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Minggu, 12 Feb 2006,
Kritik Karikatur Nabi, Tulis Artikel di IHT
JAKARTA - Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) tidak hanya jago berdiplomasi
di meja perundingan. Presiden kelahiran Pacitan, Jatim, tersebut juga piawai
memerankan diri sebagai pemimpin yang menyuarakan kepentingan Islam pada dunia
Barat. Hal itu terkait dengan kontroversi pemuatan karikatur Nabi Muhammad di
koran Denmark, yang kemudian dikutip media Eropa Barat.
Presiden SBY menanggapi pemuatan karikatur yang melecehkan agama Islam tersebut
dalam artikel di harian International Herald Tribune (IHT) edisi Sabtu, 11
Februari 2006. Artikel itu berjudul Let's Try to Get Beyond Caricatures.
"Sebagai pemimpin negara dengan penduduk muslim terbesar di dunia, presiden
harus menjelaskan pemikiran dan pandangannya menanggapi pemuatan karikatur itu.
Melalui artikel tersebut, presiden ingin menjelaskan pendirian beliau sebagai
salah satu pemimpin dunia Islam ke dunia Barat," ungkap Jubir Kepresidenan Andi
A. Mallarangeng kemarin.
SBY juga meminta karikatur itu tidak lagi direproduksi dan dimuat di media mana
pun. "Dunia Barat dan Islam seharusnya bisa bekerja sama untuk membangun kultur
global yang saling menghormati dan penuh toleransi," tulis SBY di koran milik
The New York Times Company itu.
Presiden juga mendesak supaya komunitas internasional segera mengatasi
kemarahan dunia Islam dengan berhenti menganggap pemuatan kartun itu sebagai
bagian dari kebebasan pendapat dan ekspresi. "Langkah vital lainnya adalah
menghentikan reproduksi kartun yang hanya akan memperpanjang kemarahan," tulis
SBY.
Kepada kalangan nonmuslim, mantan Menko Polkam tersebut meminta pemahaman bahwa
segala bentuk visualisasi Nabi Muhammad SAW adalah sesuatu yang diharamkan.
"Karena itu, saat umat muslim menganggap Nabi mereka dijadikan bahan ejekan,
ini penghinaan langsung kepada agama," tulisnya.
Presiden juga mengimbau agar aksi protes dilakukan tanpa disertai pertumpahan
darah. Dia mengimbau untuk merangkul umat lain dengan menunjukkan bahwa Islam
adalah agama yang menawarkan perdamaian. "Kita harus memaafkan mereka yang
sudah meminta maaf karena telah menghina Islam," tulisnya.
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Let's try to get beyond caricatures
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono International Herald Tribune
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2006
JAKARTA The distasteful cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, first published
in Denmark in September 2005 and subsequently reproduced in other media,
continue to spark a chain of reactions ranging from peaceful protest to
violence in many Muslim communities.
The international community must work together to put out this fire. A
good start would be to stop justifying the cartoons as "freedom of the press,"
which only hardens the Muslim community's response. Another vital step would be
to discontinue their reproduction, which only prolongs the outrage.
To non-Muslims, the image of the Prophet Muhammad may only be of casual
interest. But to Muslim communities worldwide, it is of enormous spiritual
importance. For the last 14 centuries, Muslims have adhered to a strict code
that prohibits any visual portrait of the Prophet. When this code was violated
and their Prophet mocked for the purpose of humor, Muslims felt a direct
assault on their faith.
Reprinting the cartoons in order to make a point about free speech is an
act of senseless brinkmanship. It is also a disservice to democracy. It sends a
conflicting message to the Muslim community: that in a democracy, it is
permissible to offend Islam.
This message damages efforts to prove that democracy and Islam go
together. The average Muslim who prays five times a day needs to be convinced
that the democracy he is embracing, and is expected to defend, also protects
and respects Islam's sacred symbols. Otherwise, democracy will not be of much
interest to him.
The cartoon crisis serves as a reminder that all hell may break loose in
a world of intolerance and ignorance.
The global community needs to cultivate democracies of freedom and
tolerance - not democracies of freedom versus tolerance. It is tolerance that
protects freedom, harnesses diversity, strengthens peace and delivers progress.
Since the Sept. 11 terror attacks, many in the Western world have shown
increasing interest in the Islamic world. Yet this interest has not been
accompanied by a greater knowledge and understanding of Islam. In December last
year, the summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference in Mecca
lamented "the feelings of stigmatization and concern over the growing
phenomenon of Islamophobia around the world as a form of racism and
discrimination."
The West and Islam need not collide in a clash of civilizations. Many
Islamic communities comfortably embrace some Western habits. Correspondingly,
Islam has become the fastest-growing religion in some Western nations,
including the United States. The Western and Islamic worlds can conscientiously
work together to nurture a global culture of respect and tolerance.
The international community must not come out of the cartoon crisis
broken and divided. We need to build more bridges between religions,
civilizations and cultures. Government leaders, religious figures and ordinary
citizens can go beyond supporting religious freedom - they can express
solidarity with those who are defending the integrity of their faith.
We also need to intensify interfaith dialogue so that we may further tear
down the walls of misunderstanding and mistrust - an undertaking that Indonesia
has actively promoted.
Muslims around the world also have responsibilities. No one - certainly
not Muslims - will be better off if the current crisis descends into open
conflict and more bloodshed. The best way for Muslims to fight intolerance and
ignorance toward Islam is by tirelessly reaching out to non-Muslims and
projecting Islam as a peaceful religion. We also need to be forgiving to those
who have sincerely apologized for offending Islam.
Indeed, at this difficult moment, Muslims might emulate the Prophet
Muhammad's well-known qualities in dealing with adversity: composure, sound
judgment, magnanimity and benevolence.
(Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is the president of Indonesia.)
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