Tunggu aja gilirannya kayak si arra_s di sorga nantinya nunggu giliran diembat di antara 72 bidadari perawan abadi.
Nunggunya lama, tp pasti akan datang jg gilirannya, hehehe.... >________________________________ > From: Sunny <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Thursday, September 6, 2012 4:40 AM >Subject: [proletar] W. Java’s Shiites wary following Sampang killings > > > >http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/09/05/w-java-s-shiites-wary-following-sampang-killings.html >W. Java’s Shiites wary following Sampang killings >The Jakarta Post | Reportage | Wed, September 05 2012, 10:05 AM >A- A A+ >Paper Edition | Page: 10 > >Indonesia’s Shiites are a minority among its Muslim population, which is >predominantly of the Sunni denomination. This minority came into the spotlight >after the December 2011 attack on the Shiite community in Sampang, Madura in >East Java, followed by the latest assault on Aug. 26, which left two villagers >dead. The Jakarta Post’s Amahl Azwar visited Shia followers in West Java, >which hosts a number of Shiite communities. > >Sorrow overshadowed the wrinkled face of Asum Sumpena, a 66-year-old Shiite >who lives in Cirangkong hamlet in Garut, West Java, after he watched the news >of the attacks on Shia followers in Sampang, East Java, last Sunday. > >For Asum, a farmer in the Cibunar valley in Malangbong sub-district, the >turmoil in Sampang revived memories of a rebellion led by SM Kartosuwiryo in >West Java in the 1950s. > >The charismatic cleric led an armed movement to set up the Indonesian Islamic >Nation. Thousands were displaced and killed in the crackdown by the fledgling >Indonesian military. > >“When I was small, Kartosuwiryo’s grip on this place was dreadful; many people >were killed. I am afraid that what happened in Sampang could trigger the same >chaos in the future,” Asum, a father of four, told The Jakarta Post at his >home last week. > >Asum, who converted to Shia in 1985, has been living fairly peacefully in the >valley with his family and some 250 fellow Shiites. In January this year, >police said they had “safeguarded” 19 Shiites in Margaluyu village in >Cikajang, Garut, after the latter claimed they had received threats from >locals after a fallout during Friday prayers. > >The 19 Shiites allegedly left a local mosque abruptly while a cleric was >delivering his Friday sermon, triggering tensions between them and the other >worshippers. They had said the cleric had insulted Shiites. > >In May, clerics from various Islamic organizations in West Java affiliated >with the Indonesian Ulema and Ummah Forum (FUUI) called on the public to be >wary of Shia teachings. > >West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan attended the event, but he did not comment >on demands to ban Shia practice in the province. > >The FUUI move paralleled demands from Sunni ulema in Madura and other areas in >East Java. > >In the Shiite-majority village of Cirangkong, Shiites and Sunnis appear to >live side by side peacefully. One of Asum’s daughters has married a Sunni and >resides in Garut with her family. > >Meanwhile, Bahrun, 43, who sells cakue — fried cake — lives next to his >brother, who is a Sunni. > >“Alhamdulillah [thank God], we have lived in harmony these past few years. >But, after I watched the TV news on how the crowd razed the houses of the >[Shia followers], I must admit that it was very disturbing,” said Bahrun. > >According to the West Java chapter of the Shia group Ahlul Bait Indonesia >(ABI), Shia teachings were first introduced to Cirangkong back in the 1980s by >the late Syarif Aunillah, whose name is memorialized at the local Shia mosque. > >Rustandi, the mosque guardian, told the Post that the Shia mosque stewards had >been trying to reach out to other locals by offering to hold a mass clean-up >of the Sunni mosques in the region. > >“This is one of our ways to make them understand that we mean no harm,” said >Rustandi. > >The Cibunar village head Basari Jaelani said one reason why there had not been >any trouble between the Shiite community in Cirangkong and other hamlets under >his supervision was because of the Shiites’ involvement in many social >activities. > >“They have been helping other communities. I have requested the Garut chapter >of the Indonesia Ulema Council (MUI) to have the next monthly Koran-reading >ceremony conducted at the [Shiites’] Syarif Aunillah mosque,” said Basari. > >Meanwhile, in Bandung, a number of anti-Shiite movements have arisen in the >past few months. > >Apart from the FUUI call to ban Shia in May, which took place in the Al Fajar >Mosque in Bandung, West Java, the youth wing of Persis Bandung, a conservative >Islamic organization, has voiced similar >demands. > >In March, a group discussion in the Istiqomah Mosque in Bandung also called >for the banning of Shia practice, urging Muslims “to take a stand without >waiting for the MUI to officially declare a ban against Shia teachings”. > >“Although the people in West Java are quite peaceful and tolerant, who can >guarantee that this situation will persist in the future?” said leading cleric >Athian Ali, who leads the FUUI in Bandung, on Thursday. > >“Everyone has a limit. Shia followers have been clearly insulting us with >their deeds.” > >The secretary of the West Java chapter of MUI Rafani Akhyar told the Post that >even though personally he had some objections to Shia teachings, particularly >the teachings under the Indonesian Ahlul Bait Association (Ijabi), led by >scholar Jalaluddin Rahmat, he could not ban Shia. > >“After all, the Shiites are still considered Muslims,” he said. > >On Wednesday, Heryawan issued a statement guaranteeing the safety of all >religious groups, including the Shiite community, in the West Java region >following the Sampang tragedy. > >“People in West Java have a very strong sense of solidarity as well as >tolerance,” he said. > >Yet according to the Setara Institute, an NGO focusing on human rights issues, >West Java has topped the list of provinces with the most violations of freedom >of religion in the past few years. > >Demographically this might be understandable with some 97 percent of the >population being Muslims, researchers say — made worse by the proliferation of >conservative groups in the region. > >In 2009, West Java recorded the highest, or 57, incidents of intolerance. It >ranked highest again in 2010 with a total of 91 incidents out of 216 recorded >violations, according to Setara. In 2011, out of 244 violations against >freedom of religion, West Java once again had the most violations with 57 >events. > >In the January-June period this year, Setara recorded 129 violations against >freedom of religion, with West Java ranking highest again with 36 incidents. > >Separately, Bandung-based Padjadjaran University historian Nina Herlina Lubis >said that what happened in Sampang could be repeated against Shia followers in >West Java given “dramatic” social changes in Bandung. > >“Take Ahmadiyah [an Islamic minority sect]. Even though Ahmadiyah followers >have been living in West Java, particularly in Garut and Tasikmalaya since the >1930s, attacks on them have been increasing over the past few years,” she said. > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
