We have to really know the background of why someone commits violence. But usually, who pretend (Islam) is the loudest.
To be solved is the principal issues such as poverty, ignorance, corruption, and so forth. But that fact that I never cared. In fact, the fuss about how prayer; eleven rekaat or how. That's not a serious problem.
This was confirmed by Gus Dur, Indonesian Muslim leaders. Here is an interview of Islamic Studies Radio 68H Utan Kayu in
The diversity of Muslims today are often associated with radicalism and violence. What is wrong according to Gus Dur?
I think the problem is lack of understanding. Those who do not understand the violence that Islam is not associated with violence. That's all that matters.
Islamic teachings in truth - I do not understand any side, either Ahlus Sunnah, Shiite, or anything else - is not attacking other people, do not commit violence, except when we are evicted from our homes. This is the principal. If someone is evicted from her home, meaning she has lost her honor, loss of security itself, the loss of her safety. Only on the grounds that we should conduct a defense.
How do I deal with radicalism, Gus?
Yes, we can not stop emphasizing that Islam is a religion of peace. In the Koran, the doctrine was already full. So, we should not repeat (statement) again that Islam is a peaceful and rational.
Only, there are other sides of Islam that is less rational. But if you think about it in depth, lest it is also rational. So with that, we should not necessarily give judgment, consideration, assessment. Do not.
We have to really know the background of why someone commits violence. But usually, who pretend (Islam) is the loudest.
How to define the term pagan Gus Dur?
Concerning the pagan sense, Yusril Ihza Mahendra muballigh kayak alone, our minister is, do not know. He used to say, "I was disappointed at the Gus Dur is too close to the Christians and Jews. In fact, the Qur'an says Muslims are a good sign asyiddâ'u `'alal kuffar (firmly against infidels)." Keep behind me asked, "What that infidels who?"
According to the Koran, Christians and Jews were not the infidel, but classified as People of the Book. Which practically infidels by the Qur'an is "the polytheists of Makkah, people who shirk, polytheistic
While in the fiqh, the person who is not Muslim is also called infidels. That's the difference again. So, we explain first, where we use the term.
Lots of questions in the society khilafiah in interpreting the religion which one though. What criteria are the differences that bring grace, Gus?
First, there is a difference between the NU Muhammadiyah tarawih about twenty-three rekaat or eleven. Is not that so. All are equally allowed. So, do not fuss just because a problem like that.
To be solved is the principal issues such as poverty, ignorance, corruption, and so forth. But that fact that I never cared. In fact, the fuss about how prayer; eleven rekaat or how. That's not a serious problem.
Why do some Islamic groups who want the teachings of Islam specifically set forth in state law, such as liabilities covered and others?
Such thinking actually is defensive. That is, they are afraid that if Islam disappeared from the face of the earth. It's called defensive; pake craven. Actually, do not need no such fears.
Properly, only the affairs of humanity that we need to grasp. As a matter of how, it's up to each course. So people do not need to fear Islam (Islam gone).
Let's just imagine, before Islam came from a very small community. But now, Islam became the religion of the world. Buddhism used to be so, Christians will too. Christians had eaten tiger; can not anything. Same king pitted with his bare hands, even pitted with a lion. After all, Christianity is now to be independent of religion everywhere.
Likewise with Islam. So do not be taken dizziness. In the People's Republic of
There is the impression Muslims hostile to art. Let alone the figure of the prophet drawing, drawing animate beings have been criticized. How is the Islamic view of art, Gus?
There used to KH. Ahmad Mutamakkin from Starch. He accused the scholars of fiqh in the region have to practice anything contrary to Islamic law. Why? He let the images of elephants and snakes in the walls of the mosque. Then the accusations grew: he was anti-Islamic, because the play is like watching wayang kulit Dewa Ruci. The accused said: why Muslims believe in the gods.
So what; to watch it not be? From there he could take the theories that he did not fit. For that, we are not taking things easy to react, let alone other people consider it pagan.
Why are frequent clashes between the truth claims of religions, even within one family of the same religion?
Because we had the nerve to take over as Lord, the function of God, God's job. Emangnya us who, why had the nerve. Nothing is higher than the other. A higher and bigger than anything only God.
How to determine the correct Islamic attitude of the complexity of life in this world?
Islam is the correct attitude in a manner consistent with the basic teachings of Islam. Principal teachings of Islam is this: God is one. So we are required to comply with the teachings of God, love one another, and so forth. We must love one another inter-human.
