Saya sependapat dengan saudara Lingga, dibawah ini landasan prinsip Gusdur.
Satu artikel lagi, tentang dialog antariman, satu lagi, tulisan Muqtedar Khan. (entah kuota posting saya masih ada atau tidak, tapi kan saya moderator hehe) Pada tahun 628M, delegasi Nasrani mengunjungi Nabi Muhammad dan meminta perlindungan. Dan inilah janji Rasul yang mulia itu kepada umat Kristen: "This is a message from Muhammad ibn Abdullah, as a covenant to those who adopt Christianity, near and far, we are with them. Verily I, the servants, the helpers, and my followers defend them, because Christians are my citizens; and by God! I hold out against anything that displeases them. No compulsion is to be on them. Neither are their judges to be removed from their jobs nor their monks from their monasteries. No one is to destroy a house of their religion, to damage it, or to carry anything from it to the Muslims' houses. Should anyone take any of these, he would spoil God's covenant and disobey His Prophet. Verily, they are my allies and have my secure charter against all that they hate. No one is to force them to travel or to oblige them to fight. The Muslims are to fight for them. If a female Christian is married to a Muslim, it is not to take place without her approval. She is not to be prevented from visiting her church to pray. Their churches are to be respected. They are neither to be prevented from repairing them nor the sacredness of their covenants. No one of the nation (Muslims) is to disobey the covenant till the Last Day (end of the world)." Buat Rekan Muslim : Masihkah kita berharap syafaat Rasulullah di Padang Mahsyar nanti, ketika gereja-gereja tidak dapat kita lindungi? salam, http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=36388 First Published 2009-12-28 Prophet Muhammad’s Promise to Christians The document is not a modern human rights treaty but even thought it was penned in 628 A.D. it clearly protects the right to property, freedom of religion, freedom of work, and security of the person, says Muqtedar Khan. Muslims and Christians together constitute over fifty percent of the world and if they lived in peace, we will be half way to world peace. One small step that we can take towards fostering Muslim-Christian harmony is to tell and retell positive stories and abstain from mutual demonization. In this article I propose to remind both Muslims and Christians about a promise that Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) made to Christians. The knowledge of this promise can have enormous impact on Muslim conduct towards Christians. Muslims generally respect the precedent of theirProphet and try to practice it in their lives. In 628 AD, a delegation from St. Catherine’s Monastery came to Prophet Muhammed and requested his protection. He responded by granting them a charter of rights, which I reproduce below in its entirety. St. Catherine’s Monastery is located at the foot of Mt. Sinai and is the world’s oldest monastery. It possesses a huge collection of Christian manuscripts, second only to the Vatican, and is a world heritage site. It also boasts the oldest collection of Christian icons. It is a treasure house of Christian history that has remained safe for 1400 years under Muslim protection. The Promise to St. Catherine: "This is a message from Muhammad ibn Abdullah, as a covenant to those who adopt Christianity, near and far, we are with them. Verily I, the servants, the helpers, and my followers defend them, because Christians are my citizens; and by God! I hold out against anything that displeases them. No compulsion is to be on them. Neither are their judges to be removed from their jobs nor their monks from their monasteries. No one is to destroy a house of their religion, to damage it, or to carry anything from it to the Muslims' houses. Should anyone take any of these, he would spoil God's covenant and disobey His Prophet. Verily, they are my allies and have my secure charter against all that they hate. No one is to force them to travel or to oblige them to fight. The Muslims are to fight for them. If a female Christian is married to a Muslim, it is not to take place without her approval. She is not to be prevented from visiting her church to pray. Their churches are to be respected. They are neither to be prevented from repairing them nor the sacredness of their covenants. No one of the nation (Muslims) is to disobey the covenant till the Last Day (end of the world)." The first and the final sentence of the charter are critical. They make the promise eternal and universal. Muhammed asserts that Muslims are with Christians near and far straight away rejecting any future attempts to limit the promise to St. Catherine alone. By ordering Muslims to obey it until the Day of Judgment the charter again undermines any future attempts to revoke the privileges. These rights are inalienable. Muhammed declared Christians, all of them, as his allies and he equated ill treatment of Christians with violating God’s covenant. A remarkable aspect of the charter is that it imposes no conditions on Christians for enjoying its privileges. It is enough that they are Christians. They are not required to alter their beliefs, they do not have to make any payments and they do not have any obligations. This is a charter of rights without any duties! The document is not a modern human rights treaty but even thought it was penned in 628 A.D. it clearly protects the right to property, freedom of religion, freedom of work, and security of the person. I know most readers, must be thinking so what? Well the answer is simple. Those who seek to foster discord among Muslims and Christians focus on issues that divide and emphasize areas of conflict. But when resources such as Muhammad’s promise to Christians are invoked and highlighted it builds bridges. It inspires Muslims to rise above communal intolerance and engenders good will in Christians who might be nursing fear of Islam or Muslims. When I look at Islamic sources, I find in them unprecedented examples of religious tolerance and inclusiveness. They make me want to become a better person. I think the capacity to seek good and do good inheres in all of us. When we subdue this predisposition towards the good, we deny our fundamental humanity. In this holiday season, I hope all of us can find time to look for something positive and worthy of appreciation in the values, cultures and histories of other peoples. Dr. Muqtedar Khan is Director of Islamic Studies at the University of Delaware and a fellow of the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding. ------------------------------------ ========================================== MILIS MAJELIS MUDA MUSLIM BANDUNG (M3B) Milis tempat cerita, curhat atau ngegosip mengenai masalah anak muda dan Islam. 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Ketika banyak Muslim begitu menggandrungi paham transnasional dengan memuja Al Qaida dengan segala sesuatu yang berbau Arab sebagai tanda Islam sejati, Gus Dur tetap setia dengan falsafah Jawa Islam. Ketika kebencian terhadap Yahudi menjadi tanda umum Muslim sejati, Gus Dur ketika jadi presiden RI malah ingin menjalin hubungan langsung dengan Israel. Ketika hal itu ditentang banyak Muslim di Indonesia, dia malah berkunjung ke Israel. Ketika fatwa Ulama melarang Muslim untuk mengucapkan selamat Natal, Gus Dur malah menghadiri perayaan Natal. Ketika banyak Muslim menganggap haram memasuki gereja, Gus Dur malah menghadiri acara Kebaktian Kristen di Gelora Senayan tahun 1998 dan bersedia didoakan oleh penginjil Amerika Serikat, ketika begitu banyak Muslim Indonesia membenci Amerika sama dengan membenci Yahudi. Pada masa Gus Dur jadi presiden, maka diresmikan Imlek jadi hari libur Nasional. Demikian juga dengan Waisak dan Nyepi. Orang Kristen kembali diizinkan untuk merayakan hari Natal ke 2 pada tanggal 26. Dia sungguh-sungguh berbuat sesuatu untuk merangkul semua agama di Indonesia, ketika banyak Muslim meludahi orang-orang non Islam sebagai KAFIR! Bahkan Gus Dur melindungi gerakan Islam liberal. Akhirnya karena sikapnya ini, Gus Dur jadi dibenci oleh kalangan Islam fundamentalis trans nasionalis di Indonesia.Namun Gus Dur tidak takut dan tidak perduli sama sekali, karena dia yakin bahwa apa yang dibuatnya itu adalah benar, dan sesuai dengan pendiriannya yang Nasionalis. Gus Dur adalah Muslim Nasionalis sejati yang mempunyai pendirian yang kuat. Sekali dia memutuskan apa yang dianggapnya baik dan benar, dia betul-betul melakukannya, dan tak perduli sama sekali dengan protes orang lain. Gus Dur selain teguh berpendirian, juga keras kepala alias kepala batu dalam suatu pendirian. Dia berani melawan arus, jika suatu hal sudah diyakininya sebagai benar. Gajah mati meninggalkan gading, harimau mati meninggalkan belang, manusia mati meninggalkan nama, Gus Dur wafat meninggalkan kesan sebagai seorang yang berpendirian teguh, berani melawan arus, dan keras kepala. Hal keras kepalanya ini banyak menjengkelkan orang-orang, namun baik kawan maupun lawannya tidak bisa tidak akan mengakui kekuatan karisma dan karakternya.
