RE: [wanita-muslimah] Babat- Debat Khalifah Islamiyah SI - What the Western Thinkers Said about Islam, U.S - Islamic World Forum
Assalamu'alaikum wr wb, Insya Allah cita-cita pak Achmad untuk duduk sama rendah, berdiri sama tinggi...dengan saudara - saudara kita baik yang di Amerika dan Eropa akan segera terwujud, U. S - Islamic World Forum. Welcome and Ahlan wa Sahlan, One of the greatest challenges in global politics today is the dangerous tension growing between the United States and the world's Muslim states and communities. This deepening divide is a critical impediment to cooperation on a breadth of vital issues, ranging from dealing with terrorism and radicalism to supporting human development and freedom. The U.S.-Islamic World Forum brings together leaders from politics, business, media, academia, and civil society from across the Islamic world (including Muslim communities in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East) for an annual dialogue with their American counterparts. This institutionalized dialogue, made possible by the vision and support of the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, has as its essential purpose the building of bridges between the United States and the Islamic world. The Doha Forum seeks to serve as both a convening body and a catalyst for positive action. Therefore, its focus is not on dialogue for dialogue's sake, but on developing actionable programs for government, civil society, and the private sector. The first meeting of the Forum was in January 2004. Over 165 leaders from the U.S. and 37 states in the Muslim world met over the course of 3 days. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Sheikh Hamad delivered the keynote addresses. In addition to the dialogue and debate, among the most heartening aspects of the meeting were the various networks and endeavors that were generated, including the building of schools and other human development initiatives in the region, the formation of a Muslim American foreign policy caucus, and the initiation of track two diplomatic talks for certain conflict zones. A summary of the 2004 Forum, including a full list of attendees, can be found here. The 2005 conference is shaping up to be quite an impressive event. Top American and Muslim world leaders, whose backgrounds range from Ministers and CEOs to University Deans and Newspaper Editors, representing over thirty countries will be in attendance. In addition to regional and international press coverage of the conference, amongst our partners is America Abroad Media, which will be taping its international affairs show on site, drawing from the events and participants. Its program is broadcast on more than 90 US public radio stations and in more than 100 countries, with the television side scheduled for launch on PBS stations in the Fall. In addition, the conference will be again partnering with Soliya, an Internet-based youth educational program, which will connect the conference events to students in both U.S. and Arab universities. For more information on this initiative, please go to Soliya Web site. If you would like to link this cooperative program with your institution, please contact us and we will work to facilitate. We would like to express our deep appreciation to the Government of Qatar, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the Ford Foundation, the Education for Employment Foundation, Haim Saban, and the Brookings Institution, for helping to make the Forum possible. Given ongoing events, its meetings could not have come at a more timely and needed juncture. Kindest regards, Professor Stephen P. Cohen Project Co-Convenor Ambassador Martin Indyk Project Co-Convenor Dr. Peter W. Singer Project Director Professor Shibley Telhami Project Co-Convenor wassalam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kalau saya membaca postingan Mas Jano Ko di bawah ini, saya cuma komentar: Alhamdulillah ada beberapa orang Barat yang tetap setia mengingatkan negara dan bangsanya untuk bisa memahami Islam dengan baik! Tetapi, sebagai orang Islam yang berkebangsaan Indonesia, saya masih berdoa: semoga kebijakan barat semakin manusiawi. Sebab, kami tidak membutuhkan puji-pujian, yang kami butuhkan adalah pengakuan yang terang-benderang negara-negara Barat terhadap negara-negara berkembang dan yang belum maju bahwa hakikatnya semua bangsa itu setara dan harus diperlakukan sebagaimana pepatah duduk sama rendah, berdiri sama tinggi; ringan sama dijinjing dan berat sama dipikul. Semoga negara-negara maju tidak melakukan terus-menerus de l'homme par l'homme, de nation par nation, penghisapan manusia atas manusia dan negara atas negara. Bila ada tulisan asing yang masih salah tulis, saya mohon maaf. Wassalam, chodjim -Original Message- From: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of jano ko Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 4:28 PM To: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [wanita-muslimah] Babat- Debat Khalifah Islamiyah SI - What
RE: [wanita-muslimah] Babat- Debat Khalifah Islamiyah SI - What the Western Thinkers Said about Islam
Wah mas Chodjim, rasa-rasanya kita baru ditekan dan dihisap oleh Amerika dalam kasus Exxon-Cepu. Nasibnya negara berkembang, pongahnya negara adidaya. Minyaknya dihisap habis dengan harga murah. 8-( Salam, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com 03/15/2006 12:11 PM Please respond to wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com To wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com cc Subject RE: [wanita-muslimah] Babat- Debat Khalifah Islamiyah SI - What the Western Thinkers Said about Islam Kalau saya membaca postingan Mas Jano Ko di bawah ini, saya cuma komentar: Alhamdulillah ada beberapa orang Barat yang tetap setia mengingatkan negara dan bangsanya untuk bisa memahami Islam dengan baik! Tetapi, sebagai orang Islam yang berkebangsaan Indonesia, saya masih berdoa: semoga kebijakan barat semakin manusiawi. Sebab, kami tidak membutuhkan puji-pujian, yang kami butuhkan adalah pengakuan yang terang-benderang negara-negara Barat terhadap negara-negara berkembang dan yang belum maju bahwa hakikatnya semua bangsa itu setara dan harus diperlakukan sebagaimana pepatah duduk sama rendah, berdiri sama tinggi; ringan sama dijinjing dan berat sama dipikul. Semoga negara-negara maju tidak melakukan terus-menerus de l'homme par l'homme, de nation par nation, penghisapan manusia atas manusia dan negara atas negara. Bila ada tulisan asing yang masih salah tulis, saya mohon maaf. Wassalam, chodjim -Original Message- From: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of jano ko Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 4:28 PM To: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [wanita-muslimah] Babat- Debat Khalifah Islamiyah SI - What the Western Thinkers Said about Islam What the Western Thinkers Said about Islam Islam came like a flood of light – it illumined the entire environment. Its charm so captivated many that they moved into its fold – but those who, for a variety of reasons, did not enter its fold, were also spell-bound. They could not help admiring its beauty, splendour and grandeur. They confessed its greatness and paid tributes to it. Their evidence is important in one respect: it comes from those who are not within it, from many who have, on the whole, been rather antagonistic; but they too had to admit its unique features, its serenity that casts its spell on all and sundry. It is a selection of such evidence that we now present. Islam: A Simple, Humanitarian and Attractive Religion “Islam had the power of peacefully conquering souls by the simplicity of its theology, the clearness of its dogma and principles, and the definite number of the practices which it demands. In contrast to Christianity which has been undergoing continual transformation since its origin, Islam has remained identical with itself.” (Jean L’heureux, Etude sur L’Islamisme P.35) “Two features in the Creed of Islam have always specially attracted me. One is the God conception, the other is its unquestionable sincerity – a tremendous asset in human affairs, the religious aspect of them especially. After all, sincerity is almost divine and like love covers a multitude of sins.” (Major Arthur Glyn Leonard, Islam – Her Moral and Spiritual Value, London, 1927) “Sense of justice is one of the most wonderful ideals of Islam, because as I read in the Qur’an I find those dynamic principles of life, not mystic but practical ethics for the daily conduct of life suited to the whole world.” (Sirojini Naidu, Lecture on “The Ideals of Islam vide Speeches and Writings of Sirojini Naidu, Madras, 1918, P 167) “The rise of Islam is perhaps the most amazing event in human history. Springing from a land and a people alike previously negligible, Islam spread within a century over half the earth, shattering great empires, overthrowing long established religions, remoulding the souls of races, and building up a whole new world – the world of Islam…For the first three centuries of its existence (circ.A.D. 650-1000) the realm of Islam was the most civilised and progressive portion of the world. Studded with splendid cities, gracious mosques, and quiet universities where the wisdom of the ancient world was preserved and appreciated, the Muslim world offered a striking contrast to the Christian West, then sunk in the night of the Dark Ages.” (A.M Lothrop Stoddard, Ph.D., The New World of Islam, London 1932, pp1-3) “There can be no question but that, with its pure monotheism, and a code founded in the main on justice and humanity, Islam succeeds in raising to a higher level races sunk in idolatry and fetishism, like those of Central Africa, and that in some respects, notably in that of temperance, it materially improves the morality of such peoples.” (Sir William Muir, Mohamed and Islam, London, 1895 p.246) Islamic Brotherhood: All Are Equal “Take
Re: [wanita-muslimah] Babat- Debat Khalifah Islamiyah SI - What the Western Thinkers Said about Islam
What the Western Thinkers Said about Islam Islam came like a flood of light it illumined the entire environment. Its charm so captivated many that they moved into its fold but those who, for a variety of reasons, did not enter its fold, were also spell-bound. They could not help admiring its beauty, splendour and grandeur. They confessed its greatness and paid tributes to it. Their evidence is important in one respect: it comes from those who are not within it, from many who have, on the whole, been rather antagonistic; but they too had to admit its unique features, its serenity that casts its spell on all and sundry. It is a selection of such evidence that we now present. Islam: A Simple, Humanitarian and Attractive Religion Islam had the power of peacefully conquering souls by the simplicity of its theology, the clearness of its dogma and principles, and the definite number of the practices which it demands. In contrast to Christianity which has been undergoing continual transformation since its origin, Islam has remained identical with itself. (Jean Lheureux, Etude sur LIslamisme P.35) Two features in the Creed of Islam have always specially attracted me. One is the God conception, the other is its unquestionable sincerity a tremendous asset in human affairs, the religious aspect of them especially. After all, sincerity is almost divine and like love covers a multitude of sins. (Major Arthur Glyn Leonard, Islam Her Moral and Spiritual Value, London, 1927) Sense of justice is one of the most wonderful ideals of Islam, because as I read in the Quran I find those dynamic principles of life, not mystic but practical ethics for the daily conduct of life suited to the whole world. (Sirojini Naidu, Lecture on The Ideals of Islam vide Speeches and Writings of Sirojini Naidu, Madras, 1918, P 167) The rise of Islam is perhaps the most amazing event in human history. Springing from a land and a people alike previously negligible, Islam spread within a century over half the earth, shattering great empires, overthrowing long established religions, remoulding the souls of races, and building up a whole new world the world of Islam For the first three centuries of its existence (circ.A.D. 650-1000) the realm of Islam was the most civilised and progressive portion of the world. Studded with splendid cities, gracious mosques, and quiet universities where the wisdom of the ancient world was preserved and appreciated, the Muslim world offered a striking contrast to the Christian West, then sunk in the night of the Dark Ages. (A.M Lothrop Stoddard, Ph.D., The New World of Islam, London 1932, pp1-3) There can be no question but that, with its pure monotheism, and a code founded in the main on justice and humanity, Islam succeeds in raising to a higher level races sunk in idolatry and fetishism, like those of Central Africa, and that in some respects, notably in that of temperance, it materially improves the morality of such peoples. (Sir William Muir, Mohamed and Islam, London, 1895 p.246) Islamic Brotherhood: All Are Equal Take away that black man! I can have no discussion with him, exclaimed the Christian Archbishop Cyrus when the Arab conquerors had sent a deputation of their ablest men to discuss terms of surrender of the capital of Egypt, headed by Negro Ubadah as the ablest of them all. To the sacred archbishops astonishment, he was told that this man was commissioned by General Amr; that the Muslims held Negroes and white men in equal respect judging a man by his character and not by his colour. Such a spirit of class distinction is certainly the greatest hindrance to missionary work in the East, as every impartial observer has noted. How, for instance, can any other appeal stand against that of the Muslim who, in approaching the pagan, says to him, however obscure or degraded he may be, Embrace the faith, and you are at once an equal and a brother. Islam knows no colour line. (S.S Leeder, Veiled Mysteries of Egypt, London, 1912,pp.332 335) The Islamic brotherhood which they proclaimed was a real thing, and a new thing among Eastern nations. It is doubtful whether Christian Syrians ever felt the same sense of brotherhood with Christian Persians as Muslim Syrians did with Muslim Persians. (Lawrence E. Browne, The Prospects of Islam, London, 1944, p.12) But Islam has yet a further service to render the cause of humanity No other society has such a record of success in uniting in an equality of status, of opportunity and of endeavour so many and so various races of mankind. The great Muslim communities of Africa, India and Indonesia, perhaps also the small Muslim community in Japan, show that Islam has still the power to reconcile
