying the Holocaust. > > > > And Gus Dur led by example. In 2004, when extremist Muslims built a wall > > around the Sang Timur Catholic school in Tangerang, Jakarta, to stop > > students from entering, Gus Dur intervened. He ordered 100 of his > followers > > to safeguard the school and went to the school himself. > > > > "If anyone wants to fight, they will have to face me first," Gus Dur said > in > > the school's compound. The local authorities hastily tore down the wall. > > > > The Sang Timur incident was just one instance of Gus Dur's defence of the > > defenceless. > > > > "Gus Dur has done so much for minorities," said Theo Bela, > secretary-general > > for Indonesia Committee of Religious Peace. > > > > "In the past, he saved so many churches from being burnt, including the > > priests inside them," Belo added. > > > > Humorous, brilliant and eccentric, Gus Dur led the country's largest > Muslim > > organisation, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), for 15 years before becoming > president > > in 1999. > > > > > > > > With an estimated 40 million members, NU practices a moderate, syncretic > > form of Islam, assimilating Hinduism and local beliefs. > > > > The seeds of a pluralist Islam that Gus Dur planted grow deep in the > hearts > > of his followers. > > > > One of them died living out his teachings in 2000. It was Christmas Eve > that > > year in the town of Mojokerto, East Java. Churches were getting bomb > > threats. The churches turned to NU for help. Members of its famous youth > > wing, Banser, were sent to guard them. > > > > Riyanto, then 25, was a Banser member. On Christmas Eve, he volunteered > to > > guard the Eben Haezer Church. Across the narrow street from the church > was a > > shop with a pay phone next to it. > > > > While on guard, the volunteers saw an abandoned package at the pay phone. > > They reported it to the police, who told them it was a bomb and evacuated > > the area. > > > > But Riyanto refused to leave. Instead, he grabbed the package and tried > to > > move it as far away as possible from the church. > > > > He ran towards a reinforced drainage ditch on the other side of the shop. > He > > never made it. The package exploded in his hands, hurtling his body into > the > > air and over the church, falling through the roof of a nearby house. > > > > That night, 38 bombs exploded in 11 cities across Indonesia , killing 19 > > people and wounding 120. > > > > Gus Dur visited Riyanto's home and declared him a "hero". > > > > "My father said that was real jihad. He said Riyanto was a hero for > > humanity," recalled Yenny, who is executive director of the Wahid > Institute, > > a think tank for pluralist Islam. > > > > "We set up a scholarship for middle and high school students and named it > > after Riyanto." > > > > Gus Dur was born on Sept 7, 1940 into a family of ulama in Jombang, East > > Java. In East Java, telling jokes was a way of life. It's no surprise > that > > it produced a unique ulama like Gus Dur, who was more often heard telling > > jokes than preaching. > > > > Many believed Gus Dur spread his teachings of pluralist Islam very > > effectively because he was good at telling jokes that contained the > essence > > of his values. > > > > When his fellow religious leaders visited him during his presidency, Gus > Dur > > told them there was no guarantee they would be the first to be allowed > into > > heaven. > > > > "On the contrary, the chance to enter heaven would be given to all of > > Jakarta's bus drivers because the moment they start driving, people would > > start praying," relates Gus Dur's youngest brother, Hasyim Wahid, of his > > brother's words. > > > > When Gus Dur's death on Dec 30 became known to the public, a text message > > was sent out by a Chinese Indonesian: "Who will be our protector now? > Will > > anyone continue his work?" > > > > "Millions," responded a Gus Dur student, Zuhairi Misrawi, chairman of the > > Moderate Muslim Society. > > > > "Gus Dur's teachings have become part of our culture, our politics, our > > democracy," he said. "It is institutionalised, it is massive and cannot > be > > stopped." > > > > The writer is NST Jakarta correspondent > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ======================= Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Twitter: http://twitter.com/wanita_muslimah Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:wanita-muslimah-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejaht...@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelism...@yahoogroups.com Milis ini tidak menerima attachment.Yahoo! 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