[wanita-muslimah] Changing public's mind-set is key
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp? fileid=20060720.E04irec=3 Changing public's mind-set is key Indraswari, Bandung Tansa Musa's article, Millions of girls suffer 'breast ironing', in the July 7 edition of The Jakarta Post shocked me. Breast ironing adds to the list of harmful practices engaged in by women: the ancient Chinese custom of foot binding, female genital cutting in some African countries and suttee in India -- now very rare -- the act of a Hindu widow willingly being cremated on the funeral pyre of her husband. According to the report, breast ironing is the use of hard or heated objects or other substances to try to stunt breast growth in girls (which) is a traditional practice in West Africa. It says that in Cameroon one in four teenagers are subjected to the cruel practice by relatives. Three days later, there was an article in the Post on schoolgirls in Makassar, South Sulawesi, being ordered to leave their leg-baring short skirts in the closet to avoid attracting unwelcome attention. While Cameroon and Makassar are millions of miles away and the two cases may not be comparable, both apply the same logic in blaming women for sexual harassment -- generally defined as unwanted and unwelcome behavior of a sexual nature. What lies behind the breast ironing practice are the dominant misleading views that when women are sexually harassed it is because they are too attractive. Such views explain why the cruel practice occurs under the notion to protect women from sexual harassment, or rape, by lessening their sexual attractiveness and that the practice is for their own good. In a similar tone, the Makassar mayor as quoted in this paper explicitly stated that the order to don long skirts for female high school students aims to ensure they maintain decent conduct and to prevent inviting sexual harassment. We can only stop sexual harassment from occurring if we make efforts to change people's mind-sets. A campaign to educate the public about sexual harassment should be run by the government. It is a crime for which the perpetrators should be punished. On a practical level, opening up a hot line or a center that receives reports of sexual harassment could be done by the police together with, for instance, local non-governmental organizations. This has been done in some regions, but staffing these facilities with gender-sensitive personnel who can empathize with the victims is imperative. Moreover, law enforcement should be upheld properly to ensure justice. Regardless of such initiatives, however, women will not be protected until perceptions of sexual harassment change. The victims of rape, for instance, include children and elderly women. Sexual harassment occurs not only in public places but at also in th home. The perpetrators are not only strangers but also family members or relatives. Quoting government and media surveys, website Wikipedia estimates 40 to 60 percent of women in the U.S. are sexually harassed in the workplace. The European Women's Lobby reports that between 40 and 50 percent of female employees have experienced some form of sexual harassment or unwanted sexual behavior in the workplace. A 2002 study of students in the eighth through to the 11th grade by the American Association of University Women revealed that 78 percent of girls have been sexually harassed. To my knowledge, there is not yet statistical data on sexual harassment in Indonesia, but this does not mean that we do not need to pay attention to it. In the case of breast ironing -- which may result in one or both breasts disappearing -- there is no guarantee that the victims are then free from sexual harassment as the report indicates that the same parents might mutilate other parts of their daughters' bodies, which are seen as attractive to men. In a similar vein, if women are required to cover their legs, the same government officials might instruct women to cover other parts of their bodies. The problem is, even when women are completely covered, sexual harassment still occurs. So sexual harassment is not about women's clothing and their attractiveness to men, it is about unequal power relations. In such a case, it is not only the victims who are dehumanized but the perpetrators, as the latter are considered no more than sexual creatures, devoid of respect for other human beings and unable to control their sexual desires. Both men and women should dress appropriately but if women are not treated with respect, regardless of their dress, we cannot expect to curb sexual harassment. The writer is a lecturer at the Department of Public Administration, School of Social and Political Science, Parahyangan Catholic University. She can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design.
[wanita-muslimah] A Chinese-Indonesian history of discrimination
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20060526.A04irec=6 A Chinese-Indonesian history of discrimination M. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta For more than 40 years, Hariyanto has been judged by his ethnicity. During the anti-communist pogrom in the mid-1960s, the native of Tanah Abang was accused of being a communist simply because he was a Chinese Indonesian. Even today, his religion, Taoism, is constantly confused with Confucianism and his ID card says he is a Buddhist. Years of official discrimination against Chinese-Indonesian citizens prompted Hariyanto and thousands of others to put Buddhism, one of the five religions then recognized by the government, on their ID cards. While it may just be an imprint on a piece of paper, its consequences are serious. We all have to disguise what faiths we practice because we fear that government officials will meddle in our religious affairs, Hariyanto told The Jakarta Post. When he went to worship -- the sign on the Taoist temple's main gate also stated it was a Buddhist institution. Despite this insult, ethnic Chinese like Hariyanto are so used to discrimination that they accept it as the norm. I personally don't care anymore whether or not the government recognizes Taoism or Confucianism as religions. These are our beliefs, not theirs, Hariyanto said. I don't want to talk too much about the discrimination or else I will be accused of being a communist once again, he said. A member of the Army-sponsored Student Action Front during the 1960s, Hariyanto was labeled a communist because he was reluctant to join a campaign to crush the Indonesian Communist Party. After the fall of the New Order regime, the government officially recognized Confucianism as an established religions in the country, aside from Islam, Catholicism, Protestantism, Hinduism and Buddhism. However, this acceptance has not filtered down to the lower levels of bureaucracy. Unfortunately for Hariyanto, Taoism, an offshoot of Confucianism, was not recognized. Most people here confuse Confucianism and Taoism because both are beliefs originally from mainland China. However, Taoist texts reject many of the basic assumptions of Confucianism. During his presidency, Abdurrahman Gus Dur Wahid tried to end discrimination against ethnic Chinese by officially recognizing their beliefs and culture. However, despite the policy change, most ethnic Chinese say little has changed. Daniel Lesmana, who lives in Palmerah in West Jakarta, says that being a Chinese Confucian means he is often extorted by government officials. The 45-year-old said that even if he wanted to state his real religion on his ID card, the process would be slow, costly and uncertain. Issuing ID cards and other documents to Chinese people has become a way for government officials to make money. That is why it is difficult to change their attitudes to us, he told the Post. Daniel feels Chinese Indonesians here are being unfairly singled out by officials in the country, unlike Indonesian Arabs or Muslims from other ethnic groups. Communities here are often targeted by officialdom in random ID card sweeps, especially when alleged wrongdoing by Chinese Indonesians is exposed in the media. This happened earlier this month in Makassar, South Sulawesi, where tensions in the area were high following the death of a housemaid who worked for a Chinese family. Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment SPONSORED LINKS Women Different religions beliefs Islam Muslimah Women in islam YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "wanita-muslimah" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[wanita-muslimah] Re: PDS dan Syariat -Fobia
Di bawah ini beberapa artikel yang membahas soal hukum sharia, perda, moralitas seksual dan subyek yang berkaitan dalam konteks perkembangan di Indonesia yang baru ini. Untuk membaca semua artikel secara lengkap silakan klik link pada setiap artikel, karena saya hanya mengutip bagian-bagian tertentu. Mengenai artikel yang dikirim oleh Mbak Flora, saya ada satu pertanyaan: Bagaimana mungkin seseorang yang bertanggung jawab sampai bisa menulis seperti: *** Soal zina dalam Islam sudah jelas. Pelakunya harusnya diganjar hukum rajam atau cambuk 100 kali. *** Padahal soal hukum zina, bahkan definisi zina, masih menjadi debatable dalam masrakyat Islam. Di milis ini juga pernah dibahas panjang lebar hingga beberapa kali. Lagipula, pernyataan di atas membingungkan, karena dibilang jelas, tetapi nanti dibilang rajam atau cambuk 100 kali. Mana yang benar alias jelas? Maka, orang yang cepat bilang ini sudah jelas dan sejenisnya bisa menjadi bahaya apabila yang bersangkutan memegang kekuasaan. Apalagi atas dasar hukum yang masih debatable. Maka harus dimengerti mengapa sebagian masrakyat mempunyai rasa takut terhadap hukum Islam, lebih tepatnya terhadap para penguasa yang nanti akan menjalankannya. Sedangkan ketakutan itu memang wajar, karena yang mengerihkan adalah sifat totaliter dan arbitrer. Ditambah dengan sikap sebagian pendukung hukum Islam yang khususnya hanya bisa mengancam dengan hukuman mati, sehingga Islam ditampilkan oleh mereka sebagai ajaran yang haus darah dan mengerihkan. Salam, ayeye Activists seek review of shariah Monday, May 22, 2006 http://www.thejakartapost.com/Archives/ArchivesDet2.asp? FileID=20060522.H02 In Tangerang, women are subject to arrest as suspected prostitutes if they venture out without a male companion at night. In Palembang city (in South Sumatra), being a homosexual is punishable by jail terms and hefty fines, she said. Ratna points out that many of the shariah bylaws discriminate against women, depriving them of their basic rights, such as the right to dress as they choose and act as they choose. In some regencies in South Sulawesi province, the bylaws require women to wear Muslim clothes but they do not prescribe the same thing for men, said Masruchah, who wears a headscarf. The bylaws curtail women's rights to move and act. In the West Java regency of Cianjur, women are seen as 'good women' only if they wear Muslim clothes, she said. Is NU shifting toward intolerance? Monday, May 08, 2006 http://www.thejakartapost.com/Archives/ArchivesDet2.asp? FileID=20060508.F01 Following NU's revelation of its controversial stand, some hard-line Muslim groups declared the blood of the Ahmadiyah congregation halal, which contravenes the Koran that forbids the killing of believers (An-Nisaa:92). Later, NU, following in the footsteps of MUI, issued a fatwa that condemns and forbids liberalism, pluralism and secularism. In another twist in its changing image, NU expressed support for sharia-based bylaws adopted by some regencies across the country. The bylaws have given a boost to the phenomenon of morality police in the regencies, which in some cases has prompted certain groups to take the law into their own hands. Now, the changes are going the hard-liners' way. It not only legitimizes the totalitarian rule they are seeking, but also silences and marginalizes moderate Muslims. Bureaucratization of Islamic law and faith-based power politics Friday, May 05, 2006 http://www.thejakartapost.com/Archives/ArchivesDet2.asp? FileID=20060505.F02 In South Sulawesi they maintain that the regional bylaws will not be enacted over non-Muslims, although in practice non-Muslims have little option but to follow the rest, such as in the dress code. Most Indonesians, Muslims and minorities, including people within South Sulawesi, do not endorse formalized Islamic law. Most subscribe to a substantive sharia. Within Muslim groups and individuals, there exists a diversity of views on what Islam should mean and imply in the private and public sphere. The subscribers to substantive sharia, for example, put great emphasis on education for science and technology, employment, law enforcement, corruption eradication, public service, economic reforms, and other crucial inclusive problems. The dissenting groups would be regarded as a threat rather than a dialog partner. Power is everywhere and those who dominate discourse hold power, as Michel Foucault says. The dominant discourse over what sharia means and implies influences who hold power, and create and impose regulations over society at large, and vice versa. Those in power may determine discourse on sharia. In many legal cases, however, the majority remain silent. Noise comes from the vocal few often speaking on behalf of the silent majority. 'Sharia-based bylaws violate Constitution' Thursday, May 04, 2006 http://www.thejakartapost.com/Archives/ArchivesDet2.asp? FileID=20060504.A01
[wanita-muslimah] Balasan: Re: Tubuhku Adalah Milikku
Mbak Flora, sepertinya sifat berlebihan tercerminkan pula dalam tanggapan Anda, sehingga saya merasa bahwa pendapat saya malahan didukung oleh Mbak Flora, meskipun (saya mengassumsikan) tanpa disengaja. Salam, ayeye --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, Flora Pamungkas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mbulet-mbulet gak karuan iki ... Sudahlah, dari sudut pandangan Islam, kita kan tahu betul (jangan pura2 nggak tahu ya ..), bahwa Islam tidak mengajarkan apa yang dilakukan diajeng Inul. Jadi apa yang dilakukan diajeng Inul itu tidak Islami Kecuali kalau diajeng Inul melakukan ngebor, kayang, vibrator, entah apa lagi ... HANYA di depan suaminya sendiri ... maka Islam tidak melarang. (eh ..ngomong2 .. ini milis wanita muslimah kan ya ..? He ...he.. saya takut salah alamat sih ...) Wis ngono wae! Gitu aja kok refot! inbox nii ..yee..:-)) Salam, Flora From: ayeye1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed May 17, 2006 2:21am(PDT) Subject: Balasan: RE: [wanita-muslimah] Re: Tubuhku Adalah Milikku Sebaliknya Mas Wida. Jangan-jangan kita menghakimi suatu hal yang normal sebagai dosa, karena kebetulan pikiran kita sendiri yang berlebihan. Salam, ayeye --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, Wida.Kusuma@ wrote: Nah, berarti gerakan Inul dkk itu sudah termasuk gerakan porno. Gerakan yang bisa membuat fikiran orang kotor. Kalau orang yang fikirannya menjadi kotor kemudian bermain kotor di pelacuran maka Inul sudah ikut berdosa. Karena dialah stimulusnya. Walaupun orang itu tidak bermain kotor di pelacuran, membuat orang berfikiran kotor dengan gerakan atau cara berpakaian, itu adalah dosa. Salam, Chae chairunisa_mahadewi@ Sent by: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com 05/17/2006 03:14 PM wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment SPONSORED LINKS Women Islam Muslimah Women in islam YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "wanita-muslimah" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[wanita-muslimah] Balasan: Re: Tubuhku Adalah Milikku - kontemplasi
Mbak Flora, kalau Anda mau berusaha untuk memeriksa arsip milis ini, Anda akan menemukan banyak variasi pendapat dari masing-masing anggota muslim/muslimah terhadap berbagai subyek, sehingga tidak perlu Anda mengklaim bahwa pendapat pribadi Anda adalah satu-satunya kebenaran dari ajaran Islam. Justru tidak sesimpel itu dan menurut saya adalah berlebihan kalau Anda mengajak saya untuk berpendapat bahwa Islam berlebihan, karena pendapat saya ditunjukkan kepada pendapat pula. Mbak Flora juga kudu sadar bahwa dengan mengatakan dirinya sebagai Islam, khususnya dengan tujuan yang ingin membenarkan diri sendiri, itu bukan akan meningkatkan kredibilitas Anda sebagai lebih islamih, sebab yang saya melihat hanya isi dan cara tulisan Anda, termasuk kata-kata yang Anda mengunakan di sini. Mbak Flora mengerti maksud saya? Sedangkan maksud dari pendapat saya yang semula, agar kita jangan meletakan terlalu banyak kepada suatu hal sehingga sudah tidak menjadi proporsional lagi. Masa kita bisa menyalahkan gerakan Inul atas terjadinya tindakan kriminal atau pelecehan? Dasar pembenaran terhadap pendapat seperti itu apa? Lihat saja, kasus kekerasan dalam rumah tangga, pelecehan seksual, pedagangan anak dan perempuan, dst. sudah ada dan terjadi bukan karena keberadaan Inul. Berikut di bawah ini saya mengutip tanggapan dari Mbak Mia: *** Mbak Flora kudu belajar berkontemplasi. Itulah yang diimplikasikan Pak Ayeye sebagai suatu ajakan berkontemplasi. Yang perlu mbak kontemplasikan itu begini: kita sering memproyeksikan pikiran bias kita sendiri ke pihak lain. Jadi eling, gitu. Salam Mia *** Salam, ayeye --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, Flora Pamungkas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Saya orang Islam, jadi ya pakai sudut pandang ajaran Islam, di milis wanita muslimah pula. Jadi ya relevan to? Mengenai menjaga pandangan, mengekspose tubuh, pertunjukan Inul, rujukan Islami memang begitu adanya, jelas, simple. Jadi kalau tanggapan saya anda anggap berlebihan, ya silakan, mari anda saya rujuk ke rujukan saya, ajaran Islam. Dan silakan kalau pak Ayeye mau berpendapat bahwa Islam berlebihan. Kemarin juga Sdri. Mia menghimbau saya untuk kontemplasi atas pendapat pak Ayeye yg sebelumnya. (mau saya lampirkan postingan Sdri. Mia, tapi nggak ketemu. Soalnya saya pilih terima postingan milis ini sekaligus gitu, sekali masuk bisa 25 postingan. Resikonya sering ada yang terlewat nggak kebaca, saking banyaknya sih.) Bagi saya, kontemplasi oke!, dan kontemplasi HARUS menghasilkan sesuatu sikap yang menambah rasa kepatuhan dan mendekat kepada aturan yang telah diberikan oleh Allah SWT. Dan pada saat yang sama, juga menjauhi laranganNya Bukan kontemplasi yang malah membuahkan sikap sejenis pengeyelan edisi baru, terus ngajak2 lagi... :-) Saya sudah capek ngeyel. Repot ah :-( Salam, Flora ___ From: ayeye1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu May 18, 2006 4:21am(PDT) Subject: Balasan: Re: Tubuhku Adalah Milikku Mbak Flora, sepertinya sifat berlebihan tercerminkan pula dalam tanggapan Anda, sehingga saya merasa bahwa pendapat saya malahan didukung oleh Mbak Flora, meskipun (saya mengassumsikan) tanpa disengaja. Salam, ayeye --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, Flora Pamungkas florapamungkas@ wrote: Mbulet-mbulet gak karuan iki ... Sudahlah, dari sudut pandangan Islam, kita kan tahu betul (jangan pura2 nggak tahu ya ..), bahwa Islam tidak mengajarkan apa yang dilakukan diajeng Inul. Jadi apa yang dilakukan diajeng Inul itu tidak Islami Kecuali kalau diajeng Inul melakukan ngebor, kayang, vibrator, entah apa lagi ... HANYA di depan suaminya sendiri ... maka Islam tidak melarang. (eh ..ngomong2 .. ini milis wanita muslimah kan ya ..? He ...he.. saya takut salah alamat sih ...) Wis ngono wae! Gitu aja kok refot! inbox nii ..yee..:-)) Salam, Flora From: ayeye1 ayeye1@ Date: Wed May 17, 2006 2:21am(PDT) Subject: Balasan: RE: [wanita-muslimah] Re: Tubuhku Adalah Milikku Sebaliknya Mas Wida. Jangan-jangan kita menghakimi suatu hal yang normal sebagai dosa, karena kebetulan pikiran kita sendiri yang berlebihan. Salam, ayeye [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment SPONSORED LINKS Women
[wanita-muslimah] Money... Money... Money...
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20060404.B01irec=0 Money talks for smooth processing of work, stay permits Ridwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Stop by Floor M of the Manpower and Transmigration Ministry on Jl. Gatot Subroto in South Jakarta to witness a finely honed bureaucratic process in full working order. The unsuspecting would be surprised to find a crowded hall, resembling the bustle of a traditional market, with long lines of people at cubicles for the processing of expatriate work permits. It's organized chaos operating according to its own discreet culture, governed by a tacitly understood process of transactions where money but few words are needed. Most companies who employ expatriates choose to hire agents to navigate the complicated and potentially time-consuming ins and outs of the process. On a recent afternoon, an agent, accompanied by his Italian client, went from desk to desk to secure five preliminary documents before an expatriate employment permit (IMTA) was furnished. No additional bargaining was needed, because the agent knew the amount needed, including the extras presented for satisfactory service. The approval for the expatriate employment plan (RPTKA) -- defining the role of the expatriate within the institution -- costs Rp 150,000 (about US$18), and the IMTA was issued after the officer in charge was presented with an envelope containing Rp 200,000. It took two weeks, and a total of Rp 1.2 million for the various payments, to secure the two essential documents. With little supervision and clear overstaffing in the department, many of the employees are available to offer additional help to facilitate the visa processing (the discovery of fake IMTA documents, with falsified receipts for the payment of funds for development, is being investigated by the ministry). The securing of the work permit is one thing; an expatriate also needs permission to reside here. The same Italian expatriate paid Rp 800,000 for a temporary stay permit at the South Jakarta immigration office, with the funds used to confirm the expatriate's arrival documentation, pay for the telex to inform the Indonesian Embassy in Rome of the issuance of his permit, to purchase the blue book, which documents changes in the holder's immigration status, and also to apply for a temporary stay permit (KITAS). It's possible to get the latter two documents within a few days, depending on the agent's clout and the recreation money paid to immigration officers. Expatriates are allowed to apply for a permanent stay permit (KITAP) after using a Kitas for an uninterrupted five-year period (formerly 10 years). A Kitap costs, with benefits including the right to hold a residence card, costs between Rp 50 million and Rp 100 million. It took another three months, an additional Rp 3.5 million, for the Italian to secure the KITAS. Bureaucratic procedures become even more complicated when expatriates extend their KITAS and IMTA, with recommendations needed from the local population office, the National Police Headquarters and the National Intelligence Agency. Rachel, an expatriate who has tried to process her own visa, says it has proven time-consuming and costly. They will tell you that you need this document, or another one, and to come back another day, she said. I'm also pretty much at their mercy, because I don't want to and really can't pay extras, so they tell me to bring in presents for them instead. Document.Issuer.Length of process.Unofficial rate 1. Mandatory report...Population Office...2 days...Rp 200,000 2. RPTKA..Manpower Ministry...7 days...Rp 150,000 3. TA-01..Manpower Ministry...3 days...Rp 75,000 4. Telex..Immigration Office...7 days...Rp 300,000 + US$100 5. Arrival card...Immigration Office...1 day...Rp 100,000 6. Fingerprinting...Immigration Office...1 day...Rp 100,000 7. POA*...Police Headquarters...1 day...Rp 50,000 8. Blue book...Immigration Office...3 days...Rp 200,000 9. KITAS..Immigration Office...3 days...Rp 200,000 10. Reentry permit...Immigration Office...1 day...Rp 100,000 11. DPKK*.Manpower Ministry...1 day...US$1,200 12. IMTA..Immigration Office...3 weeks...Rp 150,000 13. SKPPS*local population office...1 day...Rp 35,000 14. SKTT*.Population Office...1 day...Rp 50,000 15. STM*..Police Station...1 day...Rp 25,000 15. SKLD*.Police Headquarters...1 day...Rp 75,000 * POA: Monitoring of foreigners * SKPPS: Recommendation for temporary resident * SKTT: Recommendation for expatriate resident * STM: Letter of registration with local police station * SKLD: Letter of registration with National Police Headquarters Various sources Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM
[wanita-muslimah] Re: Buku Quraish Shihab dikritisi di Mesir
Terima kasih atas artikel ini, Mbak Flora Pamungkas. Hanya, saya berkesulitan untuk menemukan nilai informatif dari artikel tersebut. Apakah Mbak Flora Pamungkas bersedia untuk menjelaskannya? Sebab apa yang saya mendapat dari artikel ini hanya berupa kritikan terhadap buku Jilbab, Pakaian Wanita Muslimah yang ditulis oleh Prof. Quraish Shihab. Kemudian kritikan tersebut datang dari tiga orang intelektual, yaitu Dr. Mukhlis Hanafi, mahasiswa Zain An-Najah dan mahasiswa Aep Syaefullah. Tetapi kritikan mereka malahan kurang dijelaskan, sehingga (sayangnya) tertampil destruktif. Atau pertanyaan mengapa mengenakan jilbab hukumnya wajib bagi wanita muslimah tidak dijawab dengan argumen yang informatif, melainkan dengan klaim seperti: [...Kewajiban berjilbab dengan ketentuan tertentu, didasari atas dalil dan qarinah (petunjuk) yang sangat kuat, jika tidak ingin mengatakan qhathi' (yakin)...] Di sini tidak diterangkan secara konkrit petunjuk mana yang sangat kuat dan mengapa. Seperti dikira bahwa dengan mengatakan kewajiban berjilbab dengan ketentuan tertentu, didasari atas dalil dan qarinah (petunjuk) yang sangat kuat, pembaca sudah akan puas dan merasa tercerah. Itu gaya bahasa yang manipulatif, mungkin cocok untuk diterima oleh orang yang muda mempercaya omongan orang lain. Seperti kita pergi ke toko kain dan sang penjual bilang... oh ini kain sangat bagus dan cocok, lagipula murah sekali, karena kebetulan untuk Anda...atau...the bar is closed, because the bar is not open... Berikutnya hanya disebutkan ayat jilbab dan ayat hijab dalam surah an-Nur dan al-Ahzab sebagai referensi dan dasar klaim mereka mengapa hukum mengenakan jilbab adalah wajib bagi wanita muslimah. Dalam kedua ayat itu (24.31 dan 33.59), masih menjadi debatable apakah hukum tersebut wajib atau tidak, karena belum ada bukti empiris yang bisa memperjelas posisi hukum dalam hal ini. Sedangkan klaim hanya tinggal klaim, termasuk klaim berikut di bawah ini: [...Kehati-hatian di dalam memutuskan hukum memang sangat perlu, namun kebimbangan yang berkepanjangan juga kurang tepat, apalagi masalahnya sudah dibahas ulama-ulama yang muktabar (otoritatif)...] Klaim ini tidak berfokus kepada materi yang dibahas, melainkan membelokan pembahasan kepada ulama-ulama yang muktabar, sehingga dengan sengaja menghindari untuk menjawab pertanyaan pokok dan memberi perasaan kepada pembaca bahwa semua sudah terjawab (oleh para ulama-ulama yang muktabar). Jadi para pembaca tidak perlu, malahan tidak diperbolehkan, untuk ikut berpikir, karena sudah ditugaskan kepada orang-orang yang lebih otoritatif dan lebih mengerti. Para pembaca tinggal menelan kebenaran mutlak yang sudah disediakan oleh mereka yang benar-benar mengerti agama, kalau tidak mau disebut paling mengerti. Pokoknya tidak perlu diragukan lagi, karena inilah solusi untuk semua permasalahan! Selanjutnya ketiga intelektual yang bersangkutan disebut dalam artikel itu sebagai kritis dan analitis. Jadi kalau kita mengeluarkan pernyataan seperti: penulis banyak tidak mengacu kepada buku primer atau penulis nampak kurang hati-hati dalam mengutip, kita sudah disebut sebagai kritis dan analitis. Hebat! Padahal tanpa keahlihan akademis, bahkan tanpa sekolah dasar, rata-rata manusia bisa menghasilkan pernyataan dengan kualitas yang seimbang. Kemudian mahasiswa Aep Saefullah memohon agar buku Prof. Quraish Shihab jangan diterbitkan. Alasannya, buku tersebut hanya menampilkan pendapat sementara orang serta mengutip sumber dari orang yang kurang otoritatif dalam bidangnya. Apabila seorang mahasiswa berani untuk berkata demikian kepada seorang profesor, ia harus memiliki argumen akademis yang kuat. Sayangnya, majalah Hidayatullah sepertinya tidak mau membuka rahasia itu kepada para pembaca. Oh mungkin jangan sampai menampilkan pendapat sementara orang. Kita juga tidak diberitahu apakah mahasiswa Aep Saefullah sama bersikap kritis dan analitis terhadap para ulama-ulama yang muktabar :-) Salam, ayeye * Buku Quraish Shihab Dikritisi di Mesir Rabu, 29 Maret 2006 Buku Profesor Dr. Quraish Shihab berjudul; Jilbab, Pakaian Wanita Muslimah banyak dikritisi mahasiswa al-Azhar. Katanya, banyak sumber tidak otoritatif dan lemah Hidayatullah.com--Forum Studi al-Qur'an (FORDIAN) dan Senat Mahasiswa Fakultas Syariah Islamiyah Kairo (SEMA FSI), Selasa,( 28/3/06) kemarin melakukan bedah buku di Aula Wisma Nusantara. Buku yang dibedah adalah karya Prof. Dr. M. Quraish Shihab berjudul; Jilbab, Pakaian Wanita Muslimah (Pandangan Ulama Masa Lalu dan Cendekiawan Kontemporer). Buku ini sempat menyuguhkan pro kontra dua kelompok yang berseberangan. Yakni, antara yang mendukung kewajiban memakai jilbab dan meyakininya sebagai bagian dari ajaran Islam, dengan kelompok yang menolak mengenakan jilbab sebagai sebuah kewajiban agama. Acara diskusi buku ini sempat mendapatkan apresiasi hangat dari publik Masisir (sebutan untuk mahasiswa Indonesia Mesir) dengan menghadirkan tiga
[wanita-muslimah] Women 'target of violence' in Aceh camps
http://www.thejakartapost.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]irec=0 Women 'target of violence' in Aceh camps Hera Diani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Cramped, poorly laid-out living quarters are leaving Acehnese refugee women vulnerable to violence, with sex crimes accounting for over 50 percent of recent reported cases. A five-month study of 59 facilities for people left homeless by the December 2004 tsunami determined 146 cases of violence, the National Commission on Violence Against Women in Aceh said Thursday. Reported acts ranged from 10 incidents of rape, sexual assault, verbal abuse, forced marriage/divorce to peeping toms in public bathrooms. The actual figure may be considerably higher, with many women afraid to report sexual violence because of the shame associated with the crimes and society's blaming of the victim. Most of the crimes in the study -- which began last October in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam -- were committed by people close to the women. Most of the women were aged below 28 years of age, with one gang-rape of a 15-year-old by seven men. The commission's report also said about 75 percent of domestic violence victims reported their assaults to the police, who had responded positively in most cases by arresting the alleged perpetrators. Aside from sexual violence, women refugees also suffered physical, psychological and economic abuse, the latter including abandonment and blackmail. There were also 38 cases of gender discrimination reported by 136 women, who said their rights as refugees were limited, for instance, in the decision-making process. There were also three cases of underage prostitution, which the report said was due to poverty and a legacy of the armed conflict in the province. About 67,000 people remained in tent communities and 30,000 in shelters in Aceh at the end of 2005. The report found poor facilities in the camps left women vulnerable to violence. Living quarters were overcrowded, closely located to each other and lacking proper air circulation, with three people to a three by three meter room, and four crammed into a four by five meter room. Almost half of the sites were poorly lit, with 20 percent unable to be shut or locked. Bathrooms, 97 percent which are shared between the sexes, are generally far from the living quarters; 54 percent were at the end of dimly lit paths and 25 percent did not provide sufficient privacy. The commission called on the government and Aceh administration to be more involved in supervising security at refugee facilities and to set up state-run agencies for women to report assaults. It also urged law enforcers to uphold the law on domestic violence, as well as urging government to empower women particularly on economy. The commission said it would release the full report on April 21, before it is presented to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Political Porn: Autonomy means repression against women
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20060401.E02irec=3 Political Porn: Autonomy means repression against women Julia Suryakusuma and Tim Lindsey, Jakarta Reformasi promised to unravel the New Order and its legacy of state control, social repression and intermittent violence. One of the key mechanisms for this was, of course, decentralization and the grant to the regions of various levels of autonomy. The wave of local elections through to late 2005 has brought with it some of the most radical change Indonesia has experienced in decades. Of the 219 local elections conducted to date, some 40 percent or so resulted in the removal of incumbents and the rise of new elites, cementing a broader social process that has been underway across the archipelago since 1998. We say new elites but in many cases they are, in fact, the old elites redux, that is, traditional leaders pushed to one side under the New Order, reasserting themselves three decades later. Often they are male and often they draw their authority from traditional local sources, including adat and religion. In other words, new local leaders tend to look for their legitimacy to conservative and socially-regressive value systems linked to local identity. In many regions these groups have begun to replace the old Jakarta-endorsed bureaucrats, most of whom had a strongly secular nationalist bent and some level of commitment to a modernizing agenda. These old-for-new elites are influencing local policy right across the country, even where they haven't won office. In realpolitik terms, many local heroes want to differentiate themselves from the past and to strengthen their local support. One way to achieve this is to support or even lead local agendas sponsored by conservative social groups, often religious in nature. The result has been a wave of attempts to introduce conservative interpretation of adat (custom) or, more often, syariah-derived moral norms through regional regulations (Perda). This has occurred most obviously in Aceh, but social disruption has not been so significant there, as many of the norms underpinning that province's new Qanun (Islamic law) were long ago internalized by most Acehnese. It is more disruptive in other areas with greater religious and social plurality such as Tangerang, Cianjur, Padang and South Sulawesi, to give just a few examples of regions where Islamising Perda have been proposed or introduced. That some of these new regulatory regimes are inspired to some extent by Muslim hard-liners is clear. The drafting of the Acehnese Qanun, for example, drew inspiration from the radical and very controversial codes introduced by PAS in Kelantan and Trengganu, Malaysia. Undeterred by failure at the national level, hardliners renewed efforts to introduce legal grounds for shariah implementation at the local level, with some success. But regional moral conservatism is now no longer isolated, if indeed it ever was. Its reflection at the national level is the huge controversy over the Anti-Pornography Bill (RUUAP). This is, in a sense, the Perda writ large. Like the Perda, the RUUAP seeks to ban modern behavior that offends traditional and religious cultural norms. If it is passed in its original form it would prohibit forms of expression that its supporters consider pornography or pornoaksi and is very focused -- like most of these Codes -- on the expression of sexuality and women's behavior. The pornoaksi ban (which may now be dropped by the Bill's supporters) would prohibit people from public displays of affection (such as kissing and holding hands), or exposing sensitive body parts such as breasts, thighs, belly, but also hair, shoulder and legs. The Anti Pornography Bill is thus not really about pornography. It is about denying women and sexuality public space. It uses pornography as an excuse, equating expression of sexuality outside the marriage bed -- even the very presence of women outside the home -- with obscenity and criminality. And it would lock up artists and writers who present these themes, as do many artists in most societies, including Indonesia. The irony is thus that reforms intended to give democracy and the right to a voice to millions of Indonesians silenced for decades under Soeharto may now strip away from half of them some of the few rights they enjoyed under his rule -- take for example, the recent case of three Christian women teachers jailed in West Java for proselytizing to Muslims by teaching at a Sunday School. While decentralization may deliver political democracy to the regions it may also deny social democracy -- at least for women and non-Muslims. In a broader sense, although created by some of the key beneficiaries of the end of the New Order, that is, legislators and Muslim leaders (both tightly controlled groups under Soeharto), the new laws now threaten to strip away much of the freedom of ideas, expression and political participation fought for so hard by
[wanita-muslimah] Kerudung = hijrah? (Re: Melajang Sebuah Pilihan atau Keterpaksaan)
Mas Jano-ko, yang perintah Allah itu yang gimana dong? :-) Kok dicampurkan dengan hadis, ntar jadi gado-gado lah :-) Ya pantas aja dibilang perintah orang Arab ya kan? Salam, ayeye --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, jano ko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mas Waluya, Mohon maaf lho, mohon jangan salah kaprah dong :) , perintah untuk berjjilbab itu adalah perintah Allah, bukan perintah orang-orang Arab :) Hadis: Hadis riwayat Ali bin Abu Thalib ra., ia berkata: Dihadiahkan kepada Rasulullah saw. kain sutera bergaris. Rasulullah saw. mengirimkannya kepadaku maka aku pun memakainya. Tetapi aku melihat kemarahan di wajah beliau. Beliau bersabda: Sungguh, aku mengirimkan pakaian itu kepadamu bukannya untuk engkau pakai tetapi aku mengirimkannya agar engkau memotong-motongnya menjadi kerudung buat para wanita --- Al Qur'an : [33.59] Hai Nabi katakanlah kepada istri-istrimu,anak-anak perempuanmu dan istri-istri orang mukmin:Hendaklah mereka mengulurkan jilbabnya ke seluruhtubuh mereka. Yang demikian itu supaya mereka lebihmudah untuk dikenal, karena itu mereka tidakdiganggu. Dan Allah adalah Maha pengampun lagi Mahapenyayang Punten lho Mas.. Salam damai saja. waluya56 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Istri saya kebetulan beli majalah Kartini bekas dari loak, terbitan tahun 2004, disitu ada artikel Ratu Rania dan Putri Salma dua Wanita Muslim Perkasa. Ratu Rania adalah istri Raja Abdullah dari Yordania, Ratu Rania adalah keturunan Kuwait dan Palestiina. Sedangkan Putri Salma adalah istri kedua Raja Marokko, Mohammed. Saya tidak bermaksud membicarakan isi artikel di Majalah Kartini ini, tapi foto-fotonya. Foto-foto kedua Wanita Arab yang berpengaruh di negaranya itu sama sekali tanpa kerudung/ Jilbab. Saya bilang ke istri saya, kamu pakai kerudung, orang Arab sendiri malah berpakaian Barat .. Salam, WALUYA Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Kissing ritual gives porn bill the kiss-off
http://www.thejakartapost.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]irec=4 Kissing ritual gives porn bill the kiss-off The Jakarta Post, Denpasar Legendary dangdut singer Rhoma Irama and others intent on beefing up the moral fiber of Indonesian society would probably have been scandalized by Friday's spectacle in downtown Denpasar. In the age-old tradition of omed-omed or med-medan, hundreds of youths braved the rain to warmly hug and kiss anybody they met on the streets in Banjar Kaja, Sesetan. The tradition is performed on Ngembak Geni Day, the day following Nyepi, or the Hindu Day of Silence, which fell on Thursday. The public display of youthful affection carried new meaning this year, with the porn bill currently being debated in the House of Representatives. Bali was the first province to formally reject the bill, with strong opposition to what local people see as potential constraints on their cultural traditions, as well as to the tourist industry on the resort island. Despite the lashing of the city by tropical cyclones, crowds lined the streets to observe the sacred ritual. Young women waited shyly, while the boys, many from local Hindu youth organizations, seemed impatient for it to get underway. Their wait went on, with a number of obligatory rituals to be performed, including a stunning performance of the Barong mythical lion dance. When the dancer was in a trance, it was taken as a sign of the gods' blessing of the omed-omed ritual. The boys then set off in pursuit of the girls, with some shy pecks on the cheek or, for the bolder types, a kiss on the lips. Local elders say the ritual dates back to the Oka Sesetan royal family, and the order of one of its ailing members for the local community to keep quiet on Nyepi. The people relaxed and enjoyed themselves instead, and the nobleman found that their unabashed merriment also lifted his spirits. The tradition has not always been to the liking of outsiders, said community elder Pekak (grandfather) Item. The Dutch colonial government banned the tradition, as did the Indonesian government soon after independence, the 90-year-old said. In the 1970s, local authorities also put a stop to the ritual. Locals say strange occurrences began after the ban, such as widespread outbreaks of illness. Villagers believed the gods were angry and the omed-omedan ritual was revived. Here, we are having fun with all the village members, said Ketut Wiryani, a participant in the ritual in her youth. Now, I have two children and the younger residents must keep up the tradition. Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Will the real government of RI please stand up!
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20060401.B01irec=1 Will the real government of RI please stand up! B. Herry-Priyono, Jakarta Imagine you were a newcomer to Indonesia. Like any new arrival in a new place, the first few weeks may be filled with excitement about newly found experiences. Then the reality principle sets in, and these days you probably would observe a brouhaha caused by fierce fights over a bill on pornography. Back home, such a bill may be a matter of fact, for it is simply common sense that the sales of pornographic materials must be regulated. So, why such a fuss? This is a land of the extremes. Many aspects of public life in Indonesia have recently been pounded by a wave of extremism. The need for a strong government has been turned into authoritarianism, the expansion of a market economy has been taken as a license for market fundamentalism, and the clamor for civil society has been twisted into communal tribalism. The controversy over the porn bill is part of the story, not of authoritarianism and market fundamentalism, but of communal tribalism. As many observers have correctly noted, the bill has nothing to do with the regulation of pornography. My colleague at the Driyarkara School of Philosophy, Franz Magnis-Suseno, has offered an acid test. If indeed the bill has something to do with that noble effort, it must be able to distinguish between pornography, sensuality and eroticism. Nay, the bill has failed the test, and failed miserably (The Jakarta Post, March 10, 2006). What is the bill about then? It is here that opinions differ. Not a few accounts seem to have understood the issue as rooted in the problem of state authoritarianism, and the porn bill is simply another case of the stubbornly authoritarian state that refuses to die out. In the process of firming up its grip, the state is trying, yet again, to encroach on the private lives of citizens in matters of how to dress and present their bodies or parts of their bodies in public. In this view, the struggle is directed against the draconian tendency of the state, and the banners are littered with state terrorism jargons. Of course, a struggle against the porn bill has to start from somewhere. And if the starting point is a resistance against state authoritarianism, so be it. But as the causal factors begin to show up more plainly, it is somewhat clear that calling the porn bill a form of state authoritarianism is like barking up the wrong tree. Let us start with a simple question: who is the state? The state does not and cannot act! It is the people within the state institutions who act. To say that the state encroaches on the private lives of the citizens is simply shorthand for saying that policy makers within the state institutions do so. But who are these policy makers? Are they people from the executive, legislative or judiciary bodies? In all likelihood, there is not even a uniform voice; not within the legislative, the executive or judiciary branches. In many respects, branding the porn bill state terrorism is like calling an empty room a terrorist. The state is an arena, quite like a boxing ring. As much as the boxing is conducted by the boxers, and not by the arena, so is the porn bill devised not by the state, but by the people within the state institutions. These people may assemble in one, two, three or many political parties, or they could assemble as an alliance of diverse interests. In any case, it is against this specific alliance, and not against the state as an impersonal institution, that the struggle should be waged. No doubt the task of identifying the political alliance that thoughtlessly advances the porn bill is wrought with dangers. Very often the truth in politics can be gauged not from what appears, but from a hypothetical image that has plausibility in the visceral world. So, let us imagine that for sometime I have been running a political party in a country called Megalomania, whose population suffers so much from miseria (misery). In the process of winning the support of grassroots citizens, I could not but base the platform of my party on a compassionate ideology. But of course, motive plays a quite outrageous part in politics. It is only me and my trusted lieutenants who know exactly that the time has arrived for the party to launch a more specific agenda, that is, to conquer the land of Megalomania with a rule based on what is written in the Holy Book that I and my lieutenants believe. Other people may call it theocracy or religious bigotry, but let them go to hell, for I and my lieutenants call it a purified way of practicing religion. After the tireless work done by my followers at the grassroots level, there seems to be enough support for a showdown. For sometime I have observed that the pages and screens of the media in the Republic of Megalomania have been crowded out by a certain orgy of carnal knowledge, which may be part of the application of market
[wanita-muslimah] Homoseksual? Re: Welcome To The Real World?
Mas Wida, saya tidak setuju dengan pendapat bahwa homoseksualitas bisa menular dan meluas di masrakyat. Ini benar-benar aneh dan saya belum pernah mendengar tentang satu single kota/tempat seperti itu dimana kredibilitasnya terjamin :-) Kebetulan saya punya rekan kerja dengan orientasi seksual sejenis dan yang bersangkutan mengakui itu secara terus terang. Tetapi tidak pernah ia bersifat kurang ajar atau mencoba mendekati rekan laki-laki yang lain, termasuk saya. Bahkan salah satu guru SD saya juga berorientasi sama dan sudah lama hidup serumah dengan guru lain. Waktu saya masih SD, memang tidak ada tanda khusus dan baru beberapa tahun kemudian saya pernah mengetahui hal itu dari cerita orang dan terakhir saya dengar langsung dari guru. Kedua guru sudah hidup bersama selama puluhan tahun dalam hubungan setia. Umur mereka sudah 70an dan terakhir saya ketemu tahun kemarin. Saya hanya mau bilang bahwa saya bakalan akan tertular perilaku homoseksual. Saya yakin itu tidak mungkin sama sekali. Dipeluk sama pria, meskipun itu biasa di berbagai negara dan tidak maksud apa-apa, saya saja tidak suka. Hanya, saya sama sekali tidak memiliki hak secara moral untuk mencap mereka sebagai manusia yang tidak benar. Saya rasa, selain tidak fair malahan tidak benar. Sedangkan kasus bahkan keberadaan Sodom belum pernah terbukti secara ilmiah, melainkan disebut dalam teks keagamaan semitis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodom_and_Gomorrah Mengenai hukuman membunuh soal memasukkan zakar ke dubur. Itu kan pendapat sebagian ahli fiqh, meskipun pendapat itu cukup representatip. Namun di Al Quran tidak ada (silakan dikoreksi apabila keliru). Hukuman rajam terhadap zina pun dihapus dalam Al Quran. Artikel tentang Islam dan homoseksualitas: http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/features/gay/islam.shtml http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,4302213-105806,00.html Artikel tentang homoseksualitas: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3735668.stm Informasi tentang homoseksualitas, termasuk dalam binatang: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-human_animal_sexuality Mengenai perilaku seksual di pesantren, saya sendiri belum pernah melihat dengan mata saya sendiri, tetapi bukan berarti tidak mungkin. Ada seorang pembaca yang pernah mengemukakan seperti Even in Islamic schools with dormitories, I have seen with my own eyes such excesses as sodomy and adultery. http://www.thejakartapost.com/yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20001124.C06 Salam, ayeye Sementara ini perilaku homoseksual adalah perilaku yang tidak benar. Ia bisa menular dan meluas di masyarakat sebagaimana kasus kaum Sodom. Dalam Islam perbuatan hubungan seks laki-laki dengan laki-laki, atau perbuatan kaum Luth, disebut Liwath. Atau berhubungan seks dengan memasukkan zakar ke dubur. Hukuman bagi pelaku Liwath di zaman nabi adalah dibunuh (menurut ahli fiqih). Jadi saya agak ragu jika di Pesantren hubungan sejauh itu terjadi. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Manolak Radikalisasi Agama, Re: Fw: Re: PENOLAKAN RUU APP
Maaf Mas Wida, saya baru bisa menanggapi diskusi yang kemarin. Saya rasa adalah penting agar penyebab dari masalah psikologis yang disebut oleh Mas Wida dapat diketahui dengan lebih jelas. Kalau saya mempunyai asumsi seperti berikut di bawah ini: Sebagiannya, saya rasa adanya ekses dari idealisme dengan karakteristik seperti cepat bersemangat, tetapi cepat pula menyerah alias tidak dikerjakan dalam prakteknya. Jadi pada awalnya dipasang target yang kedengaran sangat bagus, meskipun secara kenyataan, target itu terlalu tinggi, sehingga dalam kehidupan praktis kurang realistis atau bahkan mustahil untuk dikerjakan. RUU APP adalah salah satu contoh tipikal di sini. Maaf :-) Bersemangat idealisme seperti itu tercerminkan pula dalam sebagian cara pendidikan anak dimana idealisme ingin dipaksakan melalui ekses pengaturan dan larangan. Ketika anak itu nanti menghadapi dunia luar, ia cenderung akan lebih berkesulitan untuk berorientasi dibanding anak lain. Karena tiba-tiba ia berada dalam situasi dimana ia tidak terkontrol lagi oleh orang tua dan itu bisa mengakibatkan kepada ekses kebebasan yang keablasan. Sebab tanpa kontrol ia kurang mengetahui kapan mesti berhenti sendiri. Kemudian saya pikir ada juga ekses dalam ritualisasi. Di sini ritual formal diberikan sedemikian banyak kepentingan, sehingga sebagian orang sampai memperdagangkan tindakan versus ritual, istilah membersikan diri dari dosa melalui ritual atau mengikuti ritual-ritual demi pengakuan sosial. Seorang yang rajin beritual cenderung lebih cepat dianggap baik dan bermoral. Saya percaya bahwa ekses pemberhalaan terhadap ritual formalistik, termasuk yang lain seperti status dan titel, membuat manusia menjadi kurang kritis dan teliti. Sedangkan ekses pengaturan dan larangan malahan bisa membuat manusia menjadi takut dan kaku atau bahkan tidak peduli lagi. Ini nanti menghambat manusia untuk berkembang, karena takut mengambil resiko dan berbuat kesalahan atau tidak mau memikirkannya lagi. Padahal berbuat kesalahan merupakan bagian dari proses belajar sendiri. Sistim pelajaran dimana seorang anak atau murid hanya menerima instruksi dari seorang pemimpin tidak bisa menghasilkan skills tambahan seperti kreatifitas, rasa bertanggung jawab yang tinggi dan sikap berinisiatif sendiri dalam kehidupan praktis. Sedangkan proses konservatisme dan radikalisasi merupakan salah satu bentuk ketakutan atau ketidaksukaan dalam menghadapi modernitas yang baru dan lebih kompleks. Dengan kemunduran ke nilai-nilai tradisional, masrakyat mencoba untuk menghindari masalah-masalah baru alias kembali ke lingkungan yang akrab, karena nilai-nilai tradisional dianggap lebih pasti. Dengan RUU APP, sebagian pendukung berharap agar bisa kembali ke masa lalu. Juga sebagian orang tua ketakutan terhadap anak-anak mereka agar jangan sampai melakukan kesalahan dan mempermalukan orang tua. Kesalahan yang dimaksud khususnya penyimpanan dari nilai-nilai moral seksual yang dianut. Ketakutan bahwa nanti dijauhkan dari lingkungan sosial atau malahan menjadi bahan gossip, sering dijadikan hal yang paling penting selain takut telah berdosa, setidaknya di kasus-kasus yang saya pernah melihat sendiri. Di sisi lain, para orang tua yang ketakutan sering kurang mampu untuk memberikan alternatif yang memadai kepada anak mereka, karena orang tua sendiri sudah menjadi korban lingkungan yang tidak memberi pilihan pula kepada orang tua, sehingga anak dibiarkan dalam posisi dilematis dan akhirnya hanya bisa memilih antara dua ekstrim, yaitu antara ketaatan secara total dan kebebasan yang keablasan. RUU APP itu dengan sengaja menciptakan tindakan kriminal baru berdasarkan idealisme terhadap nilai-nilai moral tertentu yang memiliki karakteristik puritan, seperti berciuman di tempat umum atau bergoyang yang bisa ditafsir sebagai erotis, diancam dengan denda hingga ratusan juta Rupiah atau hingga berapa tahun penjara. Selain terdapat unsur subyektifitas yang nanti berimplikasi terhadap cara pelaksanaan hukum, perlu dipikirkan juga supaya RUU APP itu jangan sampai mengorbankan sistim hukum dalam mengadili tindakan kriminal berat, termasuk kekerasan seksual, perdagangan anak-anak dan perempuan, pelacuran terpaksa, dst. Karena nanti akan juga berurusan dengan hal-hal trivial seperti berciuman, pakaian dan goyangan. Sedangkan kapasitas aparat dalam melaksanakan hukum memiliki keterbatasan. Begitupun dengan jumlah penjara, kapasitas gedung peradilan dan proses persidangan. Tugas itu tidak dapat diserahkan kepada masrakyat umum, karena akan mengacaukan netralitas dan profesionalitas sistim hukum itu sendiri. Maka setiap produk hukum yang diciptakan perlu diuji sebelumnya apakah bisa diimplementasikan serta dilaksanakan secara realistis supaya efektif. Menurut saya, RUU APP itu hanya melakukan pembenaran terhadap ekses idealisme, pengaturan dan larangan sambil mereinforceekses-ekses itu. Memang pengaturan tetap perlu, namun eksesnya yang mesti dihilangkan, menurut pendapat saya. Misalnya pengaturan soal
[wanita-muslimah] Ratna Batara Munti: Struggling for women's rights
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailfeatures.asp?fileid=20060327.W01irec=1 Ratna Batara Munti: Struggling for women's rights Endang Roh Suciati, Contributor, Jakarta The battle of 33-year-old activist Ratna Batara Munti for women's rights and empowerment in Indonesia is far from over. Yet, it is now facing a challenge from what is seen as an upsurge in conservative ideology collaborating with certain political groups that are trying to impose a new form of repression on women. This ideology, which promotes narrow-minded moralism, is a threat to women's rights, and unconstitutional, the activist says. We are women who object to the conservative ideology, as it will destroy our nation. It is also against the national ideal, Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (Unity in Diversity). The controversial draft pornography bill being discussed in the national legislature, as well as regional regulations, will impose unreasonable limitations on women's activities, Ratna said. On the draft pornography bill, Ratna said it did not regulate pornography per se but took a very narrow perspective on morality, i.e. how women dress. She was speaking from the offices of the legal aid organization of the Indonesian Women's Association for Justice (LBH APIK) in Jakarta, of which she is the director. LBH APIK is an organization whose activities stem from the giving of legal aid to women who are politically, economically or socially disempowered. It also gives training and legal empowerment to the community, especially women, advocating policy changes by analyzing legislation that is discriminatory against women; there are many other activities as well. Ratna is now facing what appears to be a misunderstanding of the pornography problem. All they understand is morality, which is not the same as pornography, she said. The use or promotion of pornography is a crime that must be regulated by the state acting within the law, but the state cannot interfere in morality. The state cannot regulate ethics and people's expressions, including what clothes they wear. We have societal norms and customary laws, which people can relate to, she said. Born in Yogyakarta in August 1972, Ratna has a strong background in Islamic and legal studies as she many years in pesantren (Islamic boarding schools). She spent junior and senior high school at Islam Diniyyah Putri Padang Panjang in West Sumatra. She completed her studies at the Institute of Agama Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta in 1995, specializing in sharia (Islamic law), where she also studied national and customary laws. She finished her master's in sociology at the University of Indonesia, studying in the school of political and social sciences. Ratna's deep knowledge and involvement in legal and women's issues is seen not only from her activities in advocating on behalf of women who need help, but also her intellectual thinking reflected in books and articles she has written. These include Perempuan Sebagai Kepala Rumah Tangga (Women as the head of the household), Respon Agama Islam Terhadap Pembakuan -- Perempuan (The response of Islam toward the standardization of women), Kondisi Perempuan di Bawah Hukum Islam (The position of women under Islamic law) and Demokrasi Keintiman; Seksualitas Era Global (Intimacy and democracy: sexuality in the globalized era). Now, with fellow women's activists, she is calling for a postponement of deliberations of the pornography bill, which she says is fatally flawed and not urgently needed. On urgency, we have laws in force that relate to pornography, she said. The problem of VCD porn is one of enforcement, not that we don't have legislation, she said. She added that if the legislature was concerned as the people's representatives and wished to respond to the VCD porn issue, it had a duty to ask why enforcement was so ineffective or nonexistent. Many other draft bills, Ratna says, like those on trafficking, witness protection and so on are more urgent and should be given a higher priority. The current draft of the pornography bill does not really protect children who may be vulnerable to pornography. It also does not really address the problem of distribution of pornography, including easy access on the Internet. Besides, the definition of the pornography is far from clear. On porno-aksi (activities that are deemed to be pornographic) she said the concept was strange. It is not defined anywhere, so the bill should focus on the regulation and distribution of pornography. Ratna, an articulate woman, has been an activist since her university days when she joined the Association of Islamic Students (HMI), where she was on the executive board (in 1995). She has focused on women's issues ever since. In 1996 she became interested in the issue of domestic violence. At that time the main activist was still Ibu Nursyahbani. I was assigned to produce a draft on domestic violence. She subsequently became actively involved in advocating in favor
[wanita-muslimah] Why women cheat
http://blogs.smh.com.au/samandthecity/archives/2006/03/why_women_cheat.html Why women cheat Desperate housewives and lonely girlfriends are increasingly straying from their men. And thanks to sneaky text messaging and internet dating, things have become a whole lot easier for the wandering femme. So why do so many modern women cheat? Boys, lock up your women: The number of them who cheat have increased by 27 per cent since 1970. The glamorous Harpers and Queen UK magazine drawls that it's the immaculately coiffed women sweeping around in shiny convertibles, firing, hiring and having flings on business trips that are doing the dirty behind their men's backs. But whoever they are, modern women are doing it in whopping proportions. A recent survey of divorce lawyers in the UK found that in almost half of cases where infidelity is cited, the female is the guilty party. But don't pretend you're shocked by the stats - after all, women who cheat have been around for decades. In ancient Egypt, Queen Cleopatra had an affair with both Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony. And in modern day America, the television show Desperate Housewives portrays cheating wife Gabrielle Solis (who indulges in an affair with her younger bronzed gardener) as a modern day heroine. TV programs like these infer to women who can't make their own decisions that it's OK to cheat, says relationships expert Allan Pease. The basis of this concept is the false belief that women are motivated to cheat for the same reasons men do. Experts agree that Mars and Venus have vastly different reasons when it comes to explaining their wandering eye. According to relationship psychologist Toby Green, men will always statistically be the greater cheaters because monogamy isn't natural for them. It has to be concentrated commitment that keeps them faithful. But monogamy is natural for women - the instinct to settle and breed and nest. Green argues that because women are now more financially independent, they want equal partners in the area of friendship, household chores, co-parenting and emotional intimacy. And if they're not getting it? They feel free to put on their walking shoes or their straying shoes and go for what they want, she says. Sexologist Dr Janet Hall cites a different reason: It's the element of danger, of surprise, of being naughty, of adding a sense of sexcitement. But what about getting caught? Susan Shapiro Barash, a New York-based author who has written several books on the topic including A Passion for More: Wives Reveal the Affairs that Make or Break their Marriages, seems to think getting caught isn't on the agenda. Women are very good at multitasking, Barash told CNN. If they don't want their affair to be discovered it won't be. Perhaps (since 9 out of 10 affairs are revealed from evidence found on mobile phones), she should warn them against leaving their phones lying around... Why do women cheat? March 22, 2006 10:59 PM Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] A red light for what should be a legitimate little business
http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/red-light-for-what-should-be-legitimate-business/2006/03/23/1143083901341.html A red light for what should be a legitimate little business By Richard Ackland March 24, 2006 PICK up your local throwaway suburban newspaper and finger your way to the rear. You will see that a goodly proportion of the journalists' wages are paid by classified advertisements placed by small and large brothel keepers. There are thousands of knock shops honeycombing the city and suburbs and most of them are run by women operating alone or with a few colleagues from a flat or house. Erica Red, from the Scarlet Alliance and a founding member of the Private Worker Alliance, estimates that in NSW there are 4000 women working as micro-businesses in this way - that is about 50 per cent of all the sex services supplied in the state. This is an enormous business. I'm not talking about the traditional trade, where married women provide sexual services to their husbands in exchange for domestic harmony and possibly a small bibelot. The paid-by-the-hour professional woman is the focus of attention here. Apart from its important revenue contribution to journalism and the print medium - and heaven knows we need all the support we can get at the moment - the sex industry fulfils other important social functions. It minimises men's harassment of women at work and home and generally calms an unpredictable element of the populace. Those who object to the trade on moral grounds are being a tiny bit hypocritical since the benefits of the professional sex business over the centuries have been shown to far outweigh the detriments. It was no accident that 50 years ago a brothel operated on the top floor of Selborne Chambers, one of the leading barristers' chambers in the city. The tonic-like qualities this had, directly, for members of the bar and judges and, indirectly, for clients and parties to litigation and the whole justice system would be quite incalculable. The important thing is that those plying the trade run their operations in a healthy manner, and as free from criminals and standover types as possible. That is why the 1995 NSW Disorderly Houses (Amendment) Act was such a groundbreaking piece of law. It decriminalised the provision of sex outside one's own home, for money. The Restricted Premises Act says a place should not be declared a disorderly house solely because it is a brothel. The details of how that should work in practice were to be the responsibility of local councils. And that's where the rot set in. In 1996, a committee of eight senior state bureaucrats constructed a set of guidelines as the basis for local government regulation of private workers and commercial brothels. Those guidelines were subsequently ditched and, in 2000, a ministerial taskforce on brothels got to work. It fiddled around for two years and then decided that a different body was needed to draw up new guidelines. That's when the Sex Services Premises Planning Advisory Panel was created and finally, by the end of 2004, it came up with 200 pages of what's what in the business of sex. You can see that this was not a wham-bam sort of process. Slow and gentle has been the pace here. The Government sat on the recommended guidelines for a further 15 months and has only just released them. Not even those on the panel were allowed to have copies and freedom of information applications were rejected on the basis that releasing them would be contrary to the public interest. How wrong can you be? The guidelines deal with how the sex game would operate throughout the state. What could be more interesting than that? In the meantime, there's been an immense upheaval in the whole planning landscape, as Elizabeth Farrelly pointed out on this page on Wednesday. A bill is before Parliament to transfer more planning authority and power away from councils and to the minister, Frank Sartor. The local-standard environment plan proposed by the Department of Planning cuts across the intent of the legislation that decriminalised the workers in 1995. The plan allows councils to prohibit home-occupation sex work and allows the work to be distinguished, for planning purposes, from other home-based occupations. Development applications will have to be sought from councils if a woman wants to sell sex from home. This immediately obliterates the veil of discretion and anonymity that is the cornerstone of the caper. So now we've pretty well come full circle. From a decriminalised workplace, it's back to one where, unless development applications have been obtained, these small businesswomen will have to work outside the law. Of course, the big brothel owners have the game sown up. They can fight the local councils in the Land and Environment Court and usually win. This is why large commercial brothels now dominate the sex trade in the regional areas of NSW. And they'll just keep getting bigger. After all, if a large brothel
[wanita-muslimah] False paradise: Beware of opiate religion
http://www.thejakartapost.com/Archives/ArchivesDet2.asp?FileID=20060319.N01 False paradise: Beware of opiate religion Sunday, March 19, 2006 Syaiful Bari, Contributor, Yogyakarta Agama Itu Bukan Candu: Tesis-tesis Feuerbach, Marx, dan Tan Malaka (Religion is No Opium: Theses of Feuerbach, Marx and Tan Malaka) Eko P. Darmawan Resist Book, Yogyakarta, October 2005 A close observation of recent practices in the name of religion surely make us uncomfortable. Religion is considered to be no more than an instrument with which personal wishes can be translated into reality. This is evident from the increased frequency of religious TV programs, such as contests for the best and most popular da'i (Muslim proselytizers). Religion has been propagated in the manner a salesman adopts when selling his wares, namely by offering people certain advantages and successes. Religion has thus suddenly become a disparate knowledge and skill through which one can claim worldly gains, as can be seen in the increasing number of people that have made proselytizing their profession. Even children are being prepared to become proselytizers of Islam, as we can see in a program aired by one of the local private TV stations. At the end of the day, religious propagation has become no more than just the transfer of words, instead of the act of sharing spiritualism and feelings. Neither is it an example of how to share a common life. Religious propagation has therefore become only a communication skill and means to talk to other people; it is not about working together to make the world a better and more valuable place to live in. Religious propagation today is simply an occasion of delivering a sermon and then taking leave. The relationship between the proselytizer and his listeners is one that is instantaneous and anonymous. When religious propagation is made a livelihood, the listeners become consumers and the proselytizer a service provider. We may then safely say that religion itself has begun to be turned into a business commodity. That religion has been made into a commodity via TV programs is undeniable. A child of capitalism, television -- that is, the media -- places its programs within a logical framework of business. The logic is simple: when contests aired on television are popular among viewers, the stations will see an increase in ad spots. That's why contests such as the best Muslim proselytizer award, for example, are broadcast on TV. We find it hard to accept this reality. It is difficult to give a green light to the commercialization of the holy realm of religion, the sacredness of which should be safeguarded. It is therefore quite natural to hear complaints that Islamic propagation programs on TV are simply examples of how religion has been exploited and turned into a commodity and that therefore, that such programs must be avoided. Some people have even gone to another extreme, saying that it is unnecessary for one to have a religion, as religion is a nuisance. Eko P. Darmawan's Agama Itu Bukan Candu: Tesis-tesis Feuerbach, Marx, dan Tan Malaka (Religion is No Opium: Theses of Feuerbach, Marx and Tan Malaka) is a criticism of the ugly reality of how religion is practiced and, at the same time, is a means to correct the misunderstanding of Karl Marx's famous statement: Religion is the opium of the masses. The three figures -- Feuerbach, Marx and Tan Malaka -- have been chosen as subjects of discussion, because Eko believes that their thoughts may expose another aspect of religiosity. He believes that this exposure will, in turn, enlighten mankind and give meaning to human life on earth. Eko posits a brilliant theory on Marx's oft-misunderstood statement, which has generally been taken to be his final analysis on the matter, resulting in Marx's utter condemnation for belittling religion. According to Eko, Marx's body of thought has far too often been reduced into Religion is the opium of the masses because few ever read this statement within the context of Marx's work. (p. 178). Looking only at Marx's statement on religion, his foes spared no effort to accuse Marx as out-and-out opponent of religion, and used a host of filthy and horrible terms for him. In fact, when Marx associated religion with opium, he did not make this statement in an unfavorable and pejorative manner. It is almost certain that Marx was not against religion. Religion, he said, is the panacea for the soul, a light for life. This means that religion will not be born in times of spiritual health or when the road of life is awash with light, as medicine is not necessary for a healthy body, and light is unnecessary during the day. Religion is the antithesis of eras of darkness. When society is engulfed in gloom, religion will be present. Obviously, religion does not come about just anywhere; religion is present when a particular social condition demands it. Or, more precisely, when a social condition is far from ideal, demand for
[wanita-muslimah] The Baduy: Keepers of tradition, natural heritage
http://www.thejakartapost.com/Archives/ArchivesDet2.asp?FileID=20060319.L01 The Baduy: Keepers of tradition, natural heritage Sunday, March 19, 2006 Adji Kurniawan, Contributor, Banten The Baduy ethnic tribe live in a territory located only around 165 kilometers west of Jakarta, in Banten province. As such, information obviously has easy access to the area, along with all its impacts. Moreover, the two nearby cities of Cilegon and Serang are growing rapidly, encroaching ever closer to the Baduy's ancestral lands. Even so, the Baduy community continue to observe their traditional way of life, through a strict and loyal adherence to their age-old customs. The Baduy territory is divided into Baduy Dalam and Baduy Luar, or inner and outer districts. Visitors wishing to enter Inner Baduy have to travel through several villages, including Cijengkol in Outer Baduy. This village is about three hours' walk from Simpang Koranji, the last public transport terminal before reaching Baduy territory. The terrain leading to Cijengkol varies from rocky ground, hilly tracks and farmland to paddy fields. A white board and a field of pineapple bushes serve as a boundary between Baduy and non-Baduy territory. From here onwards, the rows of hills and woods adorning the territory are clearly visible, though the Baduy settlements are curiously obscured by dense foliage and hills. Cijengkol has about 10 imah, or stilted houses, one of which belongs to Sarmin, 50, known to provide stopover facilities and lodging for tourists. The village is made up of modest homes with wooden pillars, woven bamboo walls, palm-fiber-lined sago leaf roofs as well as wooden and bamboo couches in front. Using only local materials, the dwellings are built without nails or pegs, and are unpainted. Yellow plastic twine, however, is used to fasten the roofs. Palm fibers are now more expensive than plastic cords, said Sarmin. At night, Cijengkol is dark, as the neat and well-arranged homes have no electricity, and light comes only from wood stoves and small oil lamps. It's so quiet that only the sound of bamboo trees rustling in the breeze can be heard. The Baduy people, according to Sarmin, embrace the faith of Sunda Wiwitan. Baduy's custom and heritage chief, who is also the head of the indigenous religion, is called pu'un. There are three chiefs in Baduy Dalam. Members of the Baduy community go on a fast, or kawalu, every year, Sarmin said. Kawalu ends with a feast day led by the pu'un called ngalaksa, the equivalent of Idul Fitri at the end of the Muslim fasting month, Ramadhan. Sarmin said that the Baduy had refused the government's cash aid for the poor in compensation for the fuel hike. The designation poor had prompted locals to turn down the assistance, because they thought many people were more disadvantaged than they. If the aid had used a label other than poor, they might have accepted it, he added. Why were the Baduy people bold enough to reject cash aid? It is because the Baduy are already self-sufficient in food, clothing and shelter within the structure of their modest lifestyle. This is reflected in the daily diet of Baduy families, comprising rice, fish, tempeh, tofu, salad and sambal (chili sauce). Most of the food -- including cooking oil -- come from their farms, while fabrics and clothing are locally produced except salt and fish, which have to be purchased. Their income mainly originates in the sales of vegetables, fruits, honey and handicrafts. In other words, the Baduy people are not consumers. Beyond the bridge Visiting the Baduy would not be complete without entering Inner Baduy, whose residents are the Tangtu. From Cijengkol, the terrain is no less challenging, with natural paths, farmland, woods, rivers and undulating tracks. A bamboo bridge spans Ciujung River, which separates Inner and Outer Baduy. About 10 meters long, the bridge was built by binding bamboo stems with palm fiber ropes. Two big trees on opposite banks serve as supporting pillars, making it solid and safe, though it may be simple in appearance. Cikartawarna is one of three villages in Inner Baduy. It is deserted during the day, because most villagers are working on their farms and in the woods. The rows of stilted houses are built atop rock-packed foundations to make them resistant to landslides. The next village is Cibeo, an hour's walk from Cikatawarna through bamboo copses, several outdoor showers made from channeled springs, and granaries. The interior set-up of its houses is not very different from that in Cikatawarna. For instance, in the tepas, or sitting room, of villager Sanif's home, no modern furnishings like chairs, tables and mattresses are to be found, let alone a radio or a TV, and only a stove and utensils made of wood or bamboo are found in the kitchen. Inner Baduy residents who have never left the district are generally reticent and inclined to be visitor-shy, perhaps due to their rare interaction with outsiders.
[wanita-muslimah] House ratifies United Nations convention on corruption
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20060322.C02irec=3 House ratifies United Nations convention on corruption The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The House of Representatives passed two bills Tuesday, ratifying a United Nations convention on corruption and a bilateral agreement on transnational crimes with China. During a plenary session led by House deputy speaker Soetardjo Soerjogoeritno, all 10 House factions agreed on the need to ratify the 2003 United Nations Convention Against Corruption. Lawmakers said the bill was necessary because successive reform-era governments had not recovered most of the public money stolen in the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis. The bill provides the legal basis for the government to seek international cooperation to fight graft and recover state assets. At the meeting, the House also passed a bill approving a bilateral agreement on transnational crimes with China, a top destination for Indonesian graft fugitives. The crime of corruption cannot only be settled on a national level, we need to cooperate with other countries, said Andreas Parera, of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, as quoted by Antara. Speaking for the government, Justice and Human Rights Minister Hamid Awaluddin said the passing of the two bills represented a breakthrough in the fight against graft. These bills ease international cooperation in combating corruption and other transnational crimes. We now have a legal framework from the investigation phase to a court trial, and we can more easily recover state property taken by graft criminals, Hamid said. The bilateral agreement with China will allow prosecutors and police forces from the two countries to share evidence gathered on criminals and repatriate the proceeds from crimes. When Hamid had finished his speech, legislator Anas Yahya of the National Awakening Party interrupted the session. Anas said all legislators being investigated in connection with corruption at the General Elections Commission (KPU) should not be allowed to speak in House sessions about graft. Hamid, a former KPU member, has been questioned by Corruption Eradication Commission investigators over graft in the commission committed during the 2004 elections. Investigators have not named Hamid a suspect. Soetardjo said he would consider the suggestion. Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Fw: Re: PENOLAKAN RUU APP
Mas Wida tadi menyebut bahwa masyarakat negara berkembang yang menganut budaya seks bebas, akan jauh lebih rusak dan banyak penyakit sosialnya, dibandingkan negara maju yang menganut budaya seks bebas. Saya rasa ini penting sekali untuk dipahami, mungkin formulasi bisa diubah sedikit dengan membedakan dengan orang yang belum bisa bertanggung jawab, belum diberdayakan, serta belum berdisiplin versus orang yang bertanggung jawab, berdaya, serta berdisiplin. Boleh dikatakan bahwa masing-masing masrakyat Indonesia maupun masrakyat negara lain memiliki semua karakteristik tersebut, tetapi mungkin masih ada perbedaan dalam proporsi. Pertanyaan adalah bagaimana bisa mengubah proporsi itu, sehingga bagian besar masrakyat dan khususnya generasi muda akan menjadi orang berdaya. Tentu ini perdebatan yang panjang, tetapi salah satu aspek yang saya sering sempat memperhatikan di berbagai keluarga Indonesia adalah komunikasi antara orang tua dan anak yang kurang menyambung. Misalnya posisi orang tua sering berada di level atas dibanding posisi anak. Ketika anak menghadapi suatu permasalahan ataupun pertanyaan, khususnya seputar pacaran dan seksualitas, sepertinya tidak berani untuk terlalu terbuka sama orang tua. Apalagi jika melihat bahwa sikap orang tua rada kaku dan lebih berusaha untuk menghindari perdebatan dengan alasan anak masih terlalu kecil, sehingga anak juga merasa tidak dianggap dengan serius oleh orang tua. Akhirnya anak bisa jadi lebih membuka diri kepada lingkungan luar karena merasa lebih dimengerti di sana, tidak melulu ditanggapi dengan perkataan itu dosa atau perkataan kamu masih kecil. Sedangkan dengan orang tua, anak semakin tertutup karena komunikasi tidak pernah se-level. Nanti bisa sampai orang tua masih menjelaskan kepada anaknya bahwa tidak boleh berduaan sama lawan jenis, apalagi berciuman. Sementara anak sudah mempunyai pengalaman seksual, tetapi tidak berani untuk dibahas dengan orang tua, karena takut dimarahin. Salah satu modus operandi yang masih populer di sebagian kalangan remaja adalah berbohong sama orang tua bahwa akan menginap di rumah teman, padahal calling dulu dan nanti ketemu sama pacarnya. Apalagi kalau remaja mempunyai teman yang sudah akrab dengan orang tuanya, sehingga orang tua semakin percaya. Mengenai perilaku seksual di negara-negara Barat, memang sulit untuk dipukulratakan sebagaimananya sulit pula untuk Indonesia, tergantung juga kita bergaul dalam lingkungan mana. Kebudayaan di Barat tidak seragam pula. Italy Utara sama Italy Selatan saja beda :-) Dari pengalaman pribadi, saya melihat bahwa banyak yang memilih untuk bercinta dengan pacarnya saja. Ketika misalnya baru kenalan dengan seseorang yang baru, masih suka ada proses berkenalan lebih dalam, sehingga tidak langsung berhubungan intim. Tergantung juga ketemu dimana. Tetapi adalah suatu hal yang biasa kalau kita mengadakan dinner dengan lawan jenis yang baru kenal, tujuannya sama sekali tidak mesti seks, tetapi ngobrol. Bahkan kalau menginap di rumah teman lawan jenis sering tidak mesti bertujuan untuk berhubungan intim. Pasti ada juga yang istilah one-night stand dan sebagian orang memiliki phase dalam kehidupan dimana mereka tidak terikat dengan satu partner saja. Namun, menurut saya, adalah salah alamat jika perilaku seks bebas dialokasikan secara pukul-rata ke budaya Barat. Saya memahami seks bebas seperti perilaku seksual tanpa batas apapun dan seandainya perilaku seperti itu menjadi norma di Barat, tidak mungkinlah orang bisa bekerja dengan serius. Saya saja yang saat ini sedang berada di Barat tidak mungkin bisa membalas tanggapan Mas Wida dengan serius seandainya mitos seks bebas itu benar. Seharusnya saya lagi berorgy-ria dengan paling sedikit 10 perempuan sambil mabuk-mabukan, apalagi 2 minggu lagi mau balik ke Jakarta. Maka tinggal pakai logika saja sedikit :-) Salam, ayeye --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tanggapan saya disisipkan di bawah. ayeye1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com 03/20/2006 05:55 AM Please respond to wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com To wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com cc Subject [wanita-muslimah] Fw: Re: PENOLAKAN RUU APP Terima kasih atas tanggapan, Mas Wida. Saya sependapat bawah mendisiplinkan para pedagang kaki lima yang menjual majalah/VCD pornografi tidak realistis dilakukan dalam sesaat serta dalam kondisi seperti sekarang. Disiplin tumbuh melalui proses dan tidak datang secara instan. Manusia juga memerlukan motivasi untuk menjadi berdisiplin. Sedangkan saya tidak tahu darimana seorang pedagang kaki lima mendapat motivasi untuk berdisiplin jika ia sudah berkesulitan untuk mempertahankan diri serta alternatif lain semakin tertutup. Bagaimana mungkin ingin berdisiplin ketika ada ketidakadilan di depan mata kita yang jauh lebih besar? Sampai orang kaya menjadi tebal hukum dan hanya orang kecil tersentuh oleh hukum dan itupun sering secara arbitrer. Maka saya pikir
[wanita-muslimah] Re: Islam, Poligami, dan Perempuan
Mbak Mia, di bawah ini ada pendapat dari Mbak Marina Mahatir tentang situasi di Malaysia. Kalau artikel ini saya ingat secara spontan. Salam, ayeye http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2006/3/10/lifefocus/13565323sec=lifefocus No cheer for Muslim women By MARINA MAHATHIR In 1948, one of humankind's most despicable ideas, apartheid, was made into law in South Africa where racial discrimination was institutionalised. Race laws touched every aspect of social life, including a prohibition of marriage between non-whites and whites, and the sanctioning of white-only jobs. Although there were 19 million blacks and only 4.5 million whites in South Africa, the majority population were forced to be second-class citizens in their homeland, banished to reserves and needing passports to travel outside them, even within their own country. It was only in 1990 that apartheid began to crumble and South Africans of all colours were finally free to live as equals in every way. With the end of that racist system, people may be forgiven for thinking that apartheid does not exist anymore. While few countries practise any formal systems of discrimination, nevertheless you can find many forms of discrimination everywhere. In many cases, it is women who are discriminated against. In our country, there is an insidious growing form of apartheid among Malaysian women, that between Muslim and non-Muslim women. We are unique in that we actively legally discriminate against women who are arguably the majority in this country, Muslim women. Non-Muslim Malaysian women have benefited from more progressive laws over the years while the opposite has happened for Muslim women. For instance, since the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976, polygamy among non-Muslims was banned. Previously men could have as many wives as they wanted under customary laws. Men's ability to unilaterally pronounce divorce on their wives was abolished and, in its place, divorce happens by mutual consent or upon petition by either spouse in an equal process where the grounds are intolerable adultery, unreasonable behaviour, desertion of not less than two years, and living separately for not less than two years. Compare that to the lot of Muslim women abandoned but not divorced by their husbands. Other progressive reforms in the civil family law in the late 1990s were amendments to the Guardianship Act and the Distribution Act. The Guardianship of Infants Act 1961 was amended to provide for equal guardianship for both father and mother, rather than the previous provision where only the father was the primary guardian of the children. In contrast, the Islamic Family Law still provides for the father as the sole primary guardian of his children although the mother is now allowed to sign certain forms for her children under an administrative directive. The Distribution Act 1958 was also amended to provide for equal inheritance for widows and widowers, and also granted children the right to inherit from their mothers as well as from their fathers. Under the newly proposed amendments to the Islamic Family Law, the use of gender-neutral language on the issue of matrimonial property is discriminatory on Muslim women when other provisions in the IFL are not gender-neutral. Muslim men may still contract polygamous marriages, may unilaterally divorce their wives for the most trivial of reasons and are entitled to double shares of inheritance. These differences between the lot of Muslim women and non-Muslim women beg the question: do we have two categories of citizenship in Malaysia, whereby most female citizens have less rights than others? As non-Muslim women catch up with women in the rest of the world, Muslim women here are only going backwards. We should also note that only in Malaysia are Muslim women regressing; in every other Muslim country in the world, women have been gaining rights, not losing them. --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, Mia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Minggu lalu sekilas saya baca di Jkt Post artikel ttg diskriminasi modern di Malaysia. Untuk sebagian perempuan (non muslim) berlaku hukum poligami yang terlarang, cerai dan hukum warisan yang berlaku umum. Sedangkan pada sebagian perempuan yang lain (muslim), boleh dipoligami dan diceraikan begitu saja oleh suami, sering tanpa alasan, dan ketentuan hak waris ala SI. Menurut penulis, kok di negaranya jadi berlaku undang-undang diskriminatif seperti begitu di antara perempuan. Silakan kalau ada yang bisa posting artikel tsb. SAlam Mia --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, Ari Condro masarcon@ wrote: 1. Tertulis dalam paragraf tulisan di bawah ini : UU RI Nomor 1 Tahun 1974 tentang Perkawinan membolehkan poligami dengan syarat atas izin istri pertama. a. Berapa banyak orang yang minta ijin dulu ? b. Dan bagaimana kalau tidak diberi ijin oleh istrinya ? 2. Tunisia dan Turki sudah melarang poligami sejak dulu. Di kita
[wanita-muslimah] Re: Balasan: Batasan seni?
--- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, Hadi Nugraha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [Saya kira semua orang bisa sepakat, kalo pornografi adalah sesuatu yg harus diberantas (kecuali bagi pengusaha media yg memang memasarkan pornografi, yg pasti akan menolak mentah2 RUU ini).] * Kalau semua orang sepakat bahwa pornografi harus diberantas, mengapa masih banyak yang mengkonsumsinya? Apalagi sampai membayar uang tidak sedikit untuk produk pornografi. Kalau ngga ada pembeli, mana mungkin pengusaha media yang memasarkan pornografi akan laku :-) Jadi kesannya justru banyak yang teriak bahwa pornografi harus diberantas, tetapi diam-diam berstatus konsumen porno. Saya sendiri sudah lihat banyak sekali model seperti itu. Mungkin karena norma sosial untuk ruang publik masih ketat soal moral seksual, sebagian warga tidak berani untuk mengakui secara terang-terangan dan itu juga dapat dipahami. Salam, ayeye Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Fw: Re: PENOLAKAN RUU APP
Terima kasih atas tanggapan, Mas Wida. Saya sependapat bawah mendisiplinkan para pedagang kaki lima yang menjual majalah/VCD pornografi tidak realistis dilakukan dalam sesaat serta dalam kondisi seperti sekarang. Disiplin tumbuh melalui proses dan tidak datang secara instan. Manusia juga memerlukan motivasi untuk menjadi berdisiplin. Sedangkan saya tidak tahu darimana seorang pedagang kaki lima mendapat motivasi untuk berdisiplin jika ia sudah berkesulitan untuk mempertahankan diri serta alternatif lain semakin tertutup. Bagaimana mungkin ingin berdisiplin ketika ada ketidakadilan di depan mata kita yang jauh lebih besar? Sampai orang kaya menjadi tebal hukum dan hanya orang kecil tersentuh oleh hukum dan itupun sering secara arbitrer. Maka saya pikir pengaturan yang lebih baik terhadap produk pornografi hanya bisa dilakukan dalam jangka lebih panjang dan sejalan dengan perbaikan lingkungan secara umumnya. Kita selalu gampang berkhayal yang idealistis dan berpikir dengan menciptakan suatu UU yang bombastis, masalah sosial sudah langsung selesai. Sama merepotkan kalau ada politikus yang ikut dalam proses pembentukan hukum guna mensekor poin politik, tetapi nanti tidak terlibat lagi dalam proses pelaksanaan hukum. Presiden SBY saja harus mempelajari bahwa ternyata masalah korupsi tidak semudah dihilangkan seperti [mungkin] dibayangkan sebelum menjadi presiden. Memang sebagai orang tua, kita selalu harus memperhitungkan bahwa suatu saat anak-anak kita akan terkonfrontasi dengan pornografi. Seperti kata Mas Wida, bahan pornografi muda diperoleh dari internet jika memang dicari, karena selalu dapat ditemukan lubang meskipun pakai adult software dan segala. Maka sudah adalah tugas dan tanggung jawab kita untuk mempersiapkan dan memberdayakan anak-anak kita agar siap menghadapi dunia yang tidak sesteril rumah kita. Saya juga sadar ini lebih gampang diucapkan daripada direalisasikan. Banyak orang tua tidak merasa sanggup untuk menjelaskan seksualitas kepada anak-anak mereka. Terutama di lingkungan dimana seksualitas masih dianggap sebagai tabu untuk dibicarakan. Di sisi lain, anak-anak yang berasal dari keluarga baik masih bisa terjun ke dunia narkoba dan kriminal. Jadi tidak ada kepastian yang seratus persen. Memang usaha sangat berpotensial untuk menaruh keuntungan materi di depan moralitas. Jangankan usaha, orang individual saja yang demikian pula. Moralitas enak untuk dibicarakan dan sulit dilaksanakan, terutama dalam situasi tertentu. Maka saya pribadi sudah capek kalau mendengar orang bicara soal moral, apalagi soal moral seksual :-) Soal perbedaan antara Barat dan Timur dalam persepsi terhadap seksualitas, saya rasa perubahan yang diakibatkan oleh proses modernisasi sudah lama mempengaruhi moral seksual di Indonesia, apalagi perilaku seksual generasi muda. Itu dikarenakan oleh kondisi yang telah berubah secara signifikan, ambil saja umur nikah yang rata-rata telah meningkat drastis atau perubahan struktur keluarga dan lingkungan sosial, dengan nilai-nilai seksual yang masih tetap (setidaknya dalam lingkungan resmi), sehingga terjadi penyimpanan yang semakin besar antara realita lingkungan dan moral seksual. Kalau tidak ada alternatif untuk mengantisipasi perbedaan ini, hubungan seksual pra-nikah cenderung akan semakin ditolerir oleh generasi-generasi yang akan datang. Atau alternatif lain untuk kalangan Islam misalnya, bisa menjadi perkawinan secara agama saja dulu, sehingga tidak akan dianggap zina dan sekaligus melibatkan keluarga, meskipun ada batas umur minimal juga agar tidak melanggar hukum. Setelah pasangan sudah merasa sanggup selayaknya orang yang ingin membentuk keluarga, perkawinan dilakukan secara resmi negara. Kebetulan di tahun 80-an saya juga sempat berada di Indonesia dan waktu itu, seingat saya, sebagian generasi muda sudah melakukan hubungan seks pra-nikah dan pelacuran sudah banyak, bukan hanya di kota-kota besar. Cuman di era ORBA, masalah sosial tidak pernah dibahas dengan kritis. Gaya bahasa pun berbeda seperti sempat diceritakan oleh Mbak Meilany di milis ini. Contohnya, di jaman ORBA ditulis harga disesuaikan, sedangkan sekarang ditulis harga dinaikkan :-) Kata-kata yang vulger pun masih jarang digunakan. Waktu itu saya hanya mengenal kata kawin dan bersetubuh untuk hubungan seks. Baru di akhir tahun 80-an dan awal 90-an variasi menjadi lebih luas. Yang tetapi banyak berubah adalah umur PSK setelah krisis moneter dan politik. Hingga sekarang masih banyak anak-anak seumur anak SMA dan SMP yang melacurkan diri di jalan. Juga suasana di klab-klab malam setelah krismon menjadi lebih komersial. Mas Wida, terminologi seks bebas sering menjadi misleading, khususnya apabila dikaitkan dengan perilaku seksual generasi muda di Barat. Sudah sering saya pernah menyinggung soal itu dalam milis ini :-) Salam, ayeye ** - Forwarded by Wida Kusuma/JJ0269/JOC/ID on 03/17/2006 08:09 AM - Ide jika pornografie dihalangi dari
[wanita-muslimah] Will the real prostitutes please stand up, then stand down
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20060320.A01irec=1 Will the real prostitutes please stand up, then stand down Endy M. Bayuni, Jakarta Something seems to be amiss in the current nationwide crackdown on prostitution. Tangerang municipality is leading the charge by rounding up women walking alone in main streets past newly imposed curfew hours, but Jakarta and other major cities have also been raiding locations allegedly used as brothels. Needless to say, these campaigns get massive coverage by the ever news-hungry media, with female prostitutes the main focus, to send a clear message that the authorities are serious about fighting vice. Waged in the name of stopping society's moral decay and saving the nation's young from moral bankruptcy, one is left to wonder if the campaign is missing the real targets. Commercial sex workers who sell their bodies for a few hundred thousand to a few million rupiah are certainly a menace, and if they operated in your neighborhood, you'd probably want them removed too, and thus you would wholeheartedly support the campaign. But let's be honest with ourselves. These streetwalkers are not the only ones who are selling their bodies and souls for financial or material gain in this country. Since they work in hiding to evade the authorities, they are not even the most visible of all prostitutes, either. No. There are bigger prostitutes -- bigger fish for the authorities to catch if they are serious about wiping out prostitution. And a lot of the time, these prostitutes do their deeds so blatantly that it is really just a matter of political will for the authorities to round them up. Prostitution is usually defined as the sale of sexual services, but the online encyclopedia Wikipedia says: In a more general sense of the word, anyone selling his/her services for a cause thought to be unworthy can be described as prostituting him/herself. Going by this wider definition, we can think of many other people in various forms of employment who are engaging in the world's oldest profession: * The elected politicians who betray the people's mandate by continually claiming to work for the people when they are really just serving their personal and political interests. * The appointed officials and bureaucrats who, instead of acting as the servants of the people, make the people their servants while enriching themselves. * The intellectuals who sell their minds and thoughts to provide scholarly justifications for laws and policies that are clearly detrimental to the interests of the people. * The ulemas and priests who willingly give a religious cloak to laws and regulations that suppress people's freedoms and rights. * The journalists who betray the public trust and fill the media with lies and half-truths to mislead the people. True to the wider definition of prostitution, they are selling services for causes thought to be unworthy. And there is no cause more unworthy than corruption. These, and many other people in different professions, are the real hardcore prostitutes and thus the real menace to society. Their corrupt and perverted conduct poses a much more serious threat to the nation's morals than the simple sexual services offered by streetwalkers. Most streetwalkers enter the profession not by choice but because of economic pressures. 11 million people in this country out of job (according to unreliable official statistics) and 30 million others are underemployed. For many, prostitution is the only available means of survival. Such justification cannot be used by the elite members of society who willingly and knowingly sell their soul and services, and sometimes their body too, for profit, material or otherwise. Their only reason for prostituting themselves is greed. And they are doing it in the open for all to see. Corruption is so rampant that our children, whose future we are all concerned about, are so exposed to such practices at early age that some grow up to accept them as normal. Moral decadence is indeed a big problem in this country, but moral hypocrisy is an even bigger problem since we tolerate the bigger and more dangerous type of prostitution. Condemn prostitution in the name of morality, but it's the bigger and more menacing prostitutes that deserve to be pilloried. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda
[wanita-muslimah] Apakah Bali Mengenal Pornografi?
http://www.kompas.com/kompas-cetak/0603/19/seni/2520766.htm Apakah Bali Mengenal Pornografi? Gde Aryantha Soethama Bali sangat gigih menentang Rancangan Undang-Undang Antipornografi dan Pornoaksi (RUU APP). Sejumlah cendekiawan, budayawan, dan seniman Bali mendatangi Pansus RUU tersebut di Jakarta untuk menyatakan penolakan (Kompas, 22/2). Berbagai komponen rakyat Bali beramai-ramai meminta agar pembahasan rancangan undang-undang tersebut dihentikan ketika mereka hadir dalam pertemuan dengan anggota Pansus RUU APP di Denpasar (Kompas, 4/3). Di distrik wisata Kuta digelar konser yang melibatkan 38 grup musik, menolak RUU APP. Di lokasi acara dibentang kain putih khusus bagi pengunjung untuk membubuhkan tanda tangan bagi mereka yang setuju menolak RUU APP (Kompas, 5/3). Dalam setiap aksi itu selalu terlontar sejumlah alasan mengapa rancangan undang-undang itu harus ditolak. Begitu gencar Bali menolak undang-undang antipornografi, apakah Bali sendiri mengenal pornografi? Bagaimana segala macam yang berkaitan dengan pornografi disikapi dalam keseharian masyarakat Bali? Porno dalam bahasa Bali berarti jaruh. Tetapi, jaruh tidak semata berarti cabul atau porno. Jaruh juga berarti jahat. Cicing jaruh artinya anjing jahat, bukan anjing cabul, karena anjing tak bisa dituduh melakukan pornoaksi ketika mereka kawin seenaknya di tengah jalan ramai orang lalu lalang di siang bolong. Cicing jaruh berarti anjing yang suka mencuri makanan, diam-diam menyikat habis makanan tuannya di atas meja. Anjing yang tiba-tiba suka mengejar ayam di pekarangan, mengejar pengendara sepeda, atau menggigit orang lewat, juga disebut cicing jaruh, anjing jahat, bukan anjing porno. Banyak anjing bisa dijumpai berkeliaran di jalan-jalan kota di Bali. Dr Masri Singarimbun, yang semasa hidup rajin berceramah tentang keluarga berencana, pernah berujar di Bali bahwa anjing atau ayam kawin di jalanan itu bisa menjadi kesempatan bagi orangtua untuk memperkenalkan pendidikan seks kepada anak-anak yang kebetulan menyaksikannya. Ada pula istilah jalema jaruh, manusia tunasusila. Mereka adalah pelacur (wanita) dan gigolo (laki-laki). Tetapi, jaruh bagi orang Bali lebih menekankan pada pengertian seseorang yang suka mengumbar kata-kata cabul, senang melontarkan guyon yang nyerempet-nyerempet seks. Hukuman akhirat Orang Bali dikenal memiliki awig-awig (aturan adat) sangat rinci dan ketat. Aturan itu menekankan tata cara hidup dalam lingkungan sosial. Sanksi bagi pelanggar awig-awig itu pun sangat beragam dan mencemaskan. Tetapi, tak satu pun awig-awig itu yang mengatur tentang pornografi. Memang ada aturan tentang penyimpangan perilaku seks. Jika terbukti seseorang menyetubuhi binatang (sapi misalnya), si pelaku diwajibkan menyelenggarakan upacara untuk menghilangkan leteh (malapetaka) yang menimpa desa. Di Bali, cabul itu biasa, tak ada hukum yang mengatur. Ajaran agama juga hanya sepintas menyinggung hukuman bagi mereka yang berbuat jaruh. Lukisan wayang klasik Kamasan ada berkisah tentang hukuman bagi jalema jaruh, orang cabul. Lukisan itu mengangkat kisah Bima Swarga, tentang perjalanan atman ke surga atau neraka. Digambarkan pelacur yang kelaminnya dibakar di neraka, payudaranya dirubung ulat bijal besar-besar. Orang- orang yang suka ngomong cabul mulutnya ditikam keris yang jatuh dari pohon, mulutnya disodok dengan nyala obor. Lukisan ini bisa dilihat kapan saja oleh siapa saja, karena menjadi penghias plafon bangunan Kerta Gosa di Klungkung (30 km timur Denpasar), dilukis sangat indah oleh pelukis dari Desa Kamasan. Bangunan ini merupakan gedung pengadilan di zaman kerajaan. Orang-orang jaruh tidak dihukum di dunia, tetapi mereka akan menerima kesengsaraan itu di akhirat. Tidakkah ini berarti yang berhak menentukan kesalahan moral bukan manusia, tetapi Tuhan. Itu mungkin sebabnya orang Bali tidak pernah mengucilkan orang jaruh. Mereka yang suka melontarkan omongan cabul justru disukai lingkungannya, disambut hangat, dan ditunggu-tunggu karena ia adalah pengocok perut, mudah membuat orang tertawa terpingkal-pingkal. Di Bali bisa dijumpai banyak kesempatan untuk bertindak jaruh, terutama melontarkan guyonan cabul. Mereka yang rajin ngayah (melakukan kerja sosial dalam kegiatan adat) pasti sering tenggelam dalam obrolan jaruh. Mereka yang terlibat dalam guyonan cabul itu laki perempuan. Seorang lelaki melontarkan sepotong kata cabul, yang lain menimpali, lalu seorang wanita menyahut, maka jadilah kegiatan ngayah itu semarak oleh omongan cabul. Puncaknya adalah tertawa cekikikan disusul derai panjang. Tawa itu pertanda mereka senang. Dan, omongan cabul itu biasa dilontarkan di tempat ibadah yang suci, saat ngayah menjelang upacara piodalan. Jika ada kegiatan ngayah di banjar, bisa muncul kelompok-kelompok yang penuh gelak tawa berderai. Kemungkinan besar karena omongan jaruh sedang dibahas dan diperdebatkan. Seseorang lelaki bicara, setelah minum pil ia jadi kuat mongkod (memanjat). Seorang wanita pe-ngayah yang mendengar segera
[wanita-muslimah] Religion in the public sphere
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20060318.E02irec=2 Religion in the public sphere Suratno, Jakarta The controversies surrounding the pornography bill and the Tangerang prostitution bylaw are attracting a great deal of attention. The pros and cons have made many people question why it is necessary to legislate for the way we wear our clothes, comport ourselves in public and express our innermost feelings. From the legal perspective, both the pornography bill and the Tangerang bylaw are unusual. Laws and regulations usually govern one's actions as they relate to others. However, the pornography bill and the Tangerang bylaw are designed to govern how one expresses oneself. Several problems arise in this regard. The Tangerang bylaw overlaps with the Criminal Code. It is also so loosely drafted that many people describe it as a catch-all bylaw. Chapter 4, for instance, allows the authorities to arrest a woman based solely on the grounds that she looks like a prostitute. Although the objective of both the bill and the bylaw is to improve the nation's morality, they do not address the roots of the moral problems affecting the nation. When they enter the public sphere, certain aspects of morality and religion give rise to various problematic issues: First, the possibility of using religion to achieve social, economic and political goals. Second, the difficulty of translating and implementing religious values in the public sphere, Third, the fact that the public sphere is an area in which many groups attempt to show their power, Fourth, the fact that the public sphere consists of many different (pluralistic) groups. Therefore, one group cannot claim that it has the best morality or best religion, and then try to force it on other groups. Basically, religion cannot be attributed in either the public or domestic sphere. This is because religion is not a functional entity, meaning it does not exist only when it is needed. Religion is an existential thing, meaning it forms an integral part of one's existence and life. A doctor, for instance, is only a doctor when he is treating and healing his patients. However, a Muslim will always be a Muslim. For such a person, religion must be translated and implemented in everyday social intercourse. This raises the question: which aspects of religion should be translated and implemented in everyday social intercourse (the public sphere), and to what extent? Many sociologists of religion, such as Jose Casanova, argue that only certain aspects of religious values should be presented in the public sphere, although not all of the public sphere is amenable to these values. Meanwhile, John Rawls in his book Political Liberalism (1993) supports Casanova's argument, saying that in a pluralistic society, religious values can be presented in the public sphere only if they are rational -- something Rawls refers to as public rationality. In the case of the pornography bill, it is clearly difficult to even define pornography, while the application of the Tangerang bylaw has often led to citizens being denied their human rights. Based on the above arguments, when presenting religion in the public sphere, the religious values that are presented should not be based on those adhered to by one group alone. They should be based on the decision of the highest court of religious values through public rationality. The concept of good that is offered by particular groups must be rationally translated as the common good. Consequently, the concept of bad must also be rationally translated as the common bad. This is the best way of bringing religion into the public sphere in an elegant, fair and rational manner. To achieve this, the deliberation and legislative processes must be based on the principle of objectivity and inclusiveness. The writer is a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Religion, Paramadina University, Jakarta. He received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the School of Philosophy and a master's degree in comparative religion from the Center for Religious and Crosscultural Studies (CRCS), both at Gadjah Mada University (GMU), Yogyakarta. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo!
[wanita-muslimah] Who is fit to be the moral arbiter of dress sense?
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20060318.A01irec=1 Who is fit to be the moral arbiter of dress sense? Soeryo Winoto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Thank God! Finally, the government has made its position clear on the controversial pornography bill. State Minister for Women's Empowerment Meutia Hatta Swasono said Wednesday the focus of the bill should be on limiting the distribution of obscene materials, not prosecuting personal conduct, especially the conduct of women. The day before, the chairman of the House committee deliberating the bill, Balkan Kaplale, said the bill on pornography would focus on pornographic materials and their distribution. Meutia and Kaplale demonstrated strength of leadership and clear thinking among all the absurdity in the House surrounding this bill, including those legislators who insist the bill target personal conduct, particularly of women who wear a certain type of clothing. This change in the emphasis of the bill was made only after waves of public protests, the latest by about 500 performers of the traditional tayub dance in Surakarta on Wednesday. Though the government was slow to respond to the public outcry, it could no longer ignore all the voices opposed to the bill. While the legal definition of pornography here remains hazy, it is interesting to consider the American Family Association's online definition of pornography. This definition states, Pornography is sexually explicit pictures, writing or other material whose primary purpose is to cause sexual arousal. Given that women are the target of the bill, it is pretty clear the House committee deliberating the bill is dominated by men. This underlines the results of a survey conducted in the U.S. by Harris Interactive Inc. and released in September 2004. The survey found 57 percent of women believe pornography is demeaning to women, and showed that men and women differ in their views about pornography. This may help us understand why the majority of the protesters against the bill are women. Of the many surprises surrounding the deliberation of the porn bill, the biggest is that none of the committee members have been able to offer a clear definition of what exactly constitutes pornography. What is defined as pornography in the bill differs very little from the definitions of porn offered in articles 282, 283 and 284 of the Criminal Code, which have in the past been used to prosecute people from the entertainment world, including models. The Criminal Code clearly is still relevant and workable. The problem seems to be the classic one of poor law enforcement. Perhaps the House committee deliberating the bill should have considered the American Family Association's definition of pornography, whose key words are to cause sexual arousal. So, can a woman's outfit be considered sexually explicit material? Probably, since men apparently are so easily aroused, at least according to the original draft bill. This just highlights the absurdity of the definition of pornography. So how can the House committee decide something is pornographic when the exact definition of pornography is so unclear? Perhaps inspired by the absurdity of the House members, the Tangerang mayoralty has passed its own regulation on prostitution, which has drawn criticism for targeting women. The mayoralty, however, remains unbowed and is preparing another regulation on the dress of female students. Since the 1950s, students in the country have been playing a game of hide-and-seek with their teachers and a kind of moral police over their clothes. In those days female students were not the only targets. Boys with tight trousers, called Napoleons, had to be extra careful out on the street to avoid being caught by the police, who would insert a bottle inside the leg of their trousers. If the trousers proved to be so tight the bottle would not fit, the officer would slit the pants. And nobody complained or questioned the legality of the officers' actions. In the 1970s, a lot of teens got into trouble over their hair. Quite a few boys sporting Beatles-like hairdos received unwanted haircuts from their teachers in front of their classmates. Teachers were also prone to confiscating Beatles shoes from unlucky fashion wanna-bes. The authorities and teachers defended their actions by arguing that young people had to be protected from destructive Western culture. History clearly shows that the authorities here have always been impractical idealists who have turned quite trivial matters into major affairs. And if fashion caused moral decay among the young, as the authorities believed at the time, what are we to think of the moral state of people now in their 40s, 50s and 60s, who grew up with Napoleon trousers and Beatles shoes? Maybe lawmakers should consider adding an article to the Constitution governing how people dress, to save the country from moral decay. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
[wanita-muslimah] Komnas-HAM senior official rejects porn bill
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20060318.C01irec=1 Komnas-HAM senior official rejects porn bill Muninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Legislators should drop the controversial pornography bill because its implementation would only lead to human rights violations, a member of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) says. Hasto Atmodjo told the House of Representatives on Friday he feared the bill's vague articles would allow multiple interpretations and could be easily manipulated. The House should cancel its deliberation or at least postpone it until a compromise between the advocates and the critics is reached, he said. Hasto has been assigned by the commission to study the legislation. The commission is set to announce its official stance on the bill early next month. Such things as sensuality and eroticism are difficult to define in a law, he said. Actually, the bill is unnecessary because the issues it deals with are already covered by other laws like the Criminal Code, the Broadcasting Law and the Film Censorship Law, Hasto said. On Friday, Muslim groups in Bandung and Makassar called for the speedy passage of the legislation into law. Some legislators doubt they will be able to finish the deliberation of the bill by June, the deadline set by legislator Balkan Kaplale of the Democrat Party who chairs the committee. Lawmakers are set to go on recess next week until March 24. In Bali, the Young Hindu Dharma Intellectuals Forum came out Friday against the bill, saying it would threaten tourism and local culture. Earlier, members of the hard-line Muslim Indonesian Mujahidin Council had protested the Bali provincial government's stand against the bill. We reject any laws that discriminate against religions and local cultures, forum chief Anak Agung Ngurah Arya Wedakarna said. However, the forum said it would support any law that would stop the distribution of pornographic materials. The group said the bill was inspired by sharia law, which might suit some Muslims but should not be imposed on people of other religions. The draft legislation, which has articles banning kissing in public and punishing people for how they dress, has been rejected by artists, women's activists and media groups. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Police hunt for men who coerced 12-year-old girl into sex work
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailcity.asp?fileid=20060318.G04irec=3 Police hunt for men who coerced 12-year-old girl into sex work The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Acting on a report issued Wednesday by the National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas Anak), city police are hunting down two men who allegedly coerced a child into performing sex work. Police have identified the suspects only as SN and DD, crime unit chief Sr.Comr. M. Jaelani said Friday. On March 6, SN -- who is from Indramayu, West Java -- offered a 12-year-old girl a job as a restaurant attendant in Jakarta with a monthly salary of Rp 300,000. Accompanied by her mother, the girl and SN went to the capital the next day. They two stayed for a week in a rented house in Kebon Jeruk, West Jakarta, while waiting for SN to take the girl to her new workplace. On March 14, the suspect together with a companion, DD, escorted the young girl to work, while her mother waited at the house. After waiting for a whole day, however, SN returned without the girl and handed the mother Rp 1.4 million in payment, which aroused the mother's suspicions. After demanding to see her daughter, she was taken by DD to meet the girl, who was in a room in a West Jakarta hotel. The hotel management helped her to locate her daughter's room and to contact Komnas Anak. The rights body provided legal assistance for the child and a safe house. A medical examination showed signs of physical trauma, confirming she was sexually abused. Witnesses told the police the girl had been in the hotel room with a foreigner. Police are tracking down the foreigner. According to Jaelani, the suspects violated the Criminal Code and Children Rights Protection Law. They could face a maximum sentence of 10 years' jail and a Rp 200 million fine if found guilty. Many activists are outraged by state laws on child trafficking and prostitution, comparing them with the U.S. laws, which impose heavier punishments. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Reporting assault of mother, sister lands Bekasi man defending himself in co
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailcity.asp?fileid=20060318.G03irec=2 Reporting assault of mother, sister lands Bekasi man defending himself in co The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Since he reported a crime committed by a religious leader in his neighborhood last year, all Bekasi resident Iman Firmansyah can be certain of is, the truth is out there. In August, Iman reported to police a local teacher of Islamic studies, Syekh Maulana, for sexually assaulting seven of his female students, including Iman's mother, sister and sister-in-law. Consequently, Syekh's friend, Dadang Suhendi, reported Iman to police for getting residents of Padurenan, Mustika Jaya district, to banish the teacher from the village. Syekh was found guilty by the Bekasi District Court. He is now serving an 18-month sentence at Cipinang Penitentiary in East Jakarta. But police pursued the case against Iman. He was charged under the catch-all improper conduct clause in the Criminal Code. It's about time we had a regulation to protect the witness in cases like this, said representatives of the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) and the Women's Legal Aid Foundation (LBH Apik) on Friday. In a joint press conference, the two rights watchdogs questioned the government's attention to the rights of witnesses. The government has been working on it since 1999. Up to now, I haven't seen any signs they will pass the regulation (on witness protection) into law in the near future, LBH Jakarta executive Nurkholis Hidayat said. Both organizations also represented Iman in his trial at the Bekasi court. Nurkholis suspects irregularities in the trial process. We found that Iman's statements in the police report had been changed. There were two additional questions that were never asked, there were also statements and signatures that were not his in the report. Zaimah Husin of LBH Apik added that the whole trial process had brought more questions than answers because the judge and the prosecutors were the very same people who tried Syekh. The lawyers reported Bekasi officers to the Jakarta Police for document tampering. They also requested the Bekasi Court delay Iman's trial pending the investigation. If found guilty, Iman could face one year in jail; just six months less than Syekh Maulana, who was proven guilty of sexually assaulting seven women. We also asked the police not to treat victims and their family members as if they were suspects, Nurkholis said. (07) Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Bali bombing suspects ready die
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20060316.D02irec=3 Bali bombing suspects ready die Luh Putu Trisna Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar Three men awaiting trial for their alleged involvement in the Oct. 1, 2005, Bali bombings that killed 23 people, including three suicide bombers, said Wednesday they were ready to face the death sentence. The three suspects made the remarks when they and their case files were handed over by Bali Police chief Insp. Gen. Soenarko Danu A to the head of the Bali High Court, Pasek Suharta. One of the suspects, Anif Solchanudin, 24, said his only regret was that Muslims were killed in the bombings. I apologize because many Muslims were killed in the bombings, but my targets were Americans, he said before being taken back to the detention center at Bali Police Headquarters. Anif said he was a member of the regional terrorist network headed by the fugitive Noordin M. Top, but did not know Noordin personally. Another suspect, Abdul Aziz, alias Jafar, 30, who is alleged to have helped create the website used to organize the bombings, said he knew Noordin and used to help hide the suspected terrorist mastermind from the police. I met Noordin M. Top in Pekalongan (Central Java) at the end of June 2005, but I did not know Dr. Azahari (Noordin's accomplice who was killed in Batu, East Java, late last year), Abdul Aziz said. He also admitted his involvement in the bombings in Kuta and Jimbaran last Oct. 1. The third suspect, Moh Cholily, alias Hanif, 28, showed no remorse for his alleged crimes, saying his death was in the hands of God. Why should I seek penance, everything has already taken place? he said. I do not hate anybody, I just hate their infidelity, Cholily said. Police also presented evidence in the case to the court, including bomb making equipment and a Yahama motorcycle belonging to Anif that was allegedly used as part of the attacks. The three suspects will be tried at Denpasar District Court. Each case file will be handled by three prosecutors. The deputy chief of the Bali High Court, Salman Maryadi, said his office would have the indictments finished within the next two months, as stipulated in the law on terrorism. We don't have any targets for when the three case files will be handed over to the court, as it depends mostly on the preparation of the indictments, as long as it does not exceed the deadline, he said. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Re: Dia itu Mbak Chae bukan Mbak Kilat
Mas Rudyanto Arief, komentar Anda sudah melecehkan. Ada beberapa alasan mengapa ada anggota yang tidak ingin mengunakan nama asli di milis. Pertama, milis WM bersifat umum dan siapa saja, termasuk yang tidak anggota bisa mengakses bagian pesan milis ini secara terbuka. Jadi informasi pribadi bisa disalahgunakan oleh orang yang tidak bertanggung jawab dan itu pernah dialami oleh beberapa anggota di sini. Soal bertanggung jawab, seharusnya Anda mengetahui bahwa banyak anggota mempunyai keluarga/relatip juga dan bisa saja orang lain yang mengunakan informasi pribadi untuk melakukan kejahatan terhadap keluarga/relatip dari anggota ybs. Atau ada orang yang meminjam nama pribadi anggota di sini dan kemudian mencaci-maki orang lain di luar milis. Kemudian tujuan milis ini, saya rasa, bukan untuk membicarakan soal data pribadi anggota (untuk tujuan seperti itu ada banyak milis lain), tetapi untuk membahas soal seperti tercantumkan di halaman utama milis ini. Maka tidak pantas jika Mas Rudyanto Arief menuduh Mbak Chae di sini sebagai pendusta, tidak bertanggung jawab, munafik, dll. Pendusta dalam hal ini adalah kalau ada anggota yang pakai nama lain dan mengklaim itu nama asli. Itu tidak pernah dilakukan oleh anggota dengan nama Mbak Chae atau Mbak Kilat. Tidak bertanggung jawab dalam hal ini adalah apabila ada anggota yang terus menerus mengirim tulisan provokatip, tetapi tidak pernah menanggapinya setelah ditanya oleh anggota lain malahan terus mengirim tulisan lain. Itu tidak pernah dilakukan oleh anggota dengan nama Mbak Chae atau Mbak Kilat. Sedangkan munafik dalam hal ini adalah ketika ada anggota yang sendiri memakai nama tidak asli dan di saat yang sama menuduh anggota lain memakai nama palsu. Itupun tidak pernah dilakukan oleh anggota dengan nama Mbak Chae atau Mbak Kilat. Jadi semua tuduhan Anda sudah gugur dengan sendiri, Mas Rudyanto Arief. Mungkin saatnya untuk mengaca diri sendiri dulu :-) Salam, ayeye * --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, Rudyanto Arief [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hahaha... kenapa harus pada sembunyi2? Sebenarnya anda2lah yang telah memberikan teladan untuk tidak bertanggungjawab pada diri sendiri. Berdialog mengaku Chae, lalu kilat biru, besok entah apalagi. Kutip ayat2 suci disetiap diskusi, tapi nggak bisa jujur pada diri sendiri. Apa bedanya dengan orang munafik? Kalau nggak salah nama lengkapnya katanya Chaerunisa Mahadewi. Berarti si empunya nama telah berdusta. Untuk apa belajar dengan orang yang memelihara dusta? Percaya deh mbak, nggak ada pahalanya diskusinya mbakyu atau mas (?), kalau awalnya dimulai dengan niat yang nggak jujur. hanya orang yang tersesat yang percaya cara berfikir mbak. Boleh2 saja kita pada saling curiga, ada hidden agenda yang sedang dijalankan anda2 yang bertemeng dibalik nama yang nggak jelas. Sebuah kemunafikan yang dipelihara milis wanita muslimah. Hm... Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Pornografi dan budaya timur
http://www.ranesi.nl/tema/budaya/pornografi_timur060209 Pornografi dan budaya timur Jean van de Kok 09-02-2006 Belum sampai ke tangan pembacanya, majalah Playboy versi Indonesia, sudah mengundang polemik. Walaupun jelas tidak menakutkan, orang-orang takut dengan foto-foto yang bakal dimuat. Dan dianggap bakal merusak Budaya Indonesia. Bukan Budaya Indonesia Beberapa waktu lalu saya kebetulan membaca sebuah artikel di internet ihwal kasus seorang selebriti Indonesia, Anjasmara, yang berpose bak Adam telanjang di Taman Firdaus. Ketika saya menyimak foto yang dikemas sebagai karya seni tersebut, sang selebriti ini sama sekali tidak telajang alami, untuk ukuran seni masih dalam batas malu-malu tapi toh berani. Dalam wawancara sang model menyatakan, dia tidak telanjang bulat lho. Namun pameran foto ini toh mengundang protes yang antara lain menyatakan, berpose dengan pakaian minim itu bukan adat Timur. Beberapa hari kemudian timbul kontroversi ihwal Playboy edisi Indonesia. Kritik terhadap niat penerbitan ini bahkan sudah semarak sebelum hari H nya. Orang belum lihat tapi sudah takut bisa dikonfrontir dengan foto yang aduhai, jangan-janganÂ…yah jangan-jangan apa? Apa yang ditakuti? Wah datang alasan yang muluk-muluk: dalam budaya Timur gambar-gambar macam begini tidak pas. Ini akan merusak budaya Indonesia, akan merusak mental kawula muda. Patung Bugil Nabi Daud Nah, sikap cemas sementara kalangan di Indonesia ini pasti bisa berkurang dengan undang-undang menentang pornografi dan porno aksi. Polisi sudah siap-siap menyita vcd dan gambar-gambar yang disebut pers sebagai syurÂ… Apa itu definisinya kurang jelas bagi saya. Kalau hanya telanjang yang dimaksud, dan ini dianggap tidak senonoh dan patut untuk dilarang, maka seorang Indonesia tidak pernah boleh masuk museum seni rupa di mana pun terutama di Eropa dan Amerika. Suvenir paling disukai turis asing termasuk Indonesia kalau jalan-jalan ke Roma adalah patung David, nabi Daud karya pematung besar Michael Angelo. Untuk anda yang belum pernah melihatnya, patung David atau Daud ini adalah seorang pemuda ganteng dengan otot seorang olahragawan yang berbugil ria total, jadi bukan separo-separo bak Anjasmara itu. Dengan kata lain, di Indonesia tidak pernah akan ada pameran seni rupa kontemporer maupun masa silam, apalagi membuka museum seni modern. Hal ini pasti segera akan langsung diprotes, ini 'kan pornoÂ…So what? Itulah jawaban publik Belanda kalau dihadapi dengan ungkapan ini. Tabu seksualitas Anda takut kalau melihat manusia tanpa busana bisa mengundang nafsu..? Yah, kalau itu masalahnya maka problemnya adalah tabu seksualitas yang masih menghantui benak anda. Masalahnya bukan karya yang menampilkan adegan manusia tanpa busana. Lalu kapan sikap tegang rasa akibat tabu seksualitas ini menjadi bagian dari budaya Indonesia yang sering diberi cap Timur ini? Yah acap kali diskusi ihwal moral seks dan porno ini berlangsung dalam kerangka dikotomi atau perbedaan Timur- Barat. Kalau Barat itu terlalu bebas terhadap seks, langgeng terhadap gambar orang telanjang, kalau Timur itu lebih bermoral, masih kuat adatnya dan sebagainya. Anehnya perbedaan ini adalah perbedaan berdasarkan praduga saja, karena apa yang anda anggap Timur itu dulu adalah bagian dari Barat juga. Kaki meja pun erotis Namanya budaya Victorian, karena muncul di Inggris pada masa pemerintahan Ratu Victoria. Dalam budaya ini tabu terhadap seks dan ketelanjangan sangat ditonjolkan, sampai kaki meja dianggap erotis dan harus ditutupi dengan taplak meja panjang! Lewat pendidikan Barat pada era kolonial, budaya Victorian ini dicamkan dalam benak murid-murid di Jawa misalnya. Padahal dalam budaya Jawa sendiri tabu terhadap ketelanjangan lain sekali. Kunjungi candi Sukuh yang sarat dengan gambar erotis, telanjang total, 'made in Jawa', apakah ini porno? Lalu apa sebenarnya porno itu? Dan siapa yang menentukan sesuatu adalah porno. Semua moral itu adalah relatif tergantung siapa yang merumuskannya, demikian ilmu antropolgi budaya. Benar juga. Beberapa waktu lalu saya mengunjungi pameran Indonesia di Amsterdam, yang dibuka oleh ratu Beatrix. Yang menonjol adalah beberapa patung era Hindu Jawa yang telanjang dengan alat vital yang mencolok. Orang Belanda, termasuk ratu Beatrix, menikmati patung-patung ini sebagai karya seni, tidak ada yang protes. Pengawetan budaya Barat di Timur Nah, ini ironisnya perkembangan sejarah moral Timur dan Barat. Sementara di Barat era Victorian itu berakhir dan orang lebih santai dalam kehidupan seksualitas dan erotik, budaya vVctorian a la Barat tetap bercokol dalam hati Timur. Seakan-akan ada konservasi, semacam pengawetan budaya Barat abad lalu dalam budaya Timur, terselubung dengan bungkusan khas Timur. Kok gelem diapusin, kata orang Jawa, atau 'kok mau dibohongi'. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing
[wanita-muslimah] Protecting women
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20060315.F03irec=4 Protecting women While women throughout the world are celebrating International Women's Day on March 8, lots of women in Indonesia are feeling disturbed by the controversial pornography bill which is being deliberated in the House of Representatives. It is said that the pornography bill is meant to protect women from sexual exploitation but because of its heavy content which tends more to frighten rather than to make women feel secure, it creates greater confusion and unrest among women. It is earnestly hoped that the bill which will be enacted into law will not disadvantage any community particularly women. In fact, many women groups such as Yayasan Jurnal Perempuan, Srikandi Demokrasi Indonesia and Seknas Koalisi Perempuan are against the bill because of its interference in the private sphere, thereby restricting freedom of expression. Criticism of the bill include its failure to clearly define those guilty of producing pornography materials, thereby victimizing women. If the bill really intends to protect women, then it must do so with wording that protects women, not threatens them. Before the pornography bill passes into law, more and more women experts should be consulted. Within the society itself, the bill has caused panic among various groups. The legislature should be wise in accommodating the interests and aspirations of all people throughout Indonesia. In accordance with the theme of this year's International Women's Day which is Women in Decision-Making: Meeting Challenges, Creating Change and as mentioned in the Beijing Platform for Action that women's equal participation in decision-making is not only a demand for simple justice or democracy, but can also be seen as a necessary condition for women's interest to be taken into account; women experts from various fields should be involved in working on this pornography bill. If more chance is given to women experts in making decisions on the bill, there is hope that they could make a difference and create change for the sake of not only women but also other change agents in society. LYNDA K. WARDHANI Canberra Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Parties agree to scrap anti-porn bill articles
http://www.thejakartapost.com/national.asp Parties agree to scrap anti-porn bill articles Muninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Several House of Representatives factions have agreed to throw out articles in the pornography bill that criminalize personal conduct deemed indecent and allow for the establishment of a special anti-pornography body. The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has voiced the most vocal opposition to the draft law. It and the National Awakening Party (PKB), the National Mandate Party (PAN) and the Democrat Party -- support the demands to scrap all articles that target behavior deemed indecent. PDI-P legislator Eva K. Sundari said her party suggested that articles on these sanctions be included in a draft revision of the Criminal Code, which is due to be discussed later this year. The articles about criminal sanctions (on behavior judged obscene) would be regulated in the bill to revise the Criminal Code, she said Tuesday. As a consequence, all articles on the establishment of an anti-pornography body would also be eliminated, Eva added. The major supporters of the bill are conservative Muslim-based parties, including the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) and the United Development Party (PPP). Eva said the legislators wanted the bill to only rule on pornographic materials and industries in a bid to protect children. We have to make it formal. But we are still concerned about the paradigm of the bill. If the bill is to rule on the distribution of pornographic materials, it should be changed completely, she said. Separately, deputy chairwoman of the House special team deliberating the bill, Chairunissa, confirmed there was an agreement to scrap such these articles as we are still in the stage of listening to people's aspirations. It is still a long way before the bill is passed into law, she said. A series of meetings by the special team last week only produced minor changes to the bill, including an agreement to change the title of the bill from the Anti-Pornography and Pornoaksi (indecent acts) Bill into either the Bill on Pornography or the Bill on Pornography and Pornoaksi. The team did not discuss the substance of the bill during the three-day meeting, which was boycotted by PDI-P representatives. Neither did the team compile a list of contentious articles for further debate. Meanwhile, several Muslim clerics from South Sulawesi met with the special committee deliberating the bill to express their support for the legislation. Please, don't go back (on the bill). We need it because pornography has intruded on our children's lives, said a cleric, Sirajudin. Legislator Balkan Kaplale, who chairs the House special committee, has repeatedly said the bill would be passed into law by June. However, it is now unlikely the deadline will be met as the House will enter its recess period next week. Legislators must produce a list of contentious articles in the bill before they submit it to the government. After this, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is expected to issue a presidential letter to approve the deliberation of the bill and appoint ministers to represent the government in deliberating it with the House. The bill has drawn controversy because it bans a series of acts including kissing in public and nudity in public art, and also could punish people for how they dress. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Re: MUI: Pakaian Pertontonkan Aurat, Simpan di Museum
Pakaian adat Indonesia memang tidak sesuai martabat bangsa ini di waktu kini, tetapi merupakan peninggalan dari jaman pra-moral serta jaman kolonial yang barbar dan anti-moral. Usulan untuk disimpan di musium harus ditolak dengan sekeras-kerasnya, karena musium merupakan tempat publik, sehingga -apabila dipamarkan di musium- bisa merusak moral bangsa, khususnya generasi muda kita yang tercinta. Tolak pornografi! Tolak pornoaksi! Mari kita selamatkan dan bangun bangsa kita, menjadi bangsa yang bermoral, cerdas dan maju! Salam, ayeye --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, Muhkito Afiff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MUI: Pakaian Pertontonkan Aurat, Simpan di Museum http://www.kompas.com/utama/news/0603/13/174110.htm Laporan : Heru Margianto Jakarta, KCM Ketua Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI), Cholil Ridwan, mengatakan pakaian adat Indonesia yang mempertontonkan aurat sebaiknya disimpan saja di museum. Itu harus dianggap sebagai pornoaksi dan harus masuk dalam kategori porno yang diatur dalam RUU Anti Pornografi dan Pornoaksi (APP). Itu disimpan saja di museum, jangan dilestarikan, karena tidak sesuai dengan martabat bangsa ini. Biar menjadi sejarah bahwa itu pernah menjadi bagian dari bangsa ini, katanya, Senin (13/3). Cholil mengemukakan hal itu ketika ditanya pendapatnya soal revisi RUU APP. Ia tidak sependapat jika pakaian yang mempertontonkan aurat di muka umum tidak termasuk dalam kategori porno. Ia juga tidak sependapat jika pornografi hanya dikategorikan sebagai menjual pornoaksi. Menurutnya, pornografi adalah tindakan orang yang melakukan pornoaksi. Jadi orangnya, misalnya striptease atau mereka yang melakukan tari telanjang, ujarnya. Ia menambahkan, MUI dan ormas Islam sudah membentuk tim yang akan mengawal pembahasan mengenai RUU APP ini. Penulis: Ima Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Jangan Asal Terapkan UU di Papua
http://www.kompas.com/kompas-cetak/0603/13/Politikhukum/2503168.htm Jangan Asal Terapkan UU di Papua Jayapura, Kompas - UU Pornografi dan Pornoaksi tidak dapat diberlakukan begitu saja di Papua karena UU itu bisa bertentangan dengan budaya dan tradisi kehidupan masyarakat asli. Kehidupan manusia koteka dan yali yang dinilai sebagai telanjang oleh sebagian warga di luar Papua adalah bagian dari budaya masyarakat Papua, khususnya di daerah pedalaman. Kepala Badan Informasi dan Komunikasi Papua Fred Manufandu di Jayapura, Minggu (12/3), mengatakan, UU Pornografi dan Pornoaksi tak boleh dipaksakan berlakunya di Papua. Dalam pertemuan Muspida Papua dengan Komisi VIII DPR pekan lalu disampaikan agar pemerintah mempertimbangkan pemberlakuan UU itu kelak di Papua, yang memiliki UU otonomi khusus. UU Otonomi Khusus Papua menegaskan pelestarian dan penghormatan terhadap budaya asli Papua sebagai hak dasar orang asli Papua. Jadi, kalau UU itu kelak berlaku, jangan berlakukan di Papua, kata Manufandu. Bagi sejumlah warga Indonesia yang belum mengenal budaya Papua itu, koteka dinilai bukan pakaian. Di sejumlah daerah pedalaman Papua, manusia koteka itu secara perlahan mulai berkurang. Pembangunan dan kemajuan daerah dengan sendirinya menggusur tradisi koteka. Tetapi, pada pesta-pesta adat, keagamaan, dan pesta pelantikan pejabat di pedalaman, pakaian tradisional itu masih digunakan sebagai bagian dari budaya. Selain kaum pria, kaum wanita juga memiliki pakaian tradisional yang hanya untuk bagian tubuh ke bawah. Bagian dada dan perut tak dilapisi pakaian atau kain. Pakaian untuk perempuan ini terbuat dari rumput-rumput, serat pisang, atau tali-tali hutan yang disebut yali. (KOR) Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Menyongsong UU Kewarganegaraan yang Baru
http://www.mediaindo.co.id/editorial.asp?id=2006031200514906 Menyongsong UU Kewarganegaraan yang Baru SALAH satu tujuan negara didirikan adalah untuk melindungi warganya. Selain itu, juga memberikan kemudahan sehingga hak-hak warga dapat dipenuhi tanpa pandang bulu. Namun, maksud yang indah-indah dalam filosofi berdirinya negara itu tidak selamanya mulus dalam praktiknya. Bahkan negara justru menjadi bengis dan menebar teror kepada warganya. Teror itu menjelma dalam berbagai bentuk, baik langsung melalui aparaturnya maupun lewat perangkat aturan dan undang-undang yang diskriminatif. Itulah yang menimpa kita, bangsa Indonesia, selama beberapa dasawarsa. Negara mengerangkeng hak-hak sipil warga. Akibatnya, sebagian warga takut dan terkekang. Salah satu aturan yang membuat takut itu adalah UU No 62 Tahun 1958 tentang Kewarganegaraan. Dengan UU itu, negara menebarkan ketakutan bagi etnik tertentu. UU yang seharusnya dibuat dengan semangat melindungi kepentingan warga negara itu justru merampas hak warga dan meneror mereka. Etnik Tionghoa, contohnya, hingga kini masih menjadi warga kelas dua, bahkan baru menjadi setengah warga negara Indonesia (WNI). Warga etnik Tionghoa yang lahir dan menghirup udara pertama kali di Indonesia, dengan landasan UU itu, tetap dianggap sebagai WNI keturunan. Karena keturunan, mereka harus memiliki surat bukti kewarganegaraan Republik Indonesia (SBKRI). Jelas, aturan itu tidak hanya diskriminatif, tapi juga menjadi alat pemerasan terhadap etnik Tionghoa. Bahkan, aturan itu telah memakan korban manusia-manusia cemerlang pengharum bangsa. Sebutlah sejumlah pebulu tangkis yang telah mengharumkan nama Indonesia di pentas dunia seperti Susy Susanti, Hendrawan, dan Alan Budikusuma yang begitu sulit mendapatkan kewarganegaraan Indonesia. Padahal, mereka lahir dan besar di Tanah Air, bahkan telah berjasa mengibarkan Merah Putih. Kesulitan serupa dialami ratusan ribu, bahkan jutaan etnik Tionghoa lainnya. Semua perlakuan diskriminatif harus dihapus dari Bumi Pertiwi. UU Kewarganegaraan yang lama harus segera diganti. Untuk itulah, DPR sedang membahas Rancangan Undang-Undang (RUU) Kewarganegaraan yang diharapkan memberikan jawaban revolusioner. Misalnya, dengan tegas-tegas menyebut semua warga negara keturunan, siapa pun dan dari etnik apa pun, apakah Tionghoa, Arab, India, dan lain-lain yang lahir di Indonesia, semua dianggap Indonesia asli. Mereka adalah WNI. Sebuah undang-undang yang menjunjung tinggi persamaan hak warga negara, dan memberikan kemudahan kepada warga negara, sebentar lagi dihasilkan DPR. Itulah UU Kewarganegaraan yang turut menunjukkan bangsa ini bangsa beradab. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Hutan di Indonesia 15 Tahun Lagi Bisa Punah
http://www.mediaindo.co.id/berita.asp?id=93308 LINGKUNGAN Minggu, 12 Maret 2006 18:30 WIB Hutan di Indonesia 15 Tahun Lagi Bisa Punah JAKARTA--MIOL: Ketua Komite Nasional Hijau Nusantara, Ary Sudarsono, mengatakan seluruh hutan di Indonesia diperkirakan bisa punah dalam jangka waktu 15 tahun lagi jika tidak ada upaya serius dari pemerintah. Dengan tingkat kerusakan yang mencapai 2,8 juta hektare per tahun, diperkirakan 15 tahun lagi hutan di Indonesia akan punah, katanya dalam siaran persnya, Minggu. Menurut dia, selama periode 2000-2006 dari luas hutan 120,3 juta hektare, maka 59,2 juta hektare di antaranya telah rusak. Kalau semua hutan kita sudah rusak, maka bencana alam mulai dari tanah longsor, banjir dan kekeringan akan terjadi di mana-mana, ujarnya. Kerusakan hutan itu juga, menurut Ary, dapat mengakibatkan punahnya 27.500 spesies tumbuhan berbunga (10 persen dari seluruh tumbuhan di dunia), 1.539 spesies burung (17 persen dari seluruh burung di dunia), 515 spesies satwa mamalia (12 persen dari seluruh spesies mamalia dunia) dan 270 spesies amfibia (16 persen dari seluruh amfibi dunia). Oleh sebab itu Komite Nasional Hijau Nusantara akan melakukan kampanye pelestarian lingkungan pada acara-acara olahraga, seni dan kebudayaan. (Ant/OL-03) Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Rules to be relaxed on RI citizenship
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20060311.A02irec=3 Rules to be relaxed on RI citizenship Muninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The House of Representatives and the government have agreed to ease procedures for people from other countries in acquiring Indonesian citizenship or permanent resident status. The decision was made during the deliberation of the citizenship bill recently, legislator Boy. W. Saul of the Democrat Party said Friday. Basically, we agreed to ease the procedures for foreigners, who believe they are entitled to Indonesian citizenship or permanent resident status, he told reporters. The move is expected to boost foreign investment to Indonesia, the legislator said. Legislator Bomer Pasaribu of the Golkar Party said that the people affected by the regulation would be those who can improve the country such as researchers or investors. To get Indonesian citizenship, they are required to have permanent resident status first -- just like other countries, he claimed. The permanent resident status will be regulated in detail by the government, possibly with a presidential decree, according to Bomer. It will also be stipulated in the bill on immigration, which is due for deliberation later. Foreigners, who are married to Indonesians, can be given a chance to get the status regardless of gender, he added. The existing law does not allow Indonesian women to sponsor a non-Indonesian husband for permanent resident status. At present, foreigners can only be sponsored by companies that employ them here. Permanent resident status only lasts for five years and is subject to extension. Non-Indonesians can only apply for permanent resident status five years after they are given a limited stay permit. Justice Minister Hamid Awaluddin has said that the government had made a breakthrough for foreign residents, so they could enter and stay in the country. He added that it was done in a bid to woo investors. The country's citizenship law -- created nearly five decades ago -- has several articles are today seen as discriminatory toward Indonesian women and their husbands and children, in the case of a local woman marrying a non-Indonesian. The committee also agreed upon limited dual citizenship for children of couples with different nationalities, as well as for children of Indonesian couples born in countries that apply the principle of ius soli (right of the soil). Countries that apply ius soli, such as the United States, automatically give citizenship to any baby born in the country. Indonesia applies a limited form of the principle of ius sanguinis (right of the blood), however, Indonesian law only recognizes the father's nationality, not the mother's, as other countries with the same principle adhere to. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Big factions want porn bill changed
http://www.thejakartapost.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]irec=4 Big factions want porn bill changed Muninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The two largest factions in the House of Representatives are expected to push for major changes to the pornography bill currently being deliberated, as the controversy over the issue continues to grow. The Golkar Party and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) occupy 128 and 109 seats respectively in the 550-seat House. Legislator Yuddy Chrisnandi of Golkar said his faction would likely push for the withdrawal of all articles regarding pornoaksi -- pornographic or obscene acts -- in the bill, the title of which is the Anti-Pornography and Pornographic Acts Bill. It is unclear whether articles in the bill regulating non- pornoaksi -- pornography in the print and broadcast media and art -- would also be rejected. It is very difficult to define pornoaksi. How can we regulate something that cannot be defined? he said Friday. Yuddy said the articles detailing alleged obscene acts drew the most controversy because they encroached on the personal rights of individuals -- including their right to dress and behave. While the party wanted changes to the legislation, Golkar members still wanted the bill deliberated by the House, Yuddy said. Yuddy, who is a member of the House special committee deliberating the bill, said the Criminal Code did not have sufficient laws criminalizing pornography in the country. We need a particular law for this issue because we have to protect our children from pornography. Whether you like it or not, pornography has affected our children, he said. Meanwhile, the PDI-P vowed to do the best it could to make major changes to the bill. We consider this a war. We will do whatever we can to prevent this draft being passed into law without changes, legislator Eva K. Sundari said. Legislator Afridel Jinu said the PDI-P opposed all moves to attack freedom of expression. The faction has decided to boycott the special committee meetings in Puncak, West Java, which are to be held this weekend. We are also planning a move to hold a vote of no confidence in the committee chairman, who has been very arrogant, Afridel said, referring to legislator Balkan Kaplale of the Democrat Party. Balkan, who wants to finish the bill's deliberation in June, had turned down the PDI-P's request to give legislators more time to submit their list of contentious articles to the committee. The draft bill has articles banning public kissing, depictions of nudity in public art, and could also fine women who refused to cover sensitive body parts like their hair, shoulders, midriffs and legs. Violators risk jail terms and fines of up to Rp 2 billion (about US$214,000). Non-Muslim groups in Bali and Papua have voiced strong opposition to the bill, calling it culturally insensitive, while women's groups have said it criminalizes female sexuality. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Govt rapped for failing to protect migrant workers
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20060311.C01irec=0 Govt rapped for failing to protect migrant workers Benget Simbolon Tnb., The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government is yet to take serious action to protect migrant workers overseas despite recurring cases of their ill treatment by recruiters and employers, a seminar concluded Thursday. The government's failure to provide adequate legal protection to Indonesian migrant workers was the focus of the one-day seminar organized by the Habibie Center. The seminar was held in conjunction with the launch of a book, Development, Migration and Security in East Asia, by Dewi Fortuna Anwar. Human rights activist Edwin Partogi said between 2001 and 2004, about 1,000 Indonesian migrant workers had gone missing abroad. Most of them hailed from West Java, East Java and West Nusa Tenggara, he said. The migrants went missing in Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Singapore, Kuwait, and Qatar. Tri Nuke Pudjiastuti, a speaker at the seminar, said there had been many cases of unfair treatment of migrants and even torture, which had caused the death of many workers on foreign soil. She said sending people abroad as migrant workers was basically human trafficking. Before, many people used to ask the government to stop (the practice) because they were concerned workers were being exploited by the broker companies and their employers, she said. Other participants noted the Philippines had a better record in protecting migrant workers than here. They noted Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo decided last year to withdraw the country's troops from Iraq to save the life of single Filipino held hostage by militants. Social observers Tri Nuke and Rianto Adi suggested the government improve its policy on migrant workers. Indonesia passed a law protecting migrant workers in 2004 but the government never issued the regulations to enforce it. Official statistics shows that remittances from migrant workers increased from US$1.8 billion in 2004 to $2.93 billion in 2005. This year they are expected to reach $3.5 billion. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Plain-Jane camouflage keeps prostitutes on street, despite crackdown
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailcity.asp?fileid=20060311.G03irec=2 Plain-Jane camouflage keeps prostitutes on street, despite crackdown Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang Referred to as the world's oldest profession, some argue that prostitution will only stop when sex does. The Tangerang municipal council strongly disagrees. It endorsed a bylaw on prostitution three months ago to shut down the sex industry. For a time, streets like Jl. Otista, Jl. Gatot Subroto and Jl. Merdeka, which are habitually frequented by sex workers, were much quieter. Predictably, the women returned, but they have become ghosts of their former selves. On Wednesday evening, The Jakarta Post observed most of the sex workers had abandoned their skintight jeans, strapless tops and bright slashes of eye shadow. The idea is to pass unnoticed by public order officers. 'Surya', 25, and many other women were rounded up last month by pubic order officers for soliciting and fined Rp 500,000 (about US$53). When the Post stopped to talk to her on Jl. Merdeka, Surya said the women working the street were aware there was a bylaw but had not seen a copy of it. Like most sex workers, Suryanti is in it for the money. She knows the nightly patrols by public order officers will not stop. No law will stop me from doing what I do. So long as I have money, I can always pay the fine. My fate rests in God's hands, I can only earn money like this, what other options are open to me? she said. Following her arrest, the quick-witted Suryanti abruptly modified her look. Now she wears long, thick dresses and a smear of lipstick. I work in places where I can get out fast if I see a patrol car, she said. The sex workers on Jl. Otista are also trying another tack. They use the fruit sellers scattered along the street as a cover. If officers come and the girls see no way out, they'll claim to be the wives of the fruit sellers, said Marwani, a motorcycle taxi driver who operates in the area. Novi Ariyanti, a 23-year-old sex worker, who usually waits for clients at a bus shelter on Jl. Gatot Subroto in Cimone, has made a more drastic change to her appearance. She now wears Muslim dress -- covering her neck, ears, hair, chest and body shape -- and a headscarf. With my new look, I am earning more money because men these days are more interested in women wearing jilbab (headscarves), she said. Novi charges clients between Rp 200,000 and Rp 500,000. C'mon honey, for you it's just Rp 150,000, and we'll go to hotel Anggrek, at Rp 75,000 a night it's cheaper than Hotel Merdeka, she said in a final effort to persuade the Post. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Re: Legislator receives death threat letter
Selain iman yang benar kita juga boleh menyebut istilah hati nurani, karena manusia yang tidak beriman belum tentu berbuat jahat. Ini satu stereotip lagi dimana orang yang tidak beriman dianggap pasti ataupun cenderung berbuat yang jahat :-) Salam, ayeye --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Orang yang kuat, tanpa iman yang benar, cenderung akan berbuat zhalim. Sukarnya menegakkan kebenaran dan kebaikan di republik ini. Karena ternyata hukum rimba masih betul-betul berlaku. Keburukan masih mencengkram kuat dan berusaha bertahan dengan segala macam caranya. Salam duka, ayeye1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com 03/09/2006 02:25 PM Please respond to wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com To wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com cc Subject [wanita-muslimah] Legislator receives death threat letter http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20060309.C06irec=10 Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Radicalism and the construction of civilizations
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20060310.D01irec=1 Radicalism and the construction of civilizations M Hilaly Basya, Jakarta A dialog of civilizations, as promoted by scholars and activists, is seen by some as an effective way to eliminate radicalism and terrorism. But such a dialog would not be simple, and any hoped for results could not be achieved until both Islamic and Western worldviews were reconstructed. The progress of Western civilization has been reduced to the perennial wisdom. Nature is viewed as a giant machine that works mechanically. That is why they tend to materialism that emphasizes empiricism and positivism as the highest epistemology to achieve truth. Basically, there are three kinds of epistemology. First, rational epistemology. It uses a ratio as the base and the source of knowledge. This epistemology was developed in ancient Greece. The thinkers who develop it were Socrates, Plato, Anaximenes, Phitagoras, and most of the ancient Greek thinkers. Besides Greece, this kind of epistemology was also developed by Muslim thinkers such as al-Farabi, Ibnu Shina, al-Kindi, etc. They lived in the ancient period of Islam (7th-13th centuries). Second, intuitive epistemology. It was developed by theologians. Revelation and intuition are the source of knowledge. Third is empirical epistemology. It was developed by modern western scientists. The empirical epistemology later becomes the positivism paradigm. This paradigm was based on the architects of modernism, Rene Descartes and Newton. It is used in many of the disciplines of knowledge, such as sociology, biology and psychology. Ironically, the paradigm causes the reduction of wisdom, because it only believes the knowledge and the truth that come from the empirical world. Thus, most western people doubt the existence of spirituality in the universe. Thy see the universe as a thing that has no soul and no life. They also view human beings as just a body. According to Arnold Toynbee (1976) there is a big gap in Western civilization. On one side science and technology grow rapidly, but on other side moral wisdom and humanity have decreased. According to Hans Kung in his book A Global Ethics for Global politics and Economics (1997) the policy of Western governments tend to self interest and the alienation of morality. That is why they allow the Israeli annexation of Palestinian areas. The power and riches are tempting. The positivism paradigm is also based on binary opposition logic. It creates a pair of opposites, such as subject-object, West-East, reason-intuition, above-under, matter-non mater, man-woman. The first position is higher than the second. This kind of paradigm states implicitly that Western civilization is better than Eastern (Islam). On the other hand, the theology of most Muslims is exclusive. They believe that the real truth belongs only to Islamic teachings. At last the theology produces the arrogance of theology. It disturbs the mutual-respect between Muslims and others. It will motivate violence. It will allow oppression and violence to establish justice. Actually they refer to their Islamic teaching interpretation as the construction of ancient reason (nalar klasik). This kind of reason was constructed in the Arabic consciousness early in the development of Islam. The ancient reason was influenced by Arabian culture and the socio-political situation of the time. That is why verses of the Koran and the Hadits of Prophet Muhammad explain about the enemies of Islam. They viewed non-Muslims as second class citizens who did not deserve the same rights as they did. Non-Muslims are called kafir (infidel). This is discrimination based on Islamic theology. Recently, this kind of theology has allowed for Muslims to terrorize non-Muslims, especially Western people. The reasons of terrorists, like Amrozi who bombed Bali in 2002, show the arrogance of theology. They destroy human lives in the name of God, and spread terror on the name of truth. So, how can peace and mutual understanding is established if they follow the exclusive theology? The reconstruction of civilizations is meant to enable us to review the world-view of both Islam (the East) and the West. Some Western scholars have criticized and reconstructed the fundamentals of their civilization. The Post-modernist movement, represented by reconstructive thinkers such as Paul Ricouer, Gadamer, Fritchof Chapra, Gary Zukav, has made a significant contribution to that revision, but without a significant impact. In Islam, we have to criticize Islamic reason (nalar Islam). It is meant as a deconstruction of ancient reason (nalar klasik), the epistemology that is used to construct Islamic teaching. Several prominent Islamic thinkers, such as Mohammad Abed Al-Jabiri, Mohammed Arkoun, Nashr Hamid Abu Zayd, Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim, have promoted this movement. They have especially tried to reinterpret Islamic law, theology, Sufism and philosophy.
[wanita-muslimah] The Problem with Indonesia
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20060310.D02irec=2 The Problem with Indonesia Indonesia is blessed in so many ways. It has vast energy reserves: coal, gas, thermal, solar and oil. It has huge mineral deposits and a veritable treasure trove of biodiversity in its forests. It has a mostly literate population, beautiful topography and highly fertile land. Why then is it trailing in the development stakes? Why is poverty still widespread? The answer lies in the Indonesian psyche. Indonesian society is highly ritualized and has been so for hundreds of years. So ritualized was the relationship between commoners and the nobility in feudalistic Central Java, for instance, a special language evolved for communication between the two. Today, that same ritualism can be seen both in religion and in the status conferred on and deference shown to government officials. That ritualism retards has been evident in many societies around the world. Ritualized religion led to widespread persecution in the middle ages in Europe and it was politico-ideological ritualism, overlaying the rituals of nationalism, that led to Europe's wanton war and destruction in the mid-twentieth century. It was institutionalized ritualism that led to Japan's aggression in Asia in the mid-twentieth century too. Invariably, where there is conflict there is ritualism at work. The danger of ritualism is that it substitutes for and ousts compassion. This is so evident in Indonesia. It can be seen in the way the poor are turfed off their land to make way for lucrative golf courses and real estate, the way the environment is being degraded, the way the innocent are jailed and the guilty walk free. It is manifest, for example, by the beggars in the streets, the growing numbers of street children and the numerous unnecessary deaths caused by inadequate health care. Most of these social ailments can be attributed to corruption and corruption is a direct product of failing compassion. Indonesia has made a great stride in adopting democracy, but there is the danger that that too could become ritualized. Statutes and public bodies too, that advance human rights, could degenerate into mere ritual with the spirit of the legislation and the essential purpose lost. Indonesia then, could not be better endowed, except in one respect: Compassion must replace much of the ritual. This does not mean abandoning religion; but it does mean going to the crux and the essence where compassion lies. Then and only then can a massive transformation for the better take place and Indonesia's true potential be realized. FRANK RICHARDSON Norwich, UK Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Fwd: What do you look like beneath your clothes?
Teman2, Saya menulis kolom ini, dimuat di Jakarta Post 9 Maret kemarin. Yg saya kirim di bawah ini adalah versi asli, saya sendiri tidak tau bagaimana mereka mengeditnya krn belum lihat korannya. Tapi paling tidak katanya judulnya tetap, tidak diubah. Semoga ada manfaat, untuk menambah semangat paling tidak! salam, Julia For The Jakarta Post WHAT DO YOU LOOK LIKE BENEATH YOUR CLOTHES? By Julia Suryakusuma Recently I was asked to lecture on my subject of expertise in a city outside of Jakarta (I can't tell you what the topic was or where, because it would be really rude, considering what I am about to tell you). My husband came along, acting as my assistant, making my Power Point presentation and carrying my bags (I support him when he's the one who has an assignment out of town and I tag along, so that's a fair deal, I reckon). He remarked that it was an interesting course, but it was quite a physically unattractive bunch of people involved. Many were overweight, and just not what would be called good looking. My husband is a professor at a university in Australia, but he paints and draws as a hobby, and has had years of experience in sketching people. He's so trained at looking at people's bodies, he claims he can actually look at someone clothed, and produce a accurate version of what they would be like, nude. I laughed, and suggested maybe we should do a game show where the participants would have to be able to draw, and they would try to make nude sketches of other (clothed) participants. If both groups could draw, then they would have to take turns to be the drawer and drawee. The group who got the most accurate 'hits' (i.e. in terms of similarity to the individual people in the subject group) would score the most points. Naturally, in order to be able to gauge the degree of accuracy, the participants would have to take their clothes off for the jury to judge and give points, which would be also taken from votes from the audience. We have to be democratic, after all. Considering the number of tedious, unoriginal quiz games shows on TV these days, I would have thought the TV programmers would jump at our novel idea . Then, of course, I remembered the RUU APP or the Anti-Pornography Bill - the only Draft Law I know that can make people all hot and bothered, anxious and excited at the same time. And then there's all these new moralistic PerDa (regional regulations). Taking your clothes off would certainly not be what their drafters had in mind either. In fact, if the PerDa are implemented, I couldn't even do my morning walk wearing my standard exercise outfit of shorts and skimpy top, especially if I pass the border between Depok and Banten, which is about 100 meters from my front gate. Now that would be a nuisance. Would I run the risk of asserting my human rights to dress the way I want? The PerDa drafters seem to forget that clothes are contextual. I need shorts for exercise but I wouldn't wear them to the DPR or State Palace. (Actually I did once consider wearing a Papuan outfit - grass skirt and nothing else - to the State Palace but that would have been a political statement). I figure that the Anti-Pornography Bill is being pushed by people who are not really interested in political power or in imposing their values on others (even those who are not of the same faith or nationality), but because they are jealous. They are probably physically unattractive people who are jealous of people who can expose their belly buttons and look sexy rather than disgusting, of those who can wiggle their hips without looking like a hippo in heat, or who can flash their thighs without looking like dimpled semi-hard jello on the verge of disintegrating. If the prize money on the Beneath Your Clothes (BYC) quiz were big enough, probably the same people pushing the Anti-Pornography Bill might want to be on the show and suddenly the Bill would get cancelled. Sadly, I guess we'll never know for sure, because we Indonesians are so imbued with our Asian values of modesty and decency, aren't we, we'd never stoop so low, would we, as to expose ourselves for money? But if you go even deeper, the body and the whole persona, is in fact also just a set of 'clothes' which besides giving a person an 'identity' often masks the real person, especially in the case of uniforms (and there are many 'uniforms', not just the formal ones like the military or civil service). We sometimes forget that a person who is physically gorgeous, beautifully attired, coiffed and expensively perfumed, may not be beautiful inside at all - in fact may be quite mean, vicious and vindictive. A person who looks powerful, may not be powerful at all. They could be powerful in a worldly sense, propped up by position and money, but could be totally spiritually impoverished (in fact nowadays, being spiritually impoverished seems to be a criteria of being a 'powerful leader'). A person who looks physically attractive,
[wanita-muslimah] Rombongan Yahudi anti-Zionis berkunjung ke Iran
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1139395563055pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Neturei Karta sect pays visit to Iran By MICHAEL FREUND A delegation from the anti-Zionist Neturei Karta sect is currently visiting Teheran to meet with senior officials and express their support for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his calls to eliminate Israel. In a statement to Iran's official IRIB radio, the group called for the disintegration of the Zionist regime and defended the Iranian president, saying that it is a dangerous deviation to pretend that the Iranian president is an anti-Jewish or anti-Semitic personality. They added that they were upset about the recent ploys, propaganda and tensions which have been created by the West regarding the statements of the Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad about a world free of Zionism, since this is nothing more than wishing for a better world dominated by peace and calm. On Sunday, members of the delegation, headed by Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss, met with Iranian Vice-President Ahmad Moussavi, who also chairs the Iranian Committee in Support of the Palestinian Revolution. At the meeting, according to the Iranian news agency IRNA, Weiss praised the 'enlightening' statements of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad about the Holocaust and said the establishment of a Zionist government and occupation of Palestine are contrary to the injunctions of Judaism. The doctrine of Neturei Karta says Jews cannot use human force to establish a Jewish state before the coming of the universally accepted messiah. The group supports close ties with Arabs, particularly Palestinians, and rejects Zionism. Ahmadinejad has been widely condemned in the West for asserting that the Holocaust is a myth. This is not the first time that Neturei Karta has come to the defense of the Iranian regime. On October 28 of last year, the group issued a statement denying that Ahmadinejad was anti-Semitic after he called for the State of Israel to be dismantled. Neturei Karta's leader, Rabbi Moshe Hirsh, considers himself a Palestinian Jew. The group has frequently participated in pro-Palestinian activities, including a visit to the grave of Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat in Ramallah in November. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] How the drug war is being lost
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailfeatures.asp?fileid=20060308.Q01 How the drug war is being lost The Battle of the Banners is underway in Surabaya and many other cities. They scream SAY NO TO DRUGS. They're part of Indonesia's war against narcotics- - a conflict doomed to fail, according to experts. The Jakarta Post contributor in Surabaya Duncan Graham reports: Dony Agustinus is truly junkie tired, as the addicts say. Though he's only 25, he carries his lean body like a man who's long passed 40 and seen too much, crippled with the cares of the world. Yet he hasn't had a hit for almost five years. Since June 6, 2001, to be exact -- nine years after he started. The reason? To be cool. Like most reformed addicts he knows the precise moment he made the decision to quit. He'd just been diagnosed as HIV positive, probably through sharing dirty needles. I didn't know anything about the disease, he said. I thought I had only six months left and I didn't want to die. So I stopped. He's lived to turn his corrosive, negative experiences into positive action by starting a drug rehabilitation center in the hill town of Trawas outside Surabaya. Wahana Kinasih was funded by Dony's mother, Margarethna Nanik Sunarni. She stayed the distance with her son through the soul-scarifying years searching for a cure in Indonesia and overseas. Medication, counseling, shock therapy, religion, brutality -- Dony's had them all. He knows more about drug addiction and failed treatments than a hall full of experts who've never felt the soaring thrill of a hit and the wrenching agony of withdrawal. But he has to sit politely in drug conferences and listen to doctors, government workers, police and others tell addicts to pray feverishly, drink coconut milk, see a paranormal -- or just decline. The SAY NO TO DRUGS campaign isn't working for the same reason it didn't work in Australia 20 years ago, said Joyce Djaelani Gordon. It's pushed by people who have limited understanding of substance abuse, addiction, social marketing and behavior change. If they'd done solid research, they would know the message say no is translated as do. Basic psychology shows most people want to try what they're told not to. Joyce is a psychologist and founder of the Yayasan Harapan Permata Hati Kita (YAKITA) addiction and treatment center at Ciawi, Bogor, West Java. She works with her husband David, also a psychologist and former user, helping addicts. Their strategy is based on a psychological, spiritual approach and the 12-step Narcotics Anonymous program. This has been built from the internationally famous and proven Alcoholics Anonymous strategy. This provides an instant aftercare program through regular confidential group meetings where experiences are shared. NA supporters believe addiction is a disease. Users have to take responsibility for their actions and recognize a power greater than themselves. Treatment has to involve the family often the root of the problem. The spiritual principle is: Trust God, love yourself and help one another. Indonesian statistics, as former president Megawati Soekarnoputri once observed, are not to be trusted. Officially, the police say they handled almost 6,000 drug cases in Jakarta last year and made almost 8,000 arrests. The Jakarta Narcotics Agency reckons there are up to 15,000 injecting drug users in the capital alone. NGOs talk about a pandemic and say maybe a quarter of a million people around the archipelago already have HIV -- with the number growing daily. One study involving the National Narcotics Agency and the University of Indonesia claimed Indonesians are spending more than Rp 12 trillion (US$ 1 billion) on drugs. Whatever the real numbers no one denies there's a serious problem. The disputes come over ways to treat it. At one extreme is the roughhouse, heavy-penalty approach. As the junkies say -- if your only tool is a hammer, you see every problem as a nail. When politicians announce crackdowns and tough stances they know they're on a vote-winner. Electorates everywhere find the issue dirty and too difficult to unscramble. Druggies are not nice people. There's little sympathy -- until a family member becomes a user. Then the awful education begins. Recovery is a long process, said David Gordon. There can be four, five or more relapses before an addict gets clean. Parents get tired, disgusted and depressed. They lose faith in `cures' and grow wary of treatments. In 2001 then president Megawati declared a war against drug trafficking to much acclaim. But despite his past experiences and present front-line commitment Dony refuses to be conscripted. The bumper sticker on his little red car reads: DRUG ABUSE IS BAD; THE DRUG WAR IS WORSE. The U.S. has been running its drug war for years. Millions of dollars have been spent and nearly 500,000 are behind bars for drug crimes. Yet drugs get cheaper and more readily available. The U.S.-based Drug Policy Alliance advocates public
[wanita-muslimah] The business of counseling
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailfeatures.asp?fileid=20060308.Q03irec=5 The business of counseling The opening of rehabilitation centers has become a racket says Dony, whose claims are backed by other drug workers. Some unscrupulous doctors have opened clinics, charged huge fees up front and prescribed expensive medication, he said. When the treatment fails they close up shop. Other religious-based treatments think addiction is a moral flaw caused by a failure to follow ancient teachings. Some are brutal and believe bashing or sexually abusing inmates helps a cure. I've experienced these `treatments'. I am a Catholic, not an agnostic. Most users are religious. In Indonesia there are no controls on who can open a rehabilitation center or call themselves counselors. Elsewhere such centers are monitored by the government or professional body, and a `counselor' must have qualifications from an approved educator. It's a very tough job that requires extraordinary skills. By their own admission junkies are very difficult to work with -- and experts at manipulation. As the survivors say, it takes hard wisdom. At last count there were around 80 rehab centers, most in Jakarta. But they open and close like curtains and there's no user guide to the quality or success rate. Fees charged vary from nothing to hundreds of millions of rupiah. (Dony's Wahana Kinasih charges Rp 3 million a month for full board and treatment, but waives this when clients are proven poor.) There are no court diversion programs in Indonesia where addicts are given the choice of rehabilitation instead of incarceration. In any case, said Dony cynically, most would prefer prison knowing that drugs would still be available inside jail and cheaper than on the streets. Many rehab centers don't have aftercare or reentry units. The result is that apparently clean clients go from several months' treatment straight back into the environment which first caused them to become users. Free rehabilitation centers and de-tox treatments for the poor in East Java aren't necessary because users come from rich families, according to Police Commander Sarwono. The province has three hospital-based de-tox units and six rehab centers registered with the police, though many others operate without telling the authorities. Users fear that if they go to a rehab center they'll be arrested, he said. That's not so -- they're victims. We're looking for the suppliers, the Mr Bigs. It's better to prevent than repress. The poor can't afford to use drugs. (Former users say a hit of heroin costs about Rp 100,000 -- or US$11). Sellers target the rich kids. Sarwono, who heads the 85-strong drug unit in the East Java Police said last year more than 2,000 suspects were arrested. More than 60 per cent were later convicted of trafficking. Most drugs were found to have come from Thailand and Aceh. I'm optimistic about the future, he said. The problem is getting bigger but we are also achieving more arrests and finding more drugs and drug factories. But to catch the suppliers we must have the support of the community and people who will inform us of drug sales. They should not be frightened to do that. We'll protect them from any retribution. Drugs have produced a blight of bureaucracies and acronyms to bamboozle the newcomer. Former president Megawati gave the task of coordinating the anti-drug campaign to the spooks -- the National Intelligence Agency (BIN), maintaining the law-and-order approach. Previously the job had been done by the National Narcotics Coordinating Agency (BKKN). This became the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) with responsibility for implementing programs rather than helping funding agencies and NGOs work together. Critics say this has created a mess of competing and overlapping programs. The ideal system according to Joyce would have agencies assigned specific tasks and research by one authority so there is no duplication. Then there's GRANAT - the National Anti-Narcotics Movement. This organization believes about four million Indonesians use drugs -- and most are poor. Many use drugs to escape the ugly reality of their almost hopeless position. Overseas money is widely used to fund agencies running programs to combat HIV/AIDS because the disease is considered a global problem. UNICEF, the Ford Foundation, AusAID and many others have all been involved. Unfortunately there's no 24/7 national hotline for parents seeking help. Duncan Graham For agencies associated with Yayasan Kita call: East Java (031) 503 9228; West Java (0251) 243 077; Bali (0361) 465 203; Makassar (0411) 873 658 or e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita
[wanita-muslimah] Reflection of incapability
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20060309.F05irec=7 Reflection of incapability A thousand methods can be used to conceal incompetence. The imposition of sharia bylaws by several local governments is a striking example. It is based on the assumption that unless the growing moral decadence is fixed soon, God will punish us more severely. Natural disasters, which have afflicted this country recently, are often associated with God's punishment. That rationality, I think, is based on abstract concepts which don't touch on the real problems faced by our society, such as corruption, poverty, malnutrition, unemployment, poor public services, etc. It is even possible that the imposition of sharia bylaws is deliberately done to fend off criticism of the incompetence of local governments. Meanwhile, the imposition of sharia bylaws also means that we overlook the multicultural characteristics of our society. Therefore, it's imperative to revoke the sharia bylaws, because they will not improve conditions, but will only cause tension among our people. KAFI HANDIKO Jakarta Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Legislator receives death threat letter
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20060309.C06irec=10 Legislator receives death threat letter JAKARTA: A legislator who was assaulted in the House of Representatives complex after he criticized the military has now received a death threat. Ade Daud Nasution, of the Muslim-oriented Reform Star Party, distributed copies of the letter containing the threat to the House on Wednesday. Purportedly sent by a retired soldier, Achmat Jaelani, the letter demanded Ade apologize to the military leadership for his remarks. If he did not, the writer threatened to kill Ade and his family. It is not yet known whether Achmat exists or is a fictitious name. Ade was assaulted by a member of a military officer last month. The assault occurred shortly after he had asked Military Chief Gen. Djoko Suyanto in a public hearing why the military had maintained a partnership with a food supplier owned by businessman Kasan Gunawan. Ade said he had reported the death threat to the police and the leadership of the House Commission I on defense. -- JP Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Burqas for rent!
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20060306.F04irec=6 Burqas for rent! As a young Balinese woman I want to express my deep concern about the so-called Pornography Bill, which -- if passed -- would jeopardize Bali's main income source, namely tourism. All over Indonesia (real) pornography (blue films) are sold under the table, but this nation's hypocrite legislators are going to criminalize tourists for showing their belly buttons as they sunbathe at the beach! Ten (!) years in prison and fines up to Rp 1 billion (US$107,000) for sunbathing will certainly attract millions of tourists to visit Indonesia (not only Bali) as an open society. Suggestions for those who are responsible for this idiotically ludicrous document (quoted from columnist Aridus): At every airport, next to the Visa on Arrival Desk, set up a counter where tourists can rent a burqa along with their neck-to-ankle swimming suits. The next elections are not too far away and the Balinese will NOT vote for any party that supports this ridiculous law. NI MADE SULASTRI ARIANI Karangasem, Bali Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Critized, Tangerang mayor defends contentious bylaws
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailcity.asp?fileid=20060306.H03irec=2 Critized, Tangerang mayor defends contentious bylaws Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang Tangerang Mayor Wahidin Halim, facing intense criticism and the threat of lawsuits, has vowed to continue pursuing his vision of a more moral society through bylaws that ban prostitution and alcohol. We will go ahead and punish any violations of the two bylaws, he told The Jakarta Post on Saturday. The mayor said his administration was prepared to deal with any consequences that might result from the implementation of the ordinances, including class-action lawsuits by disgruntled residents. Wahidin said the bylaws his administration had passed were more comprehensive than the articles in the Criminal Code dealing with prostitution and alcohol. He claimed, for example, the Criminal Code only dealt with prostitutes themselves, but did not touch on those who facilitated the practice. There is room to supplement the Criminal Code. Our antiprostitution bylaw covers what the Criminal Code does not, he said. As the municipality marked its anniversary Tuesday, a court was trying several people who had been charged with violating the new bylaws. A pregnant elementary school teacher found herself caught by public order officers enforcing the bylaw on prostitution as she was waiting on the side of the road for her husband to pick her up. The woman pled not guilty, and explained to the court why she was by herself at night on the roadside. The court, however, dismissed her explanation and fined her Rp 300,000. When the woman was unable to pay the fine, she was taken to prison. Wahidin, when informed of the case, said the bylaw upheld the dignity of women. I think (the criticism) is being orchestrated by groups that are exploiting women to justify their own vices, he said. Members of the Tangerang Urban Poor Society protested against the bylaws Friday outside the Tangerang District Court. The group also threatened to file a lawsuit against the municipal administration unless the mayor revoked the ordinances. Religious leaders have praised the administration for its efforts, and urged the authorities to be forceful in their enforcement of the bylaws. The authorities must not be afraid to implement the bylaws, for the sake of our morality, said Nur Muhamad Iskandar SQ, founder of the Ashiddiqiyah Islamic boarding school. Nur said the bylaws were necessary and that all religions frowned on vices such as prostitution and alcohol. No religion allows prostitution or the excessive consumption of alcohol, he said. An official with the hard-line group Islam Defenders Front, Eddy Suseno, said people who objected to the bylaws were probably trying to protect their business interests. The head of the Tangerang chapter of the Indonesian Ulema Council, Edi Junaedi Nawawi, said noble causes often faced greater resistance than evil ones. The municipal council endorsed the contentious bylaws Nov. 21, 2005. The liquor bylaw bans the distribution and sale of alcoholic drinks, except in three, four and five-star hotels and designated restaurants for on-the-spot consumption. Violators can face imprisonment of up to three months or a fine of up to Rp 50 million. The bylaw on prostitution bans people, either in public places or locations visible from public places, from enticing others, either by words or signals, into acts of prostitution. It also bans public intimacy, hugging and/or kissing, either in public places or places visible to the public such as hotels, restaurants or entertainment centers. Violators may face up to three months in prison or a fine of Rp 15 million. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Pig-headed resistance
The recent destruction of nine homes at the illegal West Bank outpost of Amona and ensuing violence highlighted a rift in Israeli society over polarized political views. But another riot last month - which lasted for four days in the city of Beit Shemesh and resulted in seven arrests - drew considerably less media attention. At issue was religious freedom. And now the melting pot in this rapidly growing city of 52,000 may be about to boil over again - this time over the construction of a pork processing plant. Last month, a self-defined haredi family that has lived in Ramat Beit Shemesh Beit for the past six years - and has requested anonymity - was targeted by local ultra-Orthodox extremists who deemed that members of the family were not sufficiently religious. The family's two eldest sons, aged 22 and 20, were the particular target of the demonstrators' wrath because the young men have stopped wearing haredi garb and now dress in modern Orthodox style, the mother of the family says. On January 13, extremists attacked her two sons on their way home from Friday night services. The attack was followed by four nights of demonstrations outside their home, calling on the family to leave. Artikel lengkap berhubung panjang: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1139395425619pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Re: Balasan: [zamanku] Dari New York: Demo anti kartun
Pada dasarnya saya setuju dengan semua pendapat dari rekan-2 WM di bawah ini. Peran agama dalam tragedi Palestina merupakan phenomena yang relatip baru. Penduduk Palestina terdiri dari berbagai golongan agama sebagaimananya halnya dengan penduduk Israel. Setuju bahwa konflik di Palestina suka dipolitisir oleh berbagai negara tetangga hingga negara-2 yang lebih jauh bahkan dan tujuannya bukan hanya untuk membantu rakyat Palestina. Saya melihat ini sebagai salah satu strategi guna mengarahkan rasa frustasi masrakyat dari kinerja pemerintahan mereka sendiri kepada tragedi Palestina. Memang penting juga agar masalah Palestina selalu diangkat agar tidak dilupakan. Hanya, cara politik murahan dan oportunis yang khususnya bermain dengan sentimen masrakyat, kayanya kurang produktif dalam hal membantu konflik Palestina/Israel. Kebetulan saya sendiri adalah keturunan Yahudi dan keluarga saya dari generasi dulu semua terbunuh oleh Nazi, kecuali satu yang selamat, yaitu orang tua kakek saya dan kakek sendiri. Meskipun mereka sempat masuk KZ (Konzentrationslager) sampai makan tali sepatu dalam tahanan dan waktu kakek saya akhirnya selamat, berat badan hanya 42 kilo. Sesudah perang dunia kedua, keluarga saya pernah menjadi korban dari rejim komunis di Eropa Timur. Semua yang dimiliki setelah habis bersusah payah kembali setelah trauma perang, diambil lagi oleh tentara komunis Rusia dan kakek saya diperlakukan sebagai dissiden dan dipaksa kerja di pertambangan. Padahal kakek saya termasuk orang pinter yang luar biasa dan berpendidikan tinggi, maka ditakutkan oleh rejim komunis. Waktu saya ke Indonesia pas ORBA mau mengalami puncak, sempat bingung juga waktu membaca begitu banyak nonsense (maaf, menurut saya :-) tentang komunisme di media massa dan dengar pendapat-2 yang pada umumnya salah kaprah. Ini contoh politisasi lagi. Memang seharusnya saya pribadi yang mempunyai pendapat buruk tentang komunisme karena pengalaman keluarga saya dari tangan pertama. Tetapi kita harus membedakan antara otoritanisme, kejahatan dan lain-lain, sehingga semua harus dilihat secara proporsional. Jadi tidak benar jika kita mencap seseorang komunis atau simpatisan sebagai penjahat atau barbar. Sama salahnya jika kita menuduh semua umat Islam sebagai teroris atau fanatik secara apriori. Salah satu penyebab mengapa sampai bisa tumbuh rasa kebencian mendalam terhadap golongan lain adalah politik polarisasi yang bias dan ketidakadaan pengalaman personil dengan golongan yang digambarkan sebagai musuh. Jujur saja, berapa di antara kita sudah benar-benar pernah mempunyai pengalaman langsung dengan orang Yahudi, termasuk yang ortodoks? Dulu pernah masuk mall BIP di Bandung dengan salah satu rekan usaha dan teman Arab Yahudi semenjak berbelasan tahun. Teman saya bicara bahasa hebro maupun bahasa Arab dengan lancar. Pas kami mau masuk ke mall ada orang Arab dengan istrinya orang Indonesia yang mau keluar plaza. Mereka beragama Islam dilihat dari penampilan luar. Waktu orang Arab melihat teman saya, ia langsung kasih komentar yang marah-2 kepada kami, khususnya kepada teman saya. Lalu teman saya hanya senyum dan diam. Di sisi lain, teman saya cerita bahwa ia pernah membantu para mujahidin Afghanistan yang sempat berantau di perbatasan Malaysia dan Thailand untuk memperoleh surat-surat identitas baru. Katanya ia selalu diundang untuk minum air teh dan mereka mulai suka sama teman saya, meskipun dari awal teman saya mengakui diri sebagai Yahudi. Apropos keperpihakan politik AS kepada Israel, saya sempat membaca dari berbagai sumber bahwa di masa sebelum 11-09, investasi dari Arab Saudi di AS mencapai 800 Miliar USD lebih. Gedung Kedutaan Besar Arab Saudi di Washington D.C. saja wah dan dijaga khusus oleh personil kepolisian AS. Mengapa sampai bisa ada investasi yang begitu tinggi dari Arab Saudi yang di sisi lain membela nasib rakyat Palestina? Kan katanya AS berpihak kepada Israel. Memang ada berbagai investasi dan bantuan dari negara-2 Arab di sekitar Teluk kepada Palestina seperti pembangunan rumah sakit, dll. Tetapi tidak sampai ratusan miliaran dollar, malahan lebih banyak uang pernah disalurkan oleh Eropa kepada otoritas Palestina yang notabene juga pernah dituduh sebagai korup. Saya kira ini masalah rumit dan gampang sekali untuk terpancing dalam sentimen, khususnya untuk mereka yang tidak senang membaca banyak dan cepat terpengaruh oleh propaganda yang tendensius. Apalagi kalau tidak ada akses untuk memperoleh berita yang alternatip atau istilah tinggal di negara yang masih mengontrol pers dengan ketat. Memang ini dapat dimengerti. Versi buku-2 sejarah yang dibaca oleh anak-anak Israel misalnya berbeda dengan buku-2 yang dibaca oleh anak-anak di negara tetangganya. Atau para prajurit Israel, khususnya yang muda untuk ditugaskan ke wilayah perbatasan, dimanipulasi pula, sehingga mereka pikir apa yang dilakukan adalah yang benar. Dalam tentara tidak boleh berpikir banyak, hanya cukup agar bisa mengikuti perintah dari sang atasan. Salam,
[wanita-muslimah] The naked truth on the misguided pornography bill
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20060302.B01irec=2 The naked truth on the misguided pornography bill Pandaya, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta If you love sunbathing on Bali's beaches, you better keep your clothes on, unless you want to extend your stay on the island -- in Denpasar prison. If you want to look sexy in your tank top or bare your belly button while shopping at the mall, think again -- you may end up in jail or bankrupt after having to pay a Rp 200 million (US$21,000) fine. It's no joke. These things could happen if the controversial pornography bill now being deliberated by the House of Representatives is passed into law without changes. Inul Daratista, Dewi Persik, Anisa Bahar and other dangdut singers would have to look for other jobs because the dance moves that catapulted them to stardom are considered suggestive, amounting to pornography. If they dare to dance, they could be subject to jail terms and hefty fines. Javanese women have to hang up their kebaya, or blouses, for good because Article 79 of the bill mandates a Rp 200 million fine and a minimal jail term of two years for showing off sensual parts of the female body, which include thighs, hips, breasts and navel. Imagine how many millions of women in Java, Bali and Sulawesi will be jailed and bankrupted. What about Papuan women who, by tradition, do not cover their breasts, and Papuan men who hide their penises in sheaths? The bill, which was submitted to the House in 1992 and only recently dusted off, is laughable. Pornography is loosely defined, provoking protests from artists, the press and more liberal-minded Indonesians. The bill, which in part is meant to protect women from sexual exploitation, ends up demonizing women as the cause of all sexual evils, compelling the state to force them to cover up. Mind you, the definition of sensual body parts does not really apply to men! Any cultural displays and pieces of art judged to be sensual will not be tolerated unless displayed in places sanctioned by the government. What to do with the renowned Borobudur Temple, with its sensual reliefs, or the Sukuh fertility temple? Writers who make up romantic stories and artists who draw nudes would soon be working out of prison after being jailed for disseminating pornography. Sitcom star Anjasmara, model Isabel Yahya, art curator Jim Supangkat, actor Agus Suwage and photographer Davy Linggar have already run afoul of the law for doing their jobs. They were named suspects over the display of sensual photographs at an exhibition in Jakarta after the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) filed a complaint. The comedy continued with police raiding newsstands and VCD kiosks for pornographic materials. Bali, the Hindu enclave whose lifeline is tourism, opposes the bill because of the effect it could have on tourism. They imagine ubiquitous moral police scaring away casually dressed holidaymakers from beaches, pubs and malls. A recent conference in the provincial capital Denpasar, which brought together Balinese from different professional backgrounds, agreed to file a petition demanding the bill be scrapped. On the other side, many Muslim groups, represented by such organizations as the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), the FPI and the Islamic Forum (FUI), believe an anti-indecency law is necessary to lift the country from the gutter of moral decay. The MUI, set up during Soeharto's New Order regime to represent the interests of Muslims, went as far as giving lawmakers until June to finish the draft law, warning that Muslims would take action if the legislators failed to complete the law by the deadline. The fierce opposition of the Balinese to the bill and the MUI's threat give credence to the fear the pornography bill will only widen the divide in the multicultural and multireligious Indonesia. Never has a bill so divided our diverse society along cultural, religious and political lines as the one on pornography. The pressure tactics of certain groups, such as the ultimatum from the MUI, only exacerbate fears of open conflict. Legislators deliberating the bill have tried to appease opponents by offering exceptions; for instance, allowing erotic artworks to be displayed, but only in venues sanctioned by the government, or offering looser interpretations of sensuality in areas where local tradition calls for it. But it is difficult to imagine a law with so many exceptions. The pornography bill is a delicate issue and unless pornography is properly defined, the lawmakers will ultimately fail to improve the nation's moral standards. What they will do is worsen conflicts among citizens. Many of the issues addressed in the bill are already covered by existing laws and the Criminal Code. The truth is that pornography, like many other social ills, is rampant because the laws are not properly enforced as corruption reigns supreme. The distribution and sale of erotic materials are not regulated. Raunchy tabloids are not
[wanita-muslimah] Citizenship law flawed, activists say
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20060302.C03irec=4 Citizenship law flawed, activists say Hera Diani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The 1958 Law on Citizenship is doing more to harm Indonesian families than it does to help or protect them, experts say. Most people affected by the law are transnational couples, who are subject to many restrictions. The law contains odd requirements that result in legal complications for couples raising a child, or even maintaining unity as a family. Observers say there are many flawed articles in the law that need revising. Article 23 (c) of the law stipulates adopted children automatically lose their Indonesian citizenship and gain their adopted parents' nationality. Activists fear the clause could encourage child trafficking and the abandonment of children. Indonesia has the fourth-highest number of child trafficking cases in the world and we're afraid that the country will continue to ignore its responsibility to protect its children, said Dewi Tjakrawinata, the head of the Aliansi Pelangi Antar Bangsa organization for transnational parents. The recent case of Tristan Dowse, an Indonesian boy who was adopted by Irish couple at the age of two months but two years later was returned to an orphanage in Jakarta, was an example of how the law further complicated an already complex situation, she said. Because the boy had become an Irish citizen -- he was ineligible for free education and had to pay for visas and other immigration expenses. The financial problem was only solved when an Irish high court recently ruled the boy's adoptive parents must pay regular maintenance for the four-year old. The boy is now living with his birth mother. This could happen to any child, Dewi said. Another article obliges every citizen living abroad to regularly report to an Indonesian embassy or consulate for five years or lose their citizenship. This creates difficulties for migrant workers living in small cities or remote places far from an Indonesian mission. Thousands of migrant workers in Malaysia have lost their Indonesian citizenship status because of (the law). One (stateless) migrant lived in Malaysia for 37 years. Those workers are not only often unaware of the regulation, they also live far away from the consulate and usually their employers keep their passports, Dewi said. Women's activist and lawyer Asnifriyanti Damanik said the law was full of discrimination against women, particularly those in transnational marriages. Security was lost the moment an Indonesian married a foreigner, because they could not sponsor their partner for a visa. If the partner could not work here the family could break up, she said. Neither could an Indonesian wife win custody of her children if the couple divorced or split because the children of transnational marriages automatically received their fathers' citizenship. Activists are urging the House of Representatives to revise the law. The problem of citizenship is not just for women and transnational families, it applies to all of us, Asnifriyanti said. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Activists employ Internet to fight pornography bill
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailfeatures.asp?fileid=20060302.Q01irec=0 Activists employ Internet to fight pornography bill I Wayan Juniartha, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar, Bali Balinese activists launched recently a public Internet campaign to express their opposition to the controversial pornography bill being deliberated at the House of Representatives (DPR). The Internet is a powerful communication medium. It is fast, cheap and widely accessible, particularly for the island's middle class, the very target of this virtual campaign, I Made Marlowe said. Marlowe was one of the eight-member Bali delegation that flew to Jakarta on Feb. 21 to express their opposition to the members of the DPR's Special Committee on the Anti-Pornography Bill. The overbearing attitude displayed by the Committee's members during the hearing convinced the delegation that the opposition to the bill needed to be stronger and louder to arouse public support. It seemed that the committee members had already made up their minds that regardless of the opposition from various corners of the country, they would continue processing the bill into a law, the chief of the Bali delegation, Ngurah Harta said. Given the attitude, we then decided that street protests and public rallies were unavoidable. Public rallies are the most effective way to boost awareness on the issue and to jolt the local politicians into taking a stance on this issue, he added. Yet, to do so the delegation at least needs visible, initial public support. The delegation, comprised of some of the island's most respected figures, including religious leader Ida Pedanda Sebali Tianyar Arimbawa and scholar Prof. Dr. I Made Bandem, need to utilize the social and media network to get the message out across Balinese society. Yet, we are quite aware of the limitation of a personal network. We see the Internet as one of the most promising ways to mobilizing public support, Harta reiterated. The task of conducting an Internet campaign fell to I Made Marlowe, the delegation's computer wizard. It is easy to mobilize public support when they share your sentiment and believe in your cause. To reach such a situation, however, we must first educate the public on every aspect of the issue, he said. Our major problems right now are that a large number of people still do not have any access to the content of the bill and to the reasons and reasoning of our opposition, he said. Marlowe then used a free service provided by www.blogger.com to set up a simple, virtual communication post. It was aptly named Jiwa Merdeka (literally meaning free soul). The site (http://jiwamerdeka.blogspot.com) has been in operation since Feb. 22. Initially, we did not pay much attention to the graphics and layout of the site. We only focused on providing the public, in the fastest way possible, with the necessary written materials. Recently, however, we've started refining the visual side of the site, he said. On the site, people can read or download various texts, including the controversial bill, the Bali delegation's opposition statement and a list of the notable figures, who support the opposition, in addition to an enlightening paper on pornography by Prof. Dr. I Made Bandem. Unfortunately, most of the texts are still in Indonesian. We are now still in the process of translating the key documents to English, Marlowe added. So far, the site has received various comments from Internet users. Most of the comments were supportive in nature. Yet, there are also some very extreme responses; such as the one urging the Balinese to secede from the Republic of Indonesia if the bill became a law. The site has already found an Internet buddy and ardent supporter in another blog (http://electronposts.blogspot.com). This site has stunning visual presentations accompanied with catchy taglines. This blog has explicitly and openly voiced support for Jiwa Merdeka and the struggle against the bill. Most of its recent graphic posts were dealing with this issue. The latest one portrayed an image of a human torso with an uncovered navel and a question: What's wrong with allowing my belly button to have a peek of reality? Well, it must be so wrong that the law will impose a hefty fine up to Rp 1 billion (over US$100,000) and a prison sentence up to ten years for navel displays. We expect that other webmaster and site owners will follow the Electronposts' move, supporting our site by placing a link at their site or by creating and posting content in tune with our struggle, Marlowe said. He added that he believed that once the Internet community fully realized the threat carried by the bill to freedom of expression, then the opposition movement would gain substantial momentum. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM
[wanita-muslimah] Foreigners and property
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20060302.F04irec=5 Foreigners and property I read with interest your article Calls grow for foreign property ownership in The Jakarta Post on Feb. 28. As an Indonesian working with foreigners, I find it amazing that our government does not allow foreigners to buy property on an equal basis with citizens. My uncle (an Indonesian citizen) recently purchased a very nice three-bedroom house in Singapore without any problems at all. So if we can buy property so easily overseas, why can't people from overseas buy property here? It is not like all of a sudden, hundreds of thousands of foreigners will rush to buy property in Indonesia. Also, I was amazed with the Indonesian Real Estate Association recommending that foreign nationals only be allowed to purchase newly built property. It is a well-known fact that property bought off-the-plan is much more expensive than second-hand homes or hotels. With citizens of other countries helping us in Aceh, and so many international NGOs here, what kind of message are we sending to non-citizens, who happen to live here in Indonesia? Is it only deemed acceptable to sell them property if it is at inflated prices? DENI A RAHMAN Jakarta Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] RUU Antipornografi Disahkan, PKS Ingin Menangi Pemilu
http://www.suarapembaruan.com/News/2006/02/23/Nasional/nas12.htm SUARA PEMBARUAN DAILY RUU Antipornografi Disahkan, PKS Ingin Menangi Pemilu JAKARTA - Segera disahkannya Rancangan Undang-undang Anti Pornografi dan Pornoaksi (RUU APP), salah satu jalan untuk kemenangan Partai Keadilan Sejahtera (PKS) pada Pemilihan Umum (Pemilu) 2009 mendatang. Demikian hal itu dinyatakan anggota Panitia Khusus (Pansus) RUU APP dari Fraksi PKS Hilman Rosyad Syihab, Rabu (22/2), usai acara rapat dengar pendapat dengan perwakilan beberapa kelompok perempuan dengan FPKS di DPR, Jakarta. Menanggapi kritikan dari perwakilan beberapa kelompok perempuan, yang tergabung dalam Koalisi Perempuan, Hilman menyebut PKS juga ingin mendengarkan aspirasi itu sebagai masukan. Tapi PKS adalah partai Islam, kami ingin mewarnai undang-undang. Juga ada desakan kuat dari para pendukung kami agar RUU APP segera disahkan, katanya. Beberapa pendapat diungkapkan, antara lain oleh Vivi, dari Perempuan Mahardika, yang berpendapat bahwa substansi RUU APP tidak melihat perempuan punya hak sama dengan warga lainnya. Demikian juga dengan penggunaan definisi yang jelas, tentang tubuh perempuan yang sensual. Deskripsi bagian tubuh sensual menurut RUU APP, antara lain alat kelamin, paha, pinggul, pantat, pusar, dan payudara perempuan baik terlihat sebagian maupun seluruhnya. Ada ancaman pidana penjara hingga 10 tahun, serta denda sampai Rp 1 miliar. Muncul pertanyaan menggelitik dari salah seorang wakil kelompok waria. Bagaimana halnya dengan waria, yang ketika menjajakan diri memperlihatkan payudaranya. Bentuknya payudara perempuan, tapi itu notabene payudara lelaki, karena waria sebenarnya lelaki. Dalam RUU APP, payudara lelaki tidak masuk bagian sensual. Ada juga pertanyaan lain, bagaimana bila perempuan akan melakukan aktivitas olahraga. Atletik, atau renang misalnya. Apakah harus berenang menggunakan pakaian muslim. Larangan memakai bikini, jelas juga akan berpengaruh besar pada pariwisata. Bayangkan bila para turis di Bali, harus mengenakan pakaian lengkap untuk berenang atau sekedar berjemur di pantai. Menurut Hilman, memang membutuhkan waktu, hingga masyarakat bisa menerima, dan terbiasa dengan penerapan RUU APP itu nantinya. Nuraini, dari Srikandi Indonesia, menyorot permasalahan RUU APP lebih jauh pada kehidupan masyarakat pada kelas bawah sekarang ini. Masih begitu banyak masyarakat miskin bermukim di bantaran, dan terpaksa mandi di kali. Pemerintah tidak menyediakan sarana mck (mandi, cuci, kakus) yang memadai, katanya. (B-14) Last modified: 23/2/06 Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Re: Fatwa Melarang Perempuan ....- Working the night shift: a risk factor for br
Santai saja, Mas Jano-ko, tidak perlu merasa bersalah karena tidak membuat kesalahan terhadap saya :-) Salam, ayeye --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, jano ko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :) Senyum dulu dong mas Ayeye, emoh ach kalau mas ayeye nesu dengan saya, nanti saya merasa guilty lho salam persaudaraan. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Woman sells daughter to pay up debts, buy furniture
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailcity.asp?fileid=20060225.G02irec=1 Woman sells daughter to pay up debts, buy furniture The Jakarta Post, Jakarta It may be a cliche, but grinding poverty continues to force women into sex work. It also drives children on to the streets. Dahlia, not her real name, was just 15 when her mother sold her to a woman for Rp 2 million. She worked in the sex industry until she was 18 and could no longer bear it. Upon returning to her studies, Dahlia's mother threatened to kill her if she did not skip school to meet clients. Desperate for help, Dahlia told other members of her family, who were unaware of her past, she was working as a prostitute. Dahlia and her family members reported the case to the police, leading to Wednesday's arrest of her mother and the woman she worked for. To police, the 44-year-old mother, identified only as KH, said she was in debt and tired of living a life of poverty. She then met the woman, NS, who lived nearby in Kampung Bulak, Central Jakarta. In a statement made available to The Jakarta Post on Friday, NS was said to have been running her business since 2002 through word of mouth. She received orders for girls over the phone. Most of her workers were under the age of 18. She sold their services for between Rp 500,000 and Rp 1 million. Dahlia's mother was able to pay her debts and buy new furniture and a TV set from prostitution money. Police said both women would be charged under the 2002 Child Protection Law and Article 297 of the Criminal Code on child trafficking. If convicted, they could face up to 10 years' imprisonment and a Rp 200 million fine. When asked to comment, women's rights activist Rita Kalibonso said forced prostitution was an ongoing problem here. This is not just about law enforcement but also about people's awareness of children's rights, she said. Family members and neighbors must be ready to take action if they believe a child is being abused. We cannot rely on the police to address this issue because such crimes happen in homes, she said. (05) Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Boy deals drugs to pay school fees
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailcity.asp?fileid=20060225.G07irec=6 Boy deals drugs to pay school fees JAKARTA: A student at State High School No. 18 in Tangerang was caught red-handed Wednesday dealing marijuana at his home in Pinang, Tangerang, Tempointeraktif.com reported. The 16 year old was arrested after attempting to sell the drug to undercover police. He was caught with 16 packets of marijuana and Rp 80,000 (about US$8.60) in cash from previous sales. The teenager is being held at Cipondoh Police station. He said he sold marijuana to friends and schoolmates to pay for his school fees and for extra pocket money. -- JP Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Human rights a nonissue to elite
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20060224.E02irec=4 Human rights a nonissue to elite Tony Hotland, Jakarta Doing the necessary work to address human rights issues has never held much appeal for any administration in Indonesia. During the many decades that Sukarno and his successor Soeharto were in power, rights abuses of all types occurred. Subsequent presidents -- B.J. Habibie, Abdurrahman Wahid and Megawati Soekarnoputri -- had little time for such issues. Indeed, human rights were never discussed when Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Megawati were campaigning for the presidency in 2004. On the legislative side, it does not take a genius to determine the House of Representatives has never lived up to its billing as the representatives of the people, especially regarding rights issues. While the future protection of human rights in the country remains an uncertainty, settling past atrocities seems to be even less likely. Already frustrated by a lack of action over the 1998 Trisakti and Semanggi student shootings, families of the victims were dealt another blow last Thursday when the House decided to do nothing about a recommendation issued by lawmakers from the previous term. Legally flawed, the recommendation says there were no elements of gross human rights violations in the shootings, although an investigation by the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) found otherwise. The commission implicated the military in the shootings. Unlike the commission, the House does not have the authority to make such a determination, and now this recommendation poses a hurdle to the Attorney General's Office as it tries to follow up on the case. House Commission III overseeing human rights issues promised last June to have the recommendation revoked, providing a glimmer of hope for the families of the victims. But months passed with no news until Thursday's decision, which was reached in a leadership forum. House Deputy Speaker Zaenal Maarif quoted fellow Deputy Speaker Soetardjo Soerjogoeritno, who is said to be the person most familiar with the issue, as saying that revoking the recommendation would be unethical. Speaker Agung Laksono says there is no precedent for revoking earlier House recommendations. It can be dangerous to make assumptions, but let's try these: Fact No. 1: Soetardjo is a top figure in the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), which has close ties with the military, at least when it was the ruling party under Megawati's administration. Fact No. 2: Agung is the vice chairman of the Golkar Party, an inseparable ally of the military during Soeharto's reign. Funny, even the Constitution and laws can be revised and revoked, said National Awakening Party legislator Nursjahbani Katjasungkana, who dealt with human rights cases before moving into politics. The idea that a decision by a commission can be overruled by four people is ridiculous. The leadership forum is only a substitute for a House consultative meeting, which deals only with scheduling issues. Another avenue for probing past human rights cases, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (KKR), is still a long way from being formed, almost a year since the April 2005 deadline for its creation passed. The KKR eventually will investigate alleged human rights abuses that occurred between 1945 and 2000, with its main tasks being to seek the truth behind alleged abuses, facilitate a reconciliation between perpetrators and victims, and provide compensation and amnesty for both parties. Stuck with the President is a list of 42 names to be screened for possible inclusion on the commission, as he is too busy to arrange a meeting with the screening team. Yet, the President has time to travel the world. He even plans to visit Myanmar to preach democracy in another country accused of gross human rights abuses, as well as to South Korea to help reconcile the two Koreas. He can spare time to play golf with colleagues and even has time to meet with a group of librarians to discuss a private library at his residence. It is again shaky to make assumptions, but who's to blame? Fact No. 1: The President, infamous for his indecisiveness, is a retired military general. Fact No. 2: Vice President and Golkar leader Jusuf Kalla has openly expressed his objection to the KKR, calling it unnecessary. Still waiting for justice are hundreds of families and victims of the 1984 Tanjung Priok massacre, the 1989 Lampung incident, the 1997 forced disappearances of government critics, the May 1998 riots and others. This makes one wonder if the President's show of interest in the Commission of Truth and Friendship jointly formed with Timor Leste was only a result of international pressure. Yet the House remains more interested in toying with political issues rather than questioning the President's commitment to the national truth commission that has eluded the country. Usman Hamid of the Commission for
[wanita-muslimah] Islamic law, state of war and peace
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20060220.F02irec=3 Islamic law, state of war and peace Nurrohman, Bandung The confession of a terror suspect, who was recently arrested in Central Java for his alleged link to Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) mastermind, Noordin M.Top, that he had been involved in armed robberies to collect funds for terrorist activities, has proven police suspicions. The terrorists see themselves as living in a state of war, in which killing and stealing are acceptable means to winning the war. For someone familiar with Islamic law, such opinions are not new. In classical Islamic law theories, a state of Dar al-Harb (war) is the opposite of a state of Dar al-Islam (peace). The world during the classical Islamic period was merely divided by scholars, into these two categories. Theoretically, peace is always in conflict, trying to prevent a state of war. Muslims who adopt or live in Dar al-Islam are obliged to persuade other nations to abide by Islam. If they (other nations/religious believers) deny Islam, there are only two options for them: paying jizyah (taxes), or being attacked and conquered through jihad -- Holy War. Non-Muslims who are ready to pay the taxes will be protected by the Islamic state and get the status of dzimmi bestowed upon them. Non-Muslims are protected in Dar al-Islam with limited political rights. While non-Muslims who refuse Islam and refuse dzimmi status, their blood and wealth are not protected. It means that jihad against non-Muslim nations/peoples, is used by an Islamic state to change Dar al-Harb into Dar al-Islam. As Islam was born in Arabia, as explained by Majid Khadduri in his book War and Peace in the Law of Islam, Islam was strongly influenced by Arabic characters who were eager to go to war. Arab tribes, at that time, were always in a state of war against each other. War as the principle relation among Arab tribes was then adopted by early Islamic law scholars and they renewed its role and definition as holy war toward people who refused to accept Islam. While noting that Islamic law was the very essence of Islam, scholars then measured and determined the states that can be grouped to Dar al-Islam or Dar al-Harb by seeing how far Islamic sharia can be implemented. In Islamic law theory, a state of peace is defined as a state that assures, or at least, does not hinder sharia to be performed freely by Muslims. A state of war was thus defined as any situation where people were not able to implement Islamic law. The debate on whether Indonesia can be categorized as being in Dar al-Harb or Dar al-Islam emerged well before Indonesia proclaimed independence. After the proclamation in 1945, to ensure Indonesia's position as an Islamic state, some of the founding fathers insisted on including seven words of the Jakarta Charter, which ensured and obliged Muslims to incorporate sharia law into the Constitution. Although the now famous seven words were eventually omitted, the 1945 Constitution of Indonesia actually does ensure that all Muslims can freely perform their religious obligations. The argument that posits that the principle relation between nations in the world is based on war -- as mentioned above -- is not derived from the spirit of the Koran. The spirit of the Koran, as mentioned in many verses, reveals that the principle of relationships among nations is peace. Muslims should be aware and able to differentiate between the spirit of Islamic laws and Arabic culture over a thousand years ago, which is not always suitable to Indonesian culture in the year 2006 -- or 1427 for devout Muslims. The writer is lecturer in law and politics in Islam and is the secretary of the Islamic law unit of the Bandung State Islamic University's post graduate program. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Re: Mbak Ferina, domain SBY
Salam, ayeye Pres Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono http://www.presidensby.info/ Wapres Yusuf Kalla http://www.setwapres.go.id/ --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, L.Meilany [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Soalnya tiap presiden NKRI punya gaya sendiri. Wapres Yusuf Kalla kalo ga salah domainnya pemerintah [ go.id], tapi nggak begitu jalan. Maklumlah kan yg mengerjakan juga orang2 pemerintahan [ sekretariat wapres] yg mungkin kurang serius. Sambil disambi disela-sela pekerjaan Kalo presiden benar2 di 'swastakan'. profesional. Mungkin anggaran rumahtangga kepresidenan di rasa berlebih :-)) Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Re: Ancaman Itu Bernama Rancangan Undang-Undang Antipornografi dan Pornoaksi
--- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, Lina Dahlan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ya ampuuun...:-) kok sampe ada pikiran bahwa tubuh pere adalah barang yang menjijikan, misoginis, 'setan porno', dll dgn adanya RUU ini ya? Soal budaya, saya pikir budaya koteka, budaya..baju yang terbuka, adanya kan di pedalaman ya? Kalau mereka sudah masuk kota, apa mereka masih menggunakan baju-baju terbuka tersebut sih ya? Misalnya mereka dah bekerja di kantor pemerintahan di Jayapura, apa mereka masih berkoteka? Sepertinya kok ketakutan sekali sih, terlalu mengada-ada, gitu! Apa yang terlalu mengada-ada begitu? Saya percaya bahwa pegawai yang bekerja di kantor pemerintah tidak akan datang dengan baju-baju tradisional yang sebagiannya lebih terbuka. Bahkan kalau tidak ada RUU itu :-D Tetapi apakah hal itu harus diban secara total dari kota dan bahkan dijadikan sebagai tindakan kriminal? Hmmm..mungkin memang ada yang mesti diperbaiki isi dari RUU tersebut? Bagaimana keikutsertaan LSM2 Perempuan dalam pembentukan RUU ini? Mungkin, sebaiknya dalam BAPPN nanti, anggotanya juga harus ada dari LSM2 perempuan ini. Kayanya RUU ini sempat terlewatkan. Para perempuan yang telah terlibat dalam pembentukan draft RUU lebih telah menciptakan bumerang daripada alat peningkatan proteksi terhadap masrakyat sipil, termasuk perempuan dan anak-2, menurut pendapat saya. Ya Allah ya Rabb, mengapa tak kunjung jua saling 'berbaik sangka' kepada sesama...? wassalam, Lina mari banyak2 dzikir, biar gak terlalu berfikiran matre'. Maksud apa dengan gak terlalu berfikiran matre? :-) Salam, ayeye Di bawah ini salah satu wawancara tentang RUU APP: Dra. Myra Diarsi, MA: RUU Anti Pornografi Pornoaksi Mubazir Wawancara | 28/06/2005 Orang-orang yang begitu banyak berharap pada RUU Anti Pornografi dan Pornoaksi bisa jadi akan patah arang. Rumusan yang buruk dan sanksi yang muluk-muluk menjadi salah satu kelemahan mendasar draf RUU yang kini beredar. Demikian hasil perbincangan Novriatoni dari Jaringan Islam Liberal (JIL) dengan Myra Diarsi, salah seorang aktivis perempuan yang kini bekerja di Komnas Perempuan dan ikut memantau lalu lintas RUU ini, Kamis (16/6) lalu. Orang-orang yang begitu banyak berharap pada RUU Anti Pornografi dan Pornoaksi bisa jadi akan patah arang. Rumusan yang buruk dan sanksi yang muluk-muluk menjadi salah satu kelemahan mendasar draf RUU yang kini beredar. Demikian hasil perbincangan Novriatoni dari Jaringan Islam Liberal (JIL) dengan Myra Diarsi, salah seorang aktivis perempuan yang kini bekerja di Komnas Perempuan dan ikut memantau lalu lintas RUU ini, Kamis (16/6) lalu. NOVRIANTONI: Mbak Myra, apa kita perlu undang-undang khusus yang mengatur soal pornografi dan pornoaksi? [Myra Diarsi] MYRA DIARSI: Saya kira, tidak banyak kelompok perempuan progresif yang terlibat dalam perumusan RUU Anti Pronografi dan Pornoaksi, sampai perjalanannya demikian jauh menjadi usulan inisiatif DPR. Tapi pertama-tama perlu ditegaskan, sebuah undang-undang atau suatu produk hukum merupakan perwakilan negara untuk mengatur atau melindungi warga negara. Karena itu, pertanyaan mendasar untuk RUU ini: siapa yang hendak dilindungi negara? Saya melihat, RUU ini tidak mengandung aspek perlindungan terhadap warga negara. Dalam Undang-undang Anti Kekerasan Dalam Rumah Tangga (KDRT) yang disahkan tahun 2004 lalu, di situ sangat jelas aspek perlindungannya. Undang-undang itu beranjak dari asumsi bahwa selama ini ada korban kekerasan di dalam rumah tangga, yaitu perempuan, anak-anak, dan sedikit laki-laki, tapi tidak ada undang-undang yang mampu mengontrolnya. KUHP tidak bisa membela mereka yang menjadi korban tindak kekerasan di dalam lingkup rumah tangga. Karena itu, kita berusaha mengkriminalisasi perbuatan yang semula tidak dianggap kriminal. Di situ, aspek perlindungannya jelas, karena ada korban yang jelas. Nah, dalam RUU Anti Pornografi dan Pornoaksi ini, soal itu mestinya dipetakan lebih dulu secara lebih jelas. Pelakunya siapa, dan siapa korban yang mau dilindungi. Lantas, pola hubungan keduanya seperti apa; setara atau tidak. Saya mengira, pasal-pasal di dalam draf RUU Anti Pornografi dan Pornoaksi yang selama ini beredar, tampaknya hanya akan digunakan untuk mengkriminalisasi orang-orang yang justru rentan terhadap objek-objek pornografi. NOVRIANTONI: Di Mesir, undang-undang kesusilaan sangat kental pembelaannya terhadap perempuan. Colek-colek atau suit-suit di jalan bisa terjerat hukum susila. Tapi di draf RUU ini, aspek pembelaan itu tampaknya tidak ada, ya? MYRA: Memang tidak ada. Yang Anda sebutkan tadi jelas betul wujud korbannya, yaitu orang yang dijadikan objek pelecehan. Tapi dalam keterangan-keterangan RUU ini, orang yang memakai baju ketat saja bisa terjerat. Saya geli mendengar keterangan-keterangan mereka yang berkampanye mendukung RUU ini. Selama ini, saya selalu menggunakan pendekatan hak asasi manusia dalam menilai produk perundang-undangan. Dari situ muncul pertanyaan: apakah nilai-nilai universal yang dirusak atau
[wanita-muslimah] Pornografi, Pornoaksi, dan Sebuah RUU
http://www.pikiran-rakyat.com/cetak/2006/012006/09/teropong/utama01.htm Pornografi, Pornoaksi, dan Sebuah RUU MEMASUKI proses-proses akhir, Rancangan Undang-undang Anti Pornografi dan Pornoaksi yang digodok Komisi VIII DPR RI, mulai menunjukkan gejala bahwa RUU ini akan menimbulkan polemik yang lumayan kencang di tengah masyarakat. Gejala ini menarik karena sejak RUU ini diajukan pemerintah ke DPR tahun 2002, reaksi yang muncul adalah respons dukungan dari berbagai kalangan. Tak terkecuali Majelis Ulama Indoneia (MUI), berbagai komunitas dan aktivis-aktivis keagamaan, termasuk di lingkungan kampus. Bahkan dalam perjalanannya, seiring dengan kian maraknya media massa yang menjadikan sensualitas dan erotisme sebagai komoditas, dari mulai televisi, majalah, dan tabloid kuning, hingga internet, banyak kalangan akhirnya lebih dari sekadar mengeluarkan pernyataan dukungannya pada RUU tersebut, melainkan telah berubah menjadi desakan; agar RUU itu secepatnya disahkan menjadi undang-undang dan segera diimplementasikan. Meski ada pandangan yang mencoba mengkritisi RUU tersebut, dengan argumen bahwa negara akan menjadi polisi moral yang masuk ke urusan domestik setiap orang jika kelak benar disahkan menjadi UU, suara mereka ketika itu terdengar sayup-sayup dan belum muncul ke permukaan. Tapi sejak bulan-bulan terakhir di tahun 2005 yang lalu, suara dan pandangan kritis terhadap RUU itu mulai santer yang dikaitkan dengan isu kebebasan berekspresi. Terlebih lagi kemudian RUU itu mulai beredar di tengah masyarakat. Mencermati pasal demi pasal dan semangat yang termaktub di dalamnya, agaknya bisa dimengerti jika muncul sejumlah pandangan kritis terhadap RUU tersebut, yang umumnya datang dari kalangan seniman dan budayawan. Pengertian ini tidak melulu mendasar pada anggapan bahwa RUU ini penuh dengan semangat pemasungan atas kebebasan berekspresi dan akan menyebabkan kemandekan kreativitas, seperti yang dilontarkan oleh W.S. Rendra dalam diskusi terbatas di Galeri Cipta II Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) Jakarta (6/1) yang lalu. Tapi juga mendasar pada sejumlah kerancuan pengertian yang banyak terdapat dalam RUU tersebut. Inilah yang disorot tajam oleh Prof. Dr. Edy Sediawaty. Dalam pandangan perempuan yang pernah menjabat sebagai Dirjen Kebudayaan ini, ada beberapa ketidaksinkronan berpikir dalam RUU tersebut. Ia mencontohkan pasal 4 yang berisi larangan mengeksploitasi bagian-bagian tubuh tertentu orang dewasa. Lalu bagaimana dengan anak-anak? Lalu pengertian orang dewasa di situ disebut adalah manusia 12 tahun ke atas. Dalam psikologi mana pun tidak ada batasan 12 tahun untuk usia dewasa. Juga di pasal 36 yang berisi larangan menyebarluaskan barang pornografi kecuali dengan izin untuk keperluan ilmu dan pendidikan. Kalau untuk pendidikan, kan bukan pornografi. Jadi, apa itu pornografi? Kalau mau bikin undang-undang pengertiannya jangan amatir, ujarnya. Hal yang sama juga muncul dalam pandangan W.S. Rendra dan rohaniwan Mudji Sutrisno, yang memandang betapa dari segi logika perumusan definisi yang ada dalam RUU tersebut salah kaprah. ** APA itu pornografi? Pornoaksi? Apa benar keduanya tak bisa dipisahkan, dan melulu berurusan dengan seks? Inilah yang tampaknya sulit diurai definisinya. Dalam RUU itu keduanya berhubungan. Dikatakan, pornografi adalah substansi dalam media atau alat komunikasi yang dibuat untuk menyampaikan gagasan-gagasan yang mengeksploitasi seksual, kecabulan, dan/atau erotika. Sedangkan, pornoaksi adalah perbuatan mengeksploitasi seksual, kecabulan, dan/atau erotika di muka umum. Meski pun jika sebentar kita membuka Ensiklopedia Nasional Indonesia (1990) yang menjelaskan kata porno dari etimologisnya, yakni porne (pelacur), dan karena itu pengertiannya memang berbau birahi; tapi inilah yang lagi-lagi jadi pangkal sengkarut. Seakan setiap orang merasa berhak memiliki definisinya sendiri, termasuk RUU tersebut. Mungkin ini lumrah, sebab seksualitas, sensualitas, dan erotisme, bagaimanapun bukanlah wujud yang konkret. Paling tidak, ketiganya selalu berhubungan dengan privasi subjektivitas setiap orang yang niscaya berbeda dalam memandang memaknainya. WS Rendra, misalnya, yang memandang kata porno dalam pengertian kebudayaan. Penyair dan budayawan ini menuturkan, porno adalah semua yang keluar dari tubuh manusia. Tidak sekadar air mani, air kencing, air liur, tapi juga darah dan seterusnya. Dalam peradaban berbagai bangsa, hal itu diharap tidak terjadi di depan umum. Pornografi tidak sekadar seks, katanya. Rumitnya mengurai sebuah definisi juga harus berhadapan dengan berbagai kerancuan yang terdapat dalam RUU tersebut, seperti yang ditenggarai Prof.Dr. Edy Sedyawati. Tak kalah membingungkan adalah kerancuan yang juga terdapat pada pasal 35 dalam hubungannya dengan pengecualian pelarangan pornoaksi sebagaimana terdapat dalam pasal 25 sampai 32, sepanjang itu menyangkut adat istiadat, ritus keagamaan-kepercayaan, kegiatan seni, olah raga, dan pendidikan kesehatan. Yang kemudian terasa
[wanita-muslimah] Overseas workers face difficulties at every stage
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailfeatures.asp?fileid=20060215.Q01irec=1 Overseas workers face difficulties at every stage Dewi Anggraeni, Contributor, Jakarta An Indonesian woman, recruited to work as a domestic helper in a foreign country, arrives at the home of her employer, and is completely taken by surprise by the situation. What is likely to have happened? Chances are, she may have been recruited by a dubious sponsor, who may have sent her to an equally dubious employment agency. Or she may have been sent directly to an employer overseas without going through the proper channels. There are several major players in the proper channels: Indonesian recruitment agency This is widely known by its Indonesian acronym, PJTKI. The Overseas Worker Law of 2004 passed by the Indonesian legislature on Oct. 18, 2004, refers to Indonesian recruitment agencies as the Administering Agencies of Indonesian Workers' Placement Overseas, or Pelaksana Penempatan TKI di Luar Negeri (PPTKILN). However, this new acronym is yet to gain currency in the migrant worker industry. There are currently four known PJTKI associations that send workers, including domestic helpers, overseas: Asosiasi Perusahaan Jasa Tenaga Kerja Indonesia (APJATI), Indonesian Employment Agency Association (IDEA), Asosiasi Penempatan Jasa TKI Asia Pasifik (Ajaspac) and Himpunan Pengusaha Jasa TKI (Himsataki). During an interview with the president and the executive officers of the largest of these associations, APJATI, it was revealed that PJTKIs had begun recruiting and sending workers overseas since 1979. It was before the government had any mechanism in place for regulating or monitoring the flow of migrant workers out of the country. A monitoring unit was set up only in 1982, said Hussein Alaydrus, the association's president. A hypothetical scenario was then given. A PJTKI receives a job order from Hong Kong for a domestic helper who can look after elderly folks, and the company does not have anyone in training for that job requirement. It will contact a sponsor, because APJATI officials are not allowed to go to places outside the provincial capital. The sponsor will then bring the appropriate person and charge the company a fee. The company gives the candidate an aptitude test. If the test results are good, the person will go through a medical checkup before training. Not all PJTKIs have their own training center or balai latihan kerja (BLK), but each has working arrangements with a particular accredited BLK. At the completion of the training, the candidate will have to pass the competency test prescribed by the government, then the PJTKI will arrange the candidate's passport and other necessary documents, including the air ticket to the country of destination. Before the candidate's departure, the PJTKI will have to arrange a predeparture orientation program or pembekalan akhir pemberangkatan (PAP). The going rate for a sponsor's fee for a candidate for Malaysia is approximately Rp 1.5 million, higher for Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Saudi Arabia. The length of time between the handover of the candidate by the sponsor to the PJTKI and her departure for the country of destination, depends on the amount of training needed, combined with the length of time the prospective employer or their agency, which is a local business partner of the PJTKI, comes up with the candidate's visa and other documents. Employers in some countries, such as Hong Kong and Taiwan, often request a video or a CD of candidates. They will then choose the one they deem the most appropriate, and will approve the visa of the nominated person. The Indonesian government After Oct. 18, 2004, the Indonesian government could finally claim it had proper legislation governing migration of the country's workers overseas. Before this law was passed by the legislature, according to Andi Syahrul Pangerang, head of the legal planning section of the manpower ministry's Legal Office, worker migration was governed by a ministerial decree, known as Ministerial Decree 2002. Andi believes that the 2004 worker law provides proper legal protection to migrant workers against abuse and deception before departure, during employment and after completion of their contracts overseas. Anyone, be they individuals or legal companies, who breaks the law in the course of sending workers overseas could go to prison, Andi Syahrul said. The 2004 law depends greatly on the integrity of PJTKIs and individuals involved in sending workers overseas. In terms of financial capacity, the minimum capital outlay for an agency has been increased from Rp 750 million to Rp 3 billion; and the agency is still required to have a monetary guarantee deposited in a bank nominated by the Manpower Minister. The minister has authority to withdraw the funds or part thereof. The minimum amount of this monetary guarantee however, has been reduced from Rp 250 million to Rp 15 million. In addition to the
[wanita-muslimah] Condom vending machines up against it
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailfeatures.asp?fileid=20060215.P01irec=0 Condom vending machines up against it Indra Harsaputra, The Jakarta Post, Surabaya Reni (not her real name), 25, was puzzled as she looked at a vending machine to be installed in a red-light district here in February -- a device previously unfamiliar to her. After a demonstration by personnel of the local health office to show how the silvery box could dispense condoms by means of four five-hundred rupiah coins, Reni, only gave a shy smile. Oh, it's the condom machine that students and religious leaders have protested over. So it's just like an ATM, but this one gives out condoms instead of cash, said Reni, a commercial sex worker at Sumber Loh brothel, Singojuruh district, Banyuwangi regency, East Java,. The vending machines, locally known as condom ATMs, in the red-light district of Banyuwangi are distributed under a government program to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in the country. The same condom dispensers have also been allocated to several other regions, including Jakarta and Central Java. For East Java, the machines can also be found in Tulungagung, Pasuruan and Nganjuk. Procured by the National Family Planning Coordinating Board (BKKBN), the machines are delivered to regional BKKBN offices for further transfer to regional units of the Narcotic and AIDS Control Agency (BPNA), which allot them to regional health offices. The vending machine project faces various constraints in the field, including rejection by religious groups, which consider the use of condoms as an endorsement of prostitution, thus opposing religious norms. Protests have emerged in some places. In Medan, North Sumatra, for instance, religious activists and students staged demos against the installation of vending machines several weeks ago. They also jointly voiced their objection to the planned circulation of the Indonesian version of Playboy magazine. In East Java, no street action has taken place though some circles have begun to express their disapproval. Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the country's largest Muslim organization with the majority of its members based in the province, even threatened to thwart the program. Despite public opposition, BPNA as the agency in charge of distributing the condom dispensers carries on with the project because in its evaluation, not all religious groups object to the machines. Some ulema and local community leaders even support the program. East Java's Madiun city will have its share in mid-February. Reni was apparently pleased with the new method but unfortunately she had no opportunity to benefit from it because of the limited number of condoms available. Limited condom supplies in Banyuwangi and other regions using the machines is another constraint in the project. In the Gudang Garam cigarette factory in Kediri, East Java, where the same condom dispenser was installed in 2003, its operation has also been hampered not only by a supply shortage, but also by a price increase. With the condom price rising from Rp 1,500 (3 pieces) to Rp 2,000, older machines need to be adjusted. The provincial BKKBN and BPNA have agreed to immediately cover the condom shortage and to adjust earlier dispensers to the new price. Disappointed by the limited capacity of the apparatus, Reni also doubted that her customers would be willing to use condoms. Condoms are also sold around this place at the same price, but many of my guests are unwilling to use them as they find them unpleasant, she revealed. She knows the risk of HIV/AIDS infection through unprotected sex, but she is unable to insist on the use of a condom when customers threaten to refuse to pay unless they go without. However, Reni is not alone in this case. A survey conducted by the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) in 2002-2003 discovered that the majority of sex workers in Indonesia were aware of the risk of HIV infection without the use of condoms. But in practice they feared losing their guests if they insisted. Eri (not his real name), a customer of Surabaya's Dolly brothel, confirmed that some men were reluctant to use condoms because of the loss of sensation, but others had understood the danger of contracting HIV/AIDS. Those who use condoms usually come from middle and upper economic groups. They are afraid of losing their careers or business ventures after infection and only want to enjoy safe sex outside marriage, he added. Unpopular contraceptive As a prophylactic as well as a contraceptive, condoms are still not popular. Despite East Java's enforcement of a regional regulation in 2004 imposing a fine on brothel customers found without condoms, most men still avoid using condoms as proven by the BPS survey. As a birth control method, condoms are also being abandoned. Figures from the provincial BKKBN show that while users of condoms in East Java totaled 7,818 in 2004, last year the number decreased to 5,999. As indicated by BPS data the public
[wanita-muslimah] Dual citizenship not enough
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20060213.E02irec=1 Dual citizenship not enough Sally Wellesley, Jakarta The limited dual citizenship being hailed as a breakthrough by Slamet Effendy Yusuf, chairman of the House special committee on citizenship (Bill may lead the way for dual citizenship, The Jakarta Post, on Feb. 8) is indeed a big step forward for Indonesian women, but does not go nearly far enough toward solving the problems of people in transnational marriages. Slamet says that it is good for Indonesian children to pursue better education, health and other opportunities in foreign countries. The problem is, if an age limit is imposed on dual citizenship, these children will find it difficult to bring the benefits of such opportunities back to Indonesia. Let's look at the implications if an age limit of 18 is imposed. We'll take the example of Putra, the son of an Indonesian mother and an Australian father. He finishes high school and has managed to earn a place to study at an Australian university. Although he has spent all his life in Indonesia, and thinks of Indonesia as home, he opts for Australian citizenship so that he can take advantage of the lower fees and other benefits while he is there -- his parents, who are not wealthy, could not afford to pay the international fees applied on him as an Indonesian citizen. Putra works hard and gets a part-time job to help support himself. But what happens when he makes his yearly visit home to see his family? He is now a foreigner, forced to pay US$25 for a visa to enter his own country and told he can only stay one month. He finishes his degree and wants to return home to apply his new skills in Indonesia. He has set his heart on an entry level job with a local NGO working on community development projects. But, because he is no longer an Indonesian citizen, he does not have this option. First, as a new graduate and therefore not an expert, he doesn't qualify for a work permit. Second, few, if any, companies -- and certainly not the small NGO he wants to work for -- would be willing or able to pay out the huge costs of a work permit and related fees for a new, inexperienced graduate. Shunned by his own country, Putra sadly returns to Australia to find a job, his parents have to resign themselves to the fact that their son -- and later, their grandchildren -- will always be living a continent away, and Indonesia loses a potentially valuable human resource. Indonesia's legislators could look to India for a more pragmatic approach to this issue. Recognizing that many Indians who have naturalized overseas still retain important familial, cultural and economic ties to their native country, the government passed a law in 2003 allowing them to maintain their Indian citizenship as well. Now they can travel to their own country without visas and invest without any restrictions. Some developed countries are even witnessing a reverse migration of highly qualified and experienced Indians who want to contribute their expertise to the development of their homeland. At a recent seminar on the Citizenship Bill, a panel of experts that included Azyumardi Azra, Ikrar Nusa Bakti and Paulus Wirutomo agreed that dual citizenship was long overdue for Indonesia. In fact, taking all the advantages and disadvantages into consideration, most of them concluded that there was no longer any good reason not to allow unrestricted dual citizenship for all citizens of Indonesia. The usual objections that are raised -- relating to taxation, national security, child abduction and so on -- are covered by a multitude of other laws, conventions and treaties. Indonesia's insistence on a restricted version of dual citizenship will only keep the door closed to potential national assets and ensure continued difficulties for families with feet in two cultures. The writer is Co-Secretary of Aliansi Pelangi Antar Bangsa, a voluntary organization that advocates for nondiscriminative laws and government policies and legal protection for Indonesian and foreign nationals and their families. She can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to:
[wanita-muslimah] When religion becomes sin
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20060213.E01irec=0 When religion becomes sin The irony of democracy's cacophony is that the resulting liberty often gives birth to the freedom to be intolerant. There can be no greater prejudice in this country than one based on religious chauvinism. It is a case of the fervent few manipulating a passive majority. These experiences teach us not to put stock in the false messengers of organized religion who excuse the lunacy of fanatics. Holiness is respect for all and the courage to stand up for helpless minorities. Moral goodness is in one's heart, proven through daily actions. It can never be simply founded in a book of laws which the insidious can interpret to justify the politics of the day. Imagine Bali adopting bylaws based on strict interpretations of the Hindu faith, or the Christian majority in Papua taking advantage of its special autonomy privileges to embrace Christian conservatism as a legal precept to regulate daily life. No doubt Muslims throughout Indonesia would be up in arms. Why then are our politicians acting so obliviously to the legal misnomers that have resulted in the unnecessary employment of shariah law by regional administrations? -- a practice which blatantly contravenes the 2004 Regional Autonomy Law. Regencies and mayoralties such as Padang, West Sumatra, Cianjur, West Java, and Bulukumba, South Sulawesi, have issued bylaws implementing sharia. Conservatives in other regions are also making headway in their attempt to impose their religious views as law. This development is, perhaps, a telling sign of the political elite's (lack of) commitment to the Constitutional vision of pluralism and equality before the law. It is one thing if these people are true ideologues, but we fear they are mere opportunists instead -- those who would forward narrow-mindedness in society for the sake of short term political success. They exploit society's longing for equality, justice and decorum by stoking religious fervor, all the while neglecting the fact that morality and justice have nothing to do with the application of religious laws per se. Islamic values, and those of most major religions, are universal. It is already ingrained within the spirit of the 1945 Constitution, which includes respect for all irrespective of their faith (or lack of it). We find no significant violation of the Islamic spirit in the laws of this land. On the contrary most actually reinforce the moral spirit of Islam. That laws do not advocate public whippings, the amputation of a thief's hand or obligate public alms does not make national laws un-Islamic. It is those who would coerce women to wear headscarves and deny them the right to be treated equally, who, we believe, are morally deficient. By placing Islam as a focal point these regions are doing this great religion a disservice. It defies Islam's very egalitarian premise of purging discrimination. Needlessly glorifying shariah law as a political object encumbers the religion with categorical outcomes when the end results fall short of the intent, as they often do. It is the same as erroneously equating Islam with terrorism or the fact that a great many corruptors in this country proudly use religious titles before their name. There's nothing wrong with the religion, it's the people who claim to be Muslims who are wrong! The crux of the matter lies in our failure to recognize a distinct separation of religion from the state. Indonesian society remains enamored by declarations of faith, while vilifying those who are morally cogent yet refuse to use their religion as political commerce. In 1945 our forefathers made a visionary decision to uphold secular laws over ones which could potentially discriminate and split the fragile unity of this nation. It is a cherished foresight, which a nation still vying for greatness should never lose sight of. There can be no alternative now but for the highest judicial bodies of this land -- the Constitutional Court -- to strike down discriminative and religion-based regulations which local administrations have no authority to issue. Articles 28D and 28I of the 1945 Constitution states that everyone should be free from discrimination and entitled to equal treatment before a just law. Law No. 32/2004 on Regional Autonomy clearly stipulates that religious affairs are the realm of the central government. Article 28 of the law forbids regional administrations from taking decisions that discriminate against any citizen. The core values of Islam are already alive and well in the hearts of all good Muslims. They need no boasting from politicians seeking to please an audience. Failure to rectify these trespasses would be a moral, Constitutional and, dare we say, religious sin! Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing
[wanita-muslimah] Perang Identitas - Re: kartun yg melecehkan Rasul SAW
Kecantikan atau ketertarikan (tarik becak kali) kan relatip atau istilah tergantung orangnya masing-2. :-) Cuma kalau menilai kecantikan cewe berdasarkan stereotip cenderung miring. Toh jumlah penduduk Jerman lebih dari 70 juta dan banyak variasi :-) Dulu waktu saya remaja dan baru berumur 16 tahun, saya pernah keliling Yunani dengan group jerman, ada cewe sekitar 15 orang dan pria jerman cuman satu. Tidak semua cewe yang kulitnya berbintik-2 dan ada juga dua cewe penari yang saaangaaat halus :-) Soal pria kaukasian yang memilih cewe Indonesia yang jelek. Pertama, itu juga soal pilihan. Warna kulit coklat misalnya tidak mesti dianggap jelek dan sebaliknya. Kedua, pria WNA belum tentu langsung memiliki akses ke cewe-2 yang dianggap cantik. Itu biasanya baru pria yang sudah mempunyai pengalaman tentang Indonesia yang lebih banyak. Tetapi tidak selalu harus demikian. Kadang-2 cewe yang dianggap jelek suka lebih agresip. Mas He-Man bayangkan saja :-D Ketiga, bukan soal kecantikan fisik saja. Keempat, silakan diisi sendiri :-) Salam, ayeye --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, He-Man [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Saya juga tidak begitu tertarik pada ce Jerman , soalnya berbulu dan suka bintik-bintik , mendingan cewek lokal yang lebih mulus :)) Ada satu yang saya heran co bule di Indonesia kalo kawin sama ce lokal koq rata-rata milih yang jelek , yang tampang pembokat gitu padahal yang cantik banyak.Dulu bokap kan ngurusin para tenaga asing , liat yang kawin sama ce Indonesia rata-rata kayak gitu. - Original Message - From: ni londo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 3:11 AM Subject: RE: [wanita-muslimah] Perang Identitas - Re: kartun yg melecehkan Rasul SAW Kalau mahasiswa Indonesia di Jerman, yang saya melihat adalah bahwa mereka biasanya juga tidak terbuka untuk pacaran/nikah sama orang Jerman. Berteman saja jarang... Pasutri Indonesia-Jerman kebanyakan kenalan di Indonesia, bukan di Jerman... trus si (calon) istri (biasanya kan cewek Indo + cowok bule... lebih pas kali ya?) ikut ke sini... tapi cewek2 Indo yg sudah di sini dalam rangka studi jarang terbuka untuk pacaran/nikah dengan orang Jerman... kalau cowok kadang2 (tapi jarang tuh) ada yg pacaran ama cewek bule, tapi biasanya gak lama trus putus... Mungkin mirip dengan yang di Belanda ya Mbak Herni? Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Press freedom or religion freedom?
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20060214.E03irec=5 Press freedom or religion freedom? Roy Voragen, Jakarta On Sept. 30, last year, Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published twelve cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammed. The paper's chief editor, Carsten Juste, decided to publish these cartoons to question self-censorship. Kere Bluitgen, who wrote a biography on the prophet Muhammed, could not find an illustrator willing to draw a picture of the prophet. Muslims are only a small minority in Denmark, 3 percent of the population, i.e. 170.000 people. Danish Muslims criticized the publication of the cartoons, which they found insulting. On Oct. 28, the Danish Muslims filed a complaint with the police, but the Attorney General's Office did not see sufficient reason to continue the investigation. On Oct. 12 ambassadors of 10 Islamic countries and the representative of the Palestinian Authority submitted a request to meet the Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen. On Oct. 28 Rasmussen told them to deal directly with the paper, which is outside his responsibility, or to file a complaint with the police. Jan. 1, 2006, Rasmussen condemns all expressions and actions that try to incite the hatred of groups of people based on their religion or religious background, but at the same time he emphasizes the freedom of opinion. On Jan. 25, religious leaders from Saudi Arabia demand stern action against Jyllands-Posten, the next day the Saudi ambassador is withdrawn from Copenhagen and a boycott of Danish goods started in Saudi Arabia. On Jan. 30, Jyllands-Posten publishes an apology, the daily apologizes for hurting the feelings of Muslims, but the paper does not express any regret over the publication. The next day Danish Muslim organizations demand a clearer apology, because they think the present apology is too ambiguous. On Feb. 2, Rasmussen meets with foreign diplomats to explain that he cannot intervene in an independent newspaper. But the reactions become violent: Many of the country's embassies are attacked. Many other European newspapers decide to republish the cartoons. This is done for two reasons: Either to defend freedom of opinion and to support the Danish paper, or to inform the public about the controversy. But while the papers do have a duty to provide information as objectively as possible, they do not see it as their duty to educate their readers in general and Muslim readers in particular to deal with satire. The cartoonists themselves now have to live in hiding after receiving death threats. What is the responsibility of journalists? To avoid religious or ethnic hatred? According to many Muslims the freedom of expression is misused when it violates the basic tenets of Islam. The freedom of expression is, of course, not absolute. But the boundaries cannot be set beforehand, if one thinks an expressed opinion discriminates or incites hate, one can file a complaint with the press council or the police and the police can conduct a criminal investigation, or one can go to court to file a civil law suit. While the 12 cartoons are rather innocent seen in the European context, in some of these cartoons the position of the cartoonists and publishers is questioned (a bunch of reactionary provocateurs). But the publication of the cartoons can also be seen as insensitive or even as a lack of respect toward Muslims. The publication of these cartoons, on the other hand, cannot be seen as blasphemy. An outsider -- whether we call him a heathen, kafir (infidel) or unbeliever -- does not have the duty to uphold the basic tenets of Islam. It would only be haram for a Muslim to depict the prophet. An outsider, on the other hand, however, has the duty to be respectful and to show empathy. But freedom of expression cannot mean that we can only express those things we all agree about, in that case public space would then become rather empty. Do we always have to show respect for other people's taboos and sensitivities? Rasmussen does not want to apologize for an independent newspaper. He explained that the Danish government is not responsible for the actions of Jyllands-Posten and its employees. Politicians, though, have to deal with a dilemma. Do they have to defend freedom of the press, a pillar of democracy, against intimidation? Or are the relations with Muslims so explosive that it is more important to appease Muslims so the situation will not deteriorate any further into a clash of civilizations? Instead of an either-or story, most Europeans politicians try to give a nuanced story: Freedom of the press is important, but so is respect for fellow citizens. Many Europeans, though, are afraid that Muslims are not just asking for respect, but also want to have a bigger share in public space and that ultimately public space should be so organized that it does not violate Islam (Amsterdam without the Playboy bunny!). Many Europeans are fed up of hearing conspiracy theories
[wanita-muslimah] Gadis Arivia on pornography, philosophy
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailfeatures.asp?fileid=20060212.C01irec=1 Gadis Arivia on pornography, philosophy A. Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Gender influences all aspects of life -- arts, politics, culture and economy, says feminist thinker Gadis Arivia of University of Indonesia's (UI) school of philosophy. Gadis, who is also co-founder and former chief editor of Jurnal Perempuan feminist magazine, told The Jakarta Post in a recent interview that gender bias and discrimination against women was also found in education and sciences, including philosophy. Many philosophers should be held responsible for the current discrimination against women. Their discriminative thoughts have been applied to many aspects of life, said the mother of two children, Anissa Joice and Benyamin Arif, from her American husband Rick Polard. Born in New Delhi on Sept. 4, 1964, Gadis is not new to philosophical thinking, feminism and women's right movement in Indonesia. Two years ago, she released her first book, Filsafat Berperspektif Feminis (Philosophy with Feminist Perspective), which was based on her doctoral dissertation at UI. Philosopher Franz Magnis-Suseno once encouraged people interested in philosophy to read the book. Gadis, who obtained her master's degree from the Ecole Haute Etudes Scietifique Sociale in France, was once arrested and tried for an illegal rally protesting against shortage of infant milk during the last days of Soeharto's era in February 1998. Academicians should be involved in the real problems of society, argued Gadis, who claims to have been influenced by French philosopher Jacques Derrida. Silence is golden, one proverb says, but voicing out (our ideas) is better, especially for women who have been silenced for years. During the interview, Gadis, who is planning to launch another book in March, talked about various issues -- politics, economy, culture, body, sexuality and pornography. We don't need a bill on pornography and pornographic acts, she said firmly. The House of Representatives is now deliberating a controversial bill against pornography and pornographic acts. Do you think we need a law on pornography? According to me, we don't need a law on pornography. We already have a criminal code which is adequate. Moreover, in the bill, there is no clear definition of pornography, eroticism or sexuality. Those three terms are very different. If we look at the sanctions stipulated in the bill, many women would fall victim to the regulation. The bill regulates (women) on how to dress and behave, which will cost women a lot. According to me the bill is not useful at all. Furthermore, the bill curtails the development of arts and culture in the country. Theoretically, among feminist theorists, there are two different camps -- one supports and the other rejects pornography? There is the McKinnon camp (Chaterine McKinnon, a law professor of Chicago University) that is anti-pornography. But the camp never proposed any law to ban pornography. It just suggests on the level of regulation, which should carry more limitations. McKinnon is often included in the radical cultural feminist camp. The other camp is called the radical libertarian feminist. Both camps, however, agree that regulations have to be established to ban pornography for children. They agreed that people who have business in pornography -- writings or pictures -- should be highly taxed. In so doing, people would think twice before entering into the business. Any regulation should state that pornography could only be accessed by people 18 years and older and that it should only be sold in certain places. But the current bill on pornography only targets women. It also suggests a supervisory agency that will be funded by the state budget or local government. Do we need such an agency? It would be better if such funds were allocated to health or education. Moral standards are used more in the bill... It seems that moral reasons are used in the bill, but it has an arbitrary definition of moral. What kind of morality is used in the draft? It relates to how women should dress up and behave. It does not regulate men wearing tight pants or being half naked. Clearly, the target is women. Many women, if not all, would go bankrupt because the bill carries heavy penalties of between Rp 50 million and Rp 1 billion for offenders. It's no secret that our country is one of the most corrupt in the world. We can already predict that the law would become fertile ground for corruption. It would be better for offenders to bribe officers Rp 1 million than to pay the heavy penalty. How can the use of words such as vagina, penis, sexual and intercourse be considered pornographic? Could the literary works of Ayu Utami and Djenar Maesa Ayu become victims of the bill? Education is critically important in reading literary works. One has to be taught how to interpret signs critically. People should not use a dualistic way of thinking.
[wanita-muslimah] Impractical idealist
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20060211.E01irec=1 Impractical idealist There is no doubt that almost nobody in Indonesia openly agrees with pornography. However, it is doubtful that the current antipornography drive, starting with busts of roadside magazine vendors and their seductive tabloids, will eliminate what the police define as pornography. Pornography-related issues have hit the headlines along with reports on the planned publication of a local version of world-renowned men's magazine Playboy. The House of Representatives has been deliberating a new law on pornography, despite the fact that existing articles on pornography in the Criminal Code have yet to be properly enforced or implemented. Pros and cons have colored the recent discourse on the issue, with the debate at times descending to the level of absurdity. A tug-of-war is taking place in the House over the new law on pornography. Some agree, some oppose and some are skeptical. Experts, artists and many others have been summoned by the House to provide their insights on what constitutes pornography. the result, however, has been more absurdity. The king of dangdut, Rhoma Irama, used his 15 minutes on the House floor to criticize fellow dangdut singer Inul Daratista, for what he described as here overly erotic dance moves. While our national lawmakers have not yet reached a consensus on a locally accepted definition of pornography, the police have listed at least 15 tabloids, newspapers and magazines as racy publications, which they claim could erode the morality of the nation. Thus eliminating pornography, according to the chairman of the House special committee drafting the pornography bill, is an exercise in character-building. But all the newspaper sellers are concerned with is how to make ends meet. So why have they become the first targets of the police raids? Law enforcement institutions may say the magazine sellers are on the front line in the battle against porn. There are newspapers that often run photos of female models in erotic, seductive poses in their Sunday editions. Some TV stations also have special adult programming with much sexual innuendo. But they remain untouched because, frankly, arresting magazine sellers is much simpler and less problematic than arresting the editors, publishers and producers behind the TV programs and publications. There have been several cases of local films being heavily censored after being deemed obscene by the Film Censorship Institute, only to have the uncut films circulate widely on the Internet. According to the draft bill on pornography, anyone broadcasting or printing footage, songs, poems, recordings or written materials that exploit sexual-related activities is subject a two-year jail term. Whatever the reasons behind the recent pornography eradication efforts, many people enjoy reading racy publications. For married couples, adult tabloids or magazines may be necessary tools for maintaining their sexual life. While people may feel obliged to pay lip service to the merits of the antipornography drive, there are no doubt some who are asking which is more dangerous to the morality of the nation: pornography or gratuitous violence. Acts of violence take place almost daily across the archipelago. People can snap in an instant over trivial matters, becoming angry enough to kill or burn down a building. Violence often is the first choice for settling problems instead of dialog. So, before things go further, more study is needed so we can move forward in a more realistic, practical and appropriate manner. In this way we can avoid becoming impractical idealists like Don Quixote. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Drawn conclusions
http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,,1704663,00.html Middle East dispatch Drawn conclusions Arab governments have joined the fray over the cartoon row for their own political reasons, writes Brian Whitaker Tuesday February 7, 2006 In one of the less-reported protests against you-know-what, thousands of Yemeni women marched through the streets of Sana'a on February 1 with banners saying Boykot Danish products. The demonstration lasted a couple of hours and was a peaceful affair, marked not so much by fury as puzzlement over the Danish newspaper's behaviour in publishing the cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad. The question 'why?' was asked again and again among the women, a reporter for the Yemen Times wrote. A lot of the protesters believe that the drawings [sic] has to do with ignorance. People in the west do not have enough knowledge about the prophet Muhammad and the place he has in the hearts of Muslims. Article continues One woman demonstrator told the Yemen Times: If the editor of the [Danish] newspaper had known about Muhammad's life, he would not have published these drawings. The people of the west should read about Islam, because then they would understand why we love him so much, and why we feel so insulted. Another agreed: There are bad people all over the world. Bad Christians, bad Jews, bad Muslims. We all know that. But the newspaper portrayed Muhammad as a terrorist, and terrorism has nothing to do with Muhammad or with being a Muslim. I had been reluctant to write about the Great Cartoon War until now, believing there are more serious things for the world to worry about, but the political consequences of the affair have become difficult to ignore. Of course, there are plenty of Muslims who are upset by the drawings (now that they have heard about them) - though bombarding the editor of Jyllands-Posten with protest letters or following the peaceful example of the Yemeni women strikes me as a far more appropriate response than setting fire to embassies. On the other side of the argument, there are also more useful ways of asserting free speech than by reprinting the cartoons and causing gratuitous offence. Since the cartoons were first published last year, all sorts of people with an axe to grind have muscled in on the row. A posting on the notoriously Islamophobic website, Jihadwatch, for instance, describes it portentously as a struggle between exponents of a free society and organised thuggery. Meanwhile, several Arab governments - for their own political reasons - have busily fanned the flames in the opposite direction. I spent most of last week in Qatar where there was coverage in the press and the authorities permitted a demonstration, but the cartoons were scarcely the topic on everyone's lips. In the hotel where I stayed - a small place frequented by Pakistani Muslims - nobody mentioned it, nor did any of the local taxi drivers. On Friday lunchtime, when news of the Red Sea ferry disaster first appeared on TV, people in Qatar seemed much more concerned about that. The main offence of the cartoons, as far as I can see, is that several of them stereotype Muslims, portraying Islam as an inherently violent religion. The additional matter of insulting the prophet is more difficult for non-Muslims to understand. Theologically, it's a bit of a puzzle. In Christianity Jesus is divine but in Islam Muhammad is simply a man chosen by God to deliver 'His message'. Profane images of Jesus may provoke controversy in the west but these days they don't usually cause serious uproar - so why all the fuss among Muslims over images of the prophet? The Egyptian blogger Sandmonkey offered a non-theological explanation in an interview with the Austrian newspaper, Der Standard: This reaction isn't really about the cartoon or how offensive it is. Not really. This is actually an outlet to the huge frustration that millions of Muslims have accumulated over the years ... they are so angry and frustrated and hopeless that they all turn more and more to religion for solace and comfort and it becomes their focus. The prophet for many of them is the ultimate symbol of the good strong Arab Islamic leader at a time where such leaders are inexistent. It's the only role model, only hero, they have left. So naturally they are not exactly the most understanding people when it comes to what they view as attempts to mock or discredit him. At the level of Arab governments' reactions, however, there are grounds for cynicism. Egypt's foreign minister, Ahmed Abul-Gheit, for example, took up cudgels over this disgraceful act last November, in the midst of parliamentary elections where the opposition Muslim Brotherhood were making gains. Despite being steeped in corruption (or perhaps because of it), the Mubarak regime's efforts to appear holier than the Brotherhood - by banning books, rounding up gay men, and making diplomatic representations about the cartoons - have become a regular
[wanita-muslimah] Samsidar: In pursuit of a humane Acehnese society
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailfeatures.asp?fileid=20060207.S02irec=1 Samsidar: In pursuit of a humane Acehnese society Carla Bianpoen, Contributor, Jakarta Both the Helsinki Accord and the BRR (Aceh and Nias Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency) are failing to include women, says Samsidar, Nobel Prize candidate, special rapporteur on Violence against Women, and chair of the Aceh Women Volunteers for Humanity (RPuK). Women should have been given a major role in the making of the rehabilitation and reconstruction blueprint, but although BRR chief Pak Kuntoro has repeatedly stated women have a key role in making the rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts a success, he has yet to establish concrete strategies to allow women to act upon his word, she says. Neither has the Helsinki Accord accorded adequate space to women. Women took the brunt during Aceh's long struggle, were harassed, violated and raped, while taking responsibility for the survival of their families when their menfolk left home to fight, or were killed or simply disappeared without trace. Setting up shelters and barracks without giving a thought to women's specific concerns may have been inevitable in the first moments of urgency, but today such negligence is giving rise to rampant violence; women in the barracks are left in fear, anguish and inconceivable insecurity. The post-tsunami situation and peace accord should have provided momentum to revitalize old traditions with modern understanding, explains Samsidar. When internally displaced people (IDPs) from Meunasah Lhok wished to leave their shelters, she and her RPuK Team facilitated the rebuilding of their village based on democratic values rooted in community traditions of mutual respect that were on the verge of extinction. Women are a major source to tap if a peaceful, prosperous, and just society is a genuine desire of power holders, says Samsidar. Her commitment to the establishment of a society where peace and security reign as basic elements of people's well-being does not come out of the blue. One of the early leaders of the Aceh women's movement, her efforts started when she found women were sidelined and marginalized in ways that defied logic. That was some twenty years ago. Activist and action Following her activism during her student days at the Department of Agriculture of Syah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, as a researcher into sustainable food crops and plant protection, she blended lecturing at the Agriculture Department of Gajah Putih University in Takengon with consultancy for the PPW/LTA-77 Project for Coffee Smallholders, which included empowerment of women farmers (a joint project between the Indonesian and Dutch governments). She became the founder of the Foundation for Women's Development in Takengon (YPW), which was among the first women's organization in the province. With a membership of 1,000 women (now reduced to 500), YPW includes a credit union (economic empowerment), and organizes community participation, studies on women in Islam, and provides advocacy for women victims of violence as well as assisting women IDPs. She and her team defied threats to help coffee smallholders retain their human dignity. A mover and shaker, she was also a founder of the Aceh Transformation and Gender Working group (1986), as well as a founder of Flower Aceh NGO in 1987 which aimed at women's empowerment, heading the board until recently. She was also behind the founding (in 1999) of RPuK, a group she still heads, focusing on assistance and rehabilitation of women and children IDPs, which has earned a unique reputation for credibility in post-tsunami assistance. In 1998 she became a member of the newly established National Commission on Violence against Women, also serving as adjunct secretary-general. Since 2005 she has served as the special rapporteur on Violence against Women in Aceh, who seeks out and receives information on violence against women in Aceh, and recommends ways and means of dealing with these issues at local, regional and national levels. Samsidar was also a major player in the holding of Duek Pakat Inong Aceh (All-Aceh Women's Conference) 2000, bringing together over 500 women who came up with a a comprehensive blueprint for establishing peace in their troubled land. Similarly, she helped hold the second Duek Pakat Inong Aceh in June 2005, the recommendations from which were welcomed warmly by BRR chief, but have yet to be realized. Known for her firm commitment and belief in women as prime movers of transformation, she is also among the most credible women whose personal integrity makes her among the strong pillars of the women's movement in Aceh. Family ties As she travels throughout the province and back-and-forth between Lhokseumawe, Banda Aceh and Jakarta, the 39-year-old Acehnese is a familiar face in the world of activists. Not many know, however, that her roots were in the aristocracy that ruled Aceh Besar and Pidie.
[wanita-muslimah] Religious persecution
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20060207.E01irec=0 Religious persecution The inconsistency between what the government says and what it does (or does not do) about freedom of religion could not have been more starkly illustrated than it was by two incidents that took place just hours, and a few hundred kilometers, apart Saturday. In Jakarta, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, in a speech celebrating Chinese New Year, said the government was constitutionally bound to protect freedom of religion and the right of all people to practice their faith. Using the occasion to address followers of Confucianism, here is what the President said, in part, as quoted by Kompas: In this country, there is no such thing as religions that are recognized or not recognized by the state. The Constitution guarantees the freedom of every citizen to have a religion and to practice their faith. The state shall never interfere in any religious teachings. The duty of the state is to protect, serve and facilitate the building and maintenance of places of worship and to encourage citizens to become good followers of their religions. To the east, in a village on Lombok, about 2,000 people attacked a compound housing 31 families of followers of Ahmadiyah, an Islamic sect with origins in India. Police sent to protect the families were far outnumbered and helpless to stop the attackers from burning the houses. Fortunately, there were no deaths and all of the families were safely evacuated. Still, the ugly attack had the tacit approval of the local administration and Muslim ulema. Nationally, Ahmadiyah has been declared a heretical sect by the Indonesian Ulema Council, which is one reason the authorities have been halfhearted in coming to the aid of its followers when they find themselves under attack, including this latest incident. The President's speech was comforting, particularly for religious minorities in the country. To them, these were words to live by in a country that has, since its inception, strived to adhere to the principles of pluralism where the rights of minorities are respected and protected. Yudhoyono was simply invoking the Constitution in his speech. He was reiterating the duties and obligations of the government in guaranteeing and protecting religious freedom. Although the context of his speech was the discrimination followers of Confucianism, mostly ethnic Chinese, continue to encounter, there was no doubt the promises and guarantees were universal and applicable to followers of all religions and beliefs that exist in the country. Sadly, the reality is far from the rosy picture painted by the Constitution and the President. If anything, the situation seems to be deteriorating of late. Minority Christians are finding it harder to build new churches and established Christian places of worship have been forced to close down by their Muslim neighbors and radical groups. And the followers of Ahmadiyah face nothing less than persecution, with very little state protection being offered. The President himself appeared ambiguous, if not inconsistent, in his speech, invoking a 1965 presidential ruling that identifies six religions -- Islam, Christianity, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Confucianism -- that are followed by citizens of the country. This ruling amounts to a state recognition of these religions, and by way of implication, the nonrecognition of any other religions and beliefs. The bureaucracy has religiously applied this policy of recognition and nonrecognition when dealing with such issues as the religion of a person on his/her identification card. The civil registry will not accept marriages that are not performed in accordance with the rituals of one of these state-recognized religions, much less marriages between people of different faiths. This practice of selective pluralism in dealing with religion contravenes the very nature of the freedom of religion guaranteed in the Constitution and invoked by the President in his speech. This policy has many unintended consequences. Under current practices, for example, Ahmadiyah has to be considered an Islamic sect. But the denunciation by the Indonesian Ulema Council has left Ahmadiyah in a quandary, while its followers continue to be subject to violent attacks. If the President were to wipe the 1965 ruling off the books, then Ahmadiyah followers could safely put Ahmadiyah as their religion on their ID cards. This would help end the heated debate over whether the sect is Islamic, and the persecution of Ahmadiyah would, hopefully, cease once and for all. Why is there still such a huge divide between what the Constitution says on the question of religious freedom, as eloquently evoked by the President on Saturday, and the reality on the ground? Perhaps the President, or someone in the government, would care to explain? Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples
[wanita-muslimah] My loving, respectful image of Prophet Muhammad
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20060207.E02irec=1 My loving, respectful image of Prophet Muhammad Lily Zakiyah Munir, South Carolina, U.S.A. None of you (truly) believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself. (Prophet Muhammad) The above citation from the Prophet Muhammad's hadith popped into my mind as I was following the news here in the U.S. on the worldwide protests staged against the insulting cartoons of the Prophet. Earlier, I received an email from a friend with the website address containing the 12 cartoons, and also from an email group of which I am a member. My immediate reaction was, like most other Muslims', emotional. I could not help but to shed tears. It was like the feeling I had when my beloved kids were hurt or insulted by their naughty friends. It is even more than that. But then I tried to calm myself down. I prayed to Allah to give me patience and wisdom so that I can react with sanity. My childhood times in pesantren (Islamic boarding school) have shaped my loving and respectful image of this special human who is an uswatun hasanah (role model for good qualities). Muhammad's life and his work are a living testimony to his genius. His success in transforming the Arab nomads into societies with shared norms and ethics within ten years is a tribute to his faith and his superior moral qualities. Muhammad did not consider his mission as superior to any of the former prophets; he was one of them, but the last to be commissioned by Allah to deliver the same message previously delivered by his former colleagues. He wanted his fellow Arabs to worship one God, the only God, as worshiped by their neighbors, the Christians and the Jews, as ordained in the Koran, Say, we believe in Allah and in what has been revealed to us, in what was revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the tribes; in what was given to Moses and Jesus, and in what the prophets received from their Lord; we make no distinction between any of them. (Q.S. al-Baqarah/2:136) Every religion emphasizes human improvement, love, respect for others, sharing other people's suffering. On these lines every religion had more or less the same viewpoint and the same goal, so said the Dalai Lama of Tibet. The Prophet Muhammad's above hadith clearly reflects the Dalai Lama's saying. Back 15 centuries ago, the Prophet taught his people that if they want to become true believers, they are to treat their fellow human beings the way they wish to be treated. In Christianity, this religious precept is often expressed as Do unto others as you would have them do onto you. Religions differ in their concepts of deity, other beliefs and practices. But there is a near unanimity of opinions among almost all religions that each person should treat others in a decent manner. Almost all great traditions have passages in their holy texts, or in the writings of their leaders, which promote this Ethic of Reciprocity. One result of this Ethic of Reciprocity is the concept that every person shares certain inherent human rights simply because of their membership in the human race. People are individually very different, they come in different genders; different sizes, colors and shapes; different races and ethnic groups; and different levels of ability. They follow different religious and economic systems; and they speak different languages and follow different cultures. But there is a growing consensus that each and every member o the human race is of equal importance. All should enjoy basic human rights. The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is one manifestation of this growing worldwide consensus. The incidents resulting from the insulting cartoons on the Prophet Muhammad would not have happened if people in the Jyllands Posten in Denmark had internalized this Ethic of Reciprocity, which is an underlying principle of the UDHR. This ignorance is perpetrated by their further ignorance of the true essence of Islam, which led to their failure in distinguishing between Islam and its Prophet Muhammad and a number of individuals claiming themselves to be 'Muslims' but actually are hijackers of the religion for their political interests. This incidence refutes Huntington's thesis that the conflicts between Islam and the West occur because of the so called 'clash of civilizations.' It is not that, but to me, it is because of clash of ignorance. The writer is a pesantren activist. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages
[wanita-muslimah] Re: untuk Mas Ilham
Mas Ilham, saya kurang memahami mengapa sampai Mas Ilham bisa bersikap seperti itu terhadap Mas Ary, apalagi dengan melontarkan komentar tadi yang lebih melecehkan daripada mengandung isi yang argumentatif. Demikian Mas Ilham telah menunjukkan sikap berprasangka negatip juga terhadap Mbak Mia. Sebagai nasehat pribadi, saya menyarankan kepada Mas Ilham agar lebih berusaha untuk mengetahui tentang para anggota WM. Salah satu cara bisa dengan membaca tulisan maupun tanggapan yang tersedia dalam arsip milis WM, sehingga dapat lebih mengetahui soal kualitas yang sebenarnya para anggota WM. Apalagi kalau bisa ketemu secara langsung in persona. :-) Sebagian anggota WM bahkan termasuk figur publik yang cukup diakui oleh masrakyat luas, baik dari segi karakteristik pribadi maupun intelektualitasnya. :-) Akhirnya saya ingin menyampaikan pendapat pribadi saya, yaitu predikat seperti lazy boy tidak pantas dilontarkan kepada Mas Ary. Demikian juga tidak benar bahwa tingkahnya Mas Ary jadi dimakan oleh rasa dengki dan kebencian. Sebab sudah bertahun-tahun saya memperhatikan tulisan Mas Ary di milis ini dan kesan saya justru Mas Ary selalu bersikap berbesar hati dan terbuka maupun bisa berargumentasi dengan cerdas. Itu penilaian saya pribadi dan Mas Ilham tentunya berhak untuk tidak sependapat. Selanjutnya adalah pilihan Mas Ilham sendiri bagaimana ingin meneruskan diskusi sesama anggota WM. Salam, ayeye --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, Ilham Firdaus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Och...boy.. Your brain is really screw up now... Kasihan orang ini, tingkahnya jadi rusak dimakan oleh rasa dengki dan kebenciannya.. === On Saturday 04 February 2006 22:42, Ary Setijadi Prihatmanto wrote: He he he makanya saya bilang kalau Anda belum paham dengan maksudnya mas Aman (Wah orangnya saja sudah ketuker-tuker, mbok jangan kalap begitu dong mas Ilham) Lha wong jelas Anda ditanya kok, sekarang mana jawaban Anda? Salam (sesama lazy boy) Ary - Original Message - From: Ilham Firdaus [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [wanita-muslimah] Re: Kekerasan pada anak: kisah Nabi mengorbankan anak. Yang berhak bertanya dalam hal ini adalah Mas Anwar sendiri. Saya sudah memberikan kepada beliau referensi yang cukup, kecuali kalo beliau kembali bertanya. Saya sudah mengukur kerajinan dan keseriusan Mas Anwar. Lazy boy is always being a lazy boy. Dia berfikir bahwa semua orang baru pinter kalo 'ilmu' itu cuman disuapin doank selayaknya anak bayi. Makanya the lazy boy itu maunya dicekokin alias disuapin kayak anak bayi. Padahal syarat orang supaya ber-ilmu adalah: cukup diberi hint, maka mereka akan mencari sendiri referensi sekaligus jawabannya. karena pada dasarnya orang ber-ilmu adalah orang yang suka mandiri dan suka berfikir.. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Re: untuk Mas Ilham
Terima kasih atas tanggapan, Mas Ilham. Soal nama, silakan panggil saya Mas Ayeye :-) Saya sudah mengikuti diskusi ini dari awal dan sudah membaca tulisan dari Mbak Ferona maupun tanggapan dari Mas Ilham. Kalau Mbak Mia tidak suka menghindari untuk menjawab pertanyaan. Mungkin saja Mbak Mia sedang mengurus kesibukan lain, karena lagi jarang muncul di milis. Sedangkan diskusi yang serius memerlukan cukup waktu dan suasana yang tenang. Setidaknya untuk saya. Mungkin juga Mas Ilham telah bertanya dengan nada yang terlalu agresip kepada Mbak Mia. Meskipun saya tahu bahwa Mbak Mia selalu berbesar hati dan sabar sifatnya. Sukyur apabila masukan saya diterima dengan baik oleh Mas Ilham. Terima kasih juga. Salam, ayeye --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, Ilham Firdaus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Assalamualaikum. Pada dasarnya saya terima masukan dari Mas Ayeye (Maaf saya gak tauk nama lengkapnya). Soal asal 'the lazy boy' bisa didapat dengan mengikuti e-mail saya sejak saya menanggapi tulisan Mbak Ferona. Soal Mbak Mia, silahkan meminta Mbak Mia untuk menjawab 3 point pertanyaan yang saya berikan. Penjelasannya ada disitu. Saya mohon maaf atas perbuatan saya yang dirasa kurang sopan di-forum ini. Terima-kasih. Wassalamualaikum. On Monday 06 February 2006 00:18, ayeye1 wrote: Mas Ilham, saya kurang memahami mengapa sampai Mas Ilham bisa bersikap seperti itu terhadap Mas Ary, apalagi dengan melontarkan komentar tadi yang lebih melecehkan daripada mengandung isi yang argumentatif. Demikian Mas Ilham telah menunjukkan sikap berprasangka negatip juga terhadap Mbak Mia. Sebagai nasehat pribadi, saya menyarankan kepada Mas Ilham agar lebih berusaha untuk mengetahui tentang para anggota WM. Salah satu cara bisa dengan membaca tulisan maupun tanggapan yang tersedia dalam arsip milis WM, sehingga dapat lebih mengetahui soal kualitas yang sebenarnya para anggota WM. Apalagi kalau bisa ketemu secara langsung in persona. :-) Sebagian anggota WM bahkan termasuk figur publik yang cukup diakui oleh masrakyat luas, baik dari segi karakteristik pribadi maupun intelektualitasnya. :-) Akhirnya saya ingin menyampaikan pendapat pribadi saya, yaitu predikat seperti lazy boy tidak pantas dilontarkan kepada Mas Ary. Demikian juga tidak benar bahwa tingkahnya Mas Ary jadi dimakan oleh rasa dengki dan kebencian. Sebab sudah bertahun-tahun saya memperhatikan tulisan Mas Ary di milis ini dan kesan saya justru Mas Ary selalu bersikap berbesar hati dan terbuka maupun bisa berargumentasi dengan cerdas. Itu penilaian saya pribadi dan Mas Ilham tentunya berhak untuk tidak sependapat. Selanjutnya adalah pilihan Mas Ilham sendiri bagaimana ingin meneruskan diskusi sesama anggota WM. Salam, ayeye Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Re: soal bahasa jerman
Halo Mbak Mia, saya bukan pakar bahasa dan biasanya saya yang sering suka dikoreksi soal bahasa :-) Tetapi berhubung ini menyangkut yang masih dasar, saya memberanikan diri untuk menjelaskan. Bravo Mbak Mia, ich liebe dich ditulis dengan benar :-) Arti dari du hast: kamu telah, karena kalimat tadi memakai bentuk waktu perfek. Selainnya: kamu mempunyai Du hast einen Fehler gemacht. = Kamu telah berbuat suatu kesalahan. Perbandingan dalam bahasa inggris dan perancis: You have made a mistake. Tu as fait une faute. = Selanjutnya: Ich habe (I have, j'ai, saya telah atau mempunyai) Du hast (you have, tu as, kamu telah atau mempunyai) Er/Sie hat (he/she has, il/elle a, dia/ia telah atau mempunyai) Wir haben (we have, nous avons, kami/kita telah atau mempunyai) Ihr habt (you have, vous avez, kalian telah atau mempunyai) Sie haben (they have, ils/elles ont, mereka telah atau mempunyai) Kata kamu (du) juga bisa dimulai dengan huruf besar (Du) sebagai bentuk kesopanan. Sebagai tambahan, Du hanya dipergunakan terhadap orang yang sudah akrab atau anak-anak, sebagaimana halnya dengan kamu. Selainnya pakai Sie dan bentuk gramatik seperti person ketiga, plural. Agak berbeda dengan bahasa perancis dimana bentuk kesopanan memakai person kedua, plural terhadap orang yang belum menjadi akrab. Memang dikenal juga pengecualian dalam bahasa jerman yang memakai person kedua, plural, misalnya kalau kita lagi berkomunikasi dengan para ratu dan raja, dst. Contohnya: Sie haben einen Fehler gemacht. Vous avez fait une faute. Satu ciri khas lagi dari bahasa jerman adalah kata benda yang selalu dimulai dengan huruf besar. Belum lagi harus tahu apakah maskulin, feminim atau netral. Selamat berpusing :-) Salam, ayeye --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, Mia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eittt...nimbrung sih nimbrung...:-) jangan malah bikin repot dong. Tuluuung...du hast du hast itu artinya apaan..gue taunya cuman ich liebe dich doang...nulisnya juga belum tentu bener..o,ya...heil Hitler...! Apa ini yang namanya mantiq-nahwu-shorof? salam Mia --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, ni londo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mohon maaf sebesar2nya saya nimbrung sebentar saja ya... --- Ilham Firdaus [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: On Sunday 29 January 2006 21:28, Ary Setijadi Prihatmanto wrote: - Original Message - (cut) Leider, du hast eine Fehler gemacht aber du nicht wissen. IFMohon jangan tersinggung kalo yang ini juga saya luruskan:Leider, du hast eine Fehle gemacht aber du weiss nicht. ehemm... maaf, maaf... tapi rasanya saya harus meluruskan yang katanya sudah diluruskan tapi ternyata belum lurus juga... ;) yang richtig adalah: Leider hast du einen Fehler gemacht, aber du weisst es nicht tapi itu masih agak kaku... lebih lancar kalau: Leider hast du einen Fehler gemacht, ohne es zu wissen atau: Du hast leider einen Fehler gemacht, ohne es zu wissen der/ein Fehler... maskulin... :) mohon jangan tersinggung ya... salam, ni londo Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] State and personal morality
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20060128.E04irec=7 State and personal morality Benny Susetyo, Jakarta The introduction of an anti-pornography bill is seen by some circles as an excessive move if indeed its sole purpose is to save the younger generation from immoral conduct. Critics of the bill mainly question whether the presence of a law regulating pornography will effectively eliminate immorality and vice in society. In view of the increasingly widespread absorption of information through globalization, the bill in fact seems badly needed to protect the younger generation from the threat of immorality. But what has not been reflected on is the fact that the bill constitutes very strong intervention on the part of the state in the private lives of its citizens. The basic concept of the bill should be examined. There is an excessive tendency to view sexuality as the nation's biggest issue. Therefore, the bill over-regulates extremely personal matters. It stipulates that all illustrations and descriptions of nudity or sexual intercourse constitute pornography. Actually, human nudity has been an object of art for thousands of years and should be recognized as such accordingly. The body is a human expression and this body with all its parts is God's valuable creation. The esthetic value of the human body is positive. This aspect has not been dealt with in the bill which tends to over generalize. There is no distinction made between pornography and eroticism. In pornography, sexuality is isolated and taken as absolute. Not surprisingly, pornography is often exclusively a male problem. Here the issue of gender arises, in which women are degraded as an object of men's sexual desire. In this case the main duty of the state is to protect social values, in particular to protect women and children from trafficking and exploitation. Its main duty is thus to promote public welfare instead of determining and regulating how people should maintain their morality. In a more precise sense, there is no direct relationship between the anxiety of some sectors of society over the increasing immorality and the dissemination of easily accessible pornographic materials. What has been overlooked in this context is the weakening role of the state in protecting its citizens. The government has responded by providing an inappropriate solution by initiating the anti-pornography bill. Meanwhile, the fundamental weakness in the bill that eludes consideration is the subjugation of the individual's right to privacy by the government. The right to develop art and culture to enhance the quality of life as specified in Article 28 of the 1945 Constitution is restricted by the bill. The Constitution guarantees freedom of thought as a basic human right that cannot be reduced under any conditions whatsoever. The bill, if it is endorsed, will give ample room for the state to assert dominance over its people. Instead of killing an ant, an elephant is slaughtered. Instead of upholding public morality, the state is just expanding its power to control every detail of the body and ideas of its citizens. Here the state restricts the right to seek, obtain, own, keep, process and convey information by means of all available channels as already stipulated in Article 28, paragraph F of the Constitution. The bill is also opposed to Article 28, paragraph D of the Constitution, which serves as a legal basis for the formulation of this draft. Vague definitions will obscure the difference between pornography, eroticism and obscenity. This is the most excessive expression of force against or exploitation of sexuality as a commodity by the state. The definition of pornography in publications implies that unpublished pornographic material is not considered pornography pursuant to the bill. When it is enforced, the criminalization of victims will be intense, regardless of the socio-economic context in which women and children fall prey to pornography, as described in various stories of human trafficking. Sadly, this bill fails to deal with pornography as an issue of violence against women. The items mentioned as pornographic have very limited significance, coupled with unclear meanings of pornography. Works of art are to be limited, too, and be allowed only very limited room for display. Actually it would be preferable to enforce the prevailing laws regulating to pornography. Then the anti-pornography bill would not be required. When pornography appears in the media, the government can apply Law No. 40/1999 on the print media and Law No. 32/2002 on broadcasting. They are more than sufficient to govern the publication of offensive materials. In this way a special law with a fatal impact on citizens' freedom of expression would be unnecessary. A provision in Law No. 32/2002 stipulates that broadcasting institutions shall uphold the values of religion, morality and decency. The Criminal Code can even be used for the same
[wanita-muslimah] Why Islamic conservatism is up in Aceh?
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20060126.F04irec=3 Why Islamic conservatism is up in Aceh? Aguswandi, Banda Aceh The fundamental problem facing Muslims and others seeking to understand Islam is not that there are too many versions of Islam. There is only one Islam, but there are a thousand possible interpretations of its texts and precepts. All lay people claim to possess the indisputable truth, all claim that no version but their own can be true. An unfortunate omission in current critiques of Islam is that they usually ignore the fact that competing interpretations of the faith have caused more conflicts within Islam than outside of Islam. Setting aside the finer nuances, the most important division for anybody interested in challenging intolerance and antidemocratic beliefs is the divide between the moderate and conservative adherents of the faith. In contrast to the latter, moderates advocate a civil Islam based on tolerance, an Islam compatible with democratic ideas and modern life. This division has given rise to an often hidden war between moderates and conservatives throughout the Muslim world. Sadly, this is increasingly the case in the devout province of Aceh. Healthy competition between conservatism and moderate interpretations is on the wane as Islamic conservatism gains ground. Moderates, conversely, are on the defensive, scared to speak out, and increasingly unable to get their voices heard. If we take as an example a new qanun (local regulation issued by the Sharia authorities) implemented as of this month, the new prohibition legislates that Muslim Acehnese women must wear head scarves and may not wear tight clothes. The foundations of this ruling lie in extremely conservative interpretations of Islam. This is not the moderate Islam that has existed in Aceh for centuries. The majority of Acehnese have long believed -- and practiced -- a faith that is based on persuasion rather than top-down enforcement of a restrictive interpretation of the faith. Historically, Acehnese Islam was a tool for combating injustice and oppression. If you look at pictures of Aceh's heroine Cut Nyak Dhien, you see a women that took up arms against colonial oppression in defense of Acehnese cultural and religious identity, yet she did not wear a jilbab (head scarf). Historically, Islam in Aceh was about living by core values, not the superficial appearance of principle. In contrast to their self-proclaimed agenda of defending Islam, in reality today's conservatives are actually diminishing Islam, reducing it to small things that are inadequate or irrelevant in the face of the challenges of modern life or development. Ask the conservatives questions that reach beyond their favorite topics of gambling, alcohol and head scarves, for example about how their interpretation of religion can promote or support the reconstruction of Aceh, or Aceh's political and economic development and they are unable to answer. So how, given this lack of substance, have conservative interpretations of Islam come to dominate public discourse in Aceh, to the extent that conservative interpretations are being adopted in law and imposed on the majority -- the moderate Acehnese? Why are the conservatives taking center stage and representing themselves as mainstream Acehnese? The rise of the conservatives can be attributed to multiple factors. One important element is that rising conservatism reflects national trends in religious and political discourse in Indonesia. This nation-wide trend is largely attributable to the dominant position given to Middle Eastern interpretations of Islam. What can be seen to be happening in Aceh, as well as other places in Indonesia, is not actually Islamization as it is often called, but actually Arabization. If we give them the space, Aceh's unique experience of Islam is being subsumed by conservative elements of the Arab world. This conservative view is now even being challenged by moderate Muslims in the Middle East. The dominance of this approach has, in the large part, been driven by the influx of outsiders entering Aceh with an agenda to promote Arabic interpretations of Islam. This agenda has been strengthened by local religious conservatives with an eye on the opportunity to gain political power for themselves and their allies. The central government's tacit encouragement of these groups has also allowed them to flourish, thereby distracting attention from more important social, development and justice issues. In Aceh the Islamic conservatives are setting restrictive limitations in all areas of discussion. They are ultimately closing the space for public debate about more important issues and damaging our ability and prospects for ijtihad (critical thinking mandated for Muslims in the Koran) about our own development and future. It is important to help moderate Muslim voices in Aceh. Support must come from Indonesia's other Muslim communities and other non Acehnese,
[wanita-muslimah] 'Pesantren' communities unable to accept pluralism, tolerance
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20060126.E03irec=2 'Pesantren' communities unable to accept pluralism, tolerance Alpha Amirrachman, Jakarta The recent research conducted by the International Center for Islam and Pluralism (ICIP), the Indonesian Islamic Boarding School Association (BKSPPI) and AusAID, in which I was involved, shows that many pesantren (Islamic boarding schools), both traditional (salaf) and modern, in West Java reject pluralism as they perceive this as an acceptance of the relativity of religion -- or rejecting the notion that Islam is the absolute truth. For the folks at the boarding schools, pluralism is ideologically unacceptable, and they wholly support the controversial fatwa issued by the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) which bans secularism, pluralism and liberalism. According to Diana L. Eck (2001) in her influential book A new religious America: How a 'Christian country' has become the world's most religiously diverse nation, Pluralism is not an ideology, not a leftist scheme, and not a free-form relativism. Rather, pluralism is the dynamic process which we engage with one another in and through our very deepest differences. She also explains how Islam is growing rapidly and freely in the United States, side by side with Judaism and Christianity. It follows that pluralism does not mean an abandonment of principles; we merely accept others' differences. Is that not beautiful? But why do the pesantren communities reject pluralism? Why has the spirit of intolerance strengthened among them? We could not really find a complete answer during the research. A noted Indonesianist, Prof. M.C. Ricklefs of the National University of Singapore recently held the Indonesians in attendance, during a seminar to discuss the ICIP survey, spellbound, not only because of his deep knowledge of the history of pesantren in Indonesia back to the 1800s, but also because of his eloquent Bahasa Indonesia. However, I could not help but notice that some of the Indonesian faces in the audience began to show anxiety when Prof. Ricklefs proposed that all education here become fully secular. He argued that multiculturalism had been a success in Australia because many religious schools in the country, including the Protestant schools where he sent his children, adopted a policy of 90 percent secular education and only 10 percent religious education (he later admitted that the percentage is actually speculative as he did not do research on it). Some of those in the audience politely rejected his proposal, and also refused his notion of liberalism as they misunderstood it as an uncontrolled freedom. Even though Prof. Ricklefs stated during his presentation that liberalism means giving freedom as much as possible to people to develop their potential with appreciation of the rights of others. Clearly there was problem of understanding terminology -- something that is fittingly addressed by Prof. Machasin of Islamic State University Sunan Kalijaga of Yogyakarta who reawakened us as to why many Muslims rejected the ideas of pluralism, liberalism and secularism. He argued that there is a strong tradition in Islam of always referring to the texts, rather than to concepts first. He shared his experience during the congress of Nahdlatul Ulama when he proposed that the study of hermeneutics should be include in the recommendation. But others rejected this, arguing that such a term comes from the West and it was used by the West to deconstruct their Bible. He lamented the fact that if he had used the word tafsir , which translates as hermeneutics, he would have had not problems convincing the audience. Islam, actually has a rich history of pluralism as it spans a long period of time and an abundance of diverse thoughts, and many of them were sometimes at odds with each other. Therefore, trying to find a reference of something that seems to be new is actually not a difficult endeavor. While the development of the many pesantren in Java was shaped by local culture, it was also molded by values and tradition that were rigorously and consistently nurtured by pesantren leaders, meaning that every pesantren has its own uniqueness, again showing pluralism among pesantren. However, due to the great influence these schools usually have toward their surrounding communities, this contains positive and negative sides. It is positive if the pesantren can provide an alternative education that is beneficial for the surrounding community such as life skills in addition to religious studies. But it is negative if the pesantren decided to reject new ideas that are actually beneficial not only for the students but also for the surrounding community. So, it is imperative to have wisdom by conducting due diligence before persuading pesantren to accept and digest new ideas. But how is respecting differences specifically addressed in Islam? We can therefore infer that pluralism, as a mode to perceive
[wanita-muslimah] Re: ATM Kondom, Perlukah?
Saya sependapat dengan apa yang dikemukakan oleh Mbak / Mas. Sebenarnya saya sendiri suka agak risi kalau seks di luar nikah selalu dipandang sebagai satu, apalagi sebagai seks bebas dimana manusia ditampilkan seperti hanya mengerjakan kepuasan seksual, tanpa berpikir, tanpa memilih, dst. Kesimpulan yang memukul rata semua hubungan intim di luar nikah sebagai seks bebas dan sebaliknya, adalah misleading. Pengunaan kata seks bebas tanpa adanya perincian, seperti sudah menjadi kebiasaan di media massa maupun komunikasi masrakyat, lebih sering membingungkan. Mungkin karena seksualitas lama telah dijadikan sebagai tabu untuk dibicarakan secara terbuka dan ilmiah di ruangan publik, timbulnya pendapat masrakyat yang lebih mengandung dugaan dan mitos. Hal itu terlihat ketika muncul opini yang menganggap bahwa pendidikan seks, atau dalam kasus ini: ATM Kondom, akan langsung dan secara berlebihan mengakibatkan seks bebas, terutama di kalangan remaja. Tetapi apakah di antara mereka yang mewakili opini tersebut sudah pernah berdialog dengan generasi remaja, termasuk mendengar tentang masalah-masalah seksual dan tantangan lingkungan yang dialami oleh para remaja sekarang? Atau bagaimana dengan generasi yang sudah berumur 20-30 tahun, tetapi belum menikah dan cenderung belum mendapatkan kesempatan untuk nikah dalam waktu dekat? Saya setuju bahwa konsep pahala dan dosa semakin kehilangan makna dalam berbagai lingkungan sekarang. Salah satu karena mungkin kompleksitas lingkungan semakin meningkat dan konsep pahala dan dosa mundur ke belakang atau menjadi remote, sehingga cenderung lebih dikompromi. Kalau tidak salah sudah ada berbagai produk hukum yang bertujuan untuk melindungi anak-anak di bawah umur. Pertanyaan adalah sudah seberapa efektif sistim pelaksanaan hukum itu. Setidaknya hukum itu sudah merupakan langkah awal yang tepat. Beberapa negara bahkan sudah menerapkan hukuman terhadap warga mereka jika melibatkan kasus seksual dengan anak-anak di bawah umur, meskipun juga terjadi di negara lain. Demikian saya kira sudah ada hukum yang bertujuan melindungi para pekerja seks komersial yang dipaksa langsung oleh pihak lain untuk melacurkan diri. Tetapi ini masih mesti dibahas lebih lanjut dan saya harus berhenti dulu dengan menulis. Salam, ayeye ** --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, kila4tb1roe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Benar sekali Kang, Yang pertama ada benturan yang terjadi antara realitas/kenyataan yang terjadi dalam kehidupan sehari-hari terhadap seks pada masyrakat Indonesia dengan nilai-nilai terhadap seks yang ada dalam falsafah kehidupan baik dari agama dan budaya bangsa. Seharusnya ini menjadi acuan untuk kita bersama dalam mencari solusi dan alternatif. Kalau kita melihat sisi dari realitas kehidupan yang ada di masyrakat terutama kota-kota besar dan daerah2 miskin sekarang ini sudah seharusnya seks bukan sekedar persoalan dosa dan pahala semata. Dan seks jangan dipandang hanya dalam 2 jenis saja yaitu seks dalam ikatan pernikahan dan seks diluar ikatan pernikahan. Seks diluar ikatan pernikahan seharusnya di bagi-bagi lagi sesuai dengan kategorinya masing2. Misalnya seks yang dilakukan 2 orang secara sukarela tanpa adanya paksaan dan dilandasi dengan tanggung jawab dan konsekuensi maka dasar hukumnya boleh, toh dalam Islam sendiri ada ketentuan yang demikian. Kedua seks yang dilakukan oleh salah satu pihak dalam kondisi terpaksa atau dibawah paksaan. Ini hukumnya bisa saja pidana termasuk dalam protitusi tapi dasar hukumnya adalah memberikan perlindungan terhadap pihak yangterpaksa atau dalam tekanan sehingga melakukan hal tersebut dan hukuman hanya berlaku pada pihak yang memaksa/menekan. dalam hal protitusi maka para konsumen lah yang harus dikenakan hukuman. Ketiga seks yang dilakukan oleh seseorang pada anak-anak dibawah umur, hukuman pidana bisa diberlakukan hal ini mengantisipasi juga prostitusi dikalangan para ABG. Menyamaratakan setiap kegiatan seks diluar ikatan pernikahan, sama saja dengan mencap setiap gatal karena ketombe:) Salam, Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * To
[wanita-muslimah]PSK bukan PKS :-) Re: ATM Kondom, Perlukah?
--- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, L.Meilany [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pak Ayeye, Maaf cuma mau koreksi, bukan PKS, tapi PSK - Pekerja Seks Komersial salam l.meilany Terima kasih atas koreksi, Mbak Meilanyi :-) Sudah minimal dua kali saya membuat kesalahan serupa di milis ini. Salam, ayeye Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Re: ATM Kondom, Perlukah?
Seandainya kondom dilarang, sebagian manusia tetap akan melakukan hubungan seks dan di saat berhubungan intim, rasa ketakutan terjadinya konsekuensi yang tidak diinginkan, dikesampingkan dulu. Atau mereka praktekan 'coitus interruptus' yang memberikan rasa lebih aman, meskipun cara itu tidak efektif untuk mencegah kehamilan atau PSM, termasuk infeksi HIV. Jangankan itu, dengan keberadaan kondom masih jauh dari terjamin bahwa kondom betul-betul akan digunakan, apalagi digunakan dengan benar di saat berhubungan intim. Menurut saya, yang perlu dihindari dalam diskusi soal pro/kontra ATM Kondom adalah dimensi politis yang ideologis, karena itu cenderung akan menutupi penyimpangan yang terjadi antara realita di lapangan dan idealisme politik. Sedangkan penyimpangan itu mesti dibuka dulu agar sampai ke akar permasalahan. Memang hal itu tidak mudah dilakukan, karena bisa merosotkan nilai-nilai dominan yang selama ini dianut oleh masrakyat. Salam, ayeye --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, noteokrasi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Seandainya kondom dilarang, kira-kira apa yang akan terjadi? Kalau helm dan alat pelindung diri dilarang, kira-kira apa yang akan terjadi? Nah bagi yang tertarik untuk mengetahui sejarah kondom silakan klik di bawah ini supaya sedikit-banyak tahu kenapa ATM Kondom ini diperlukan. http://www.avert.org/condoms.htm Noteo Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Give 'housewives' control over their time, money and ideas
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20060121.E03irec=5 Give 'housewives' control over their time, money and ideas Shaianne T. Osterreich, Surabaya I recently had the pleasure of going to the first birthday party of my housemates' nephew. After the women at the party determined I had enough Bahasa Indonesia to chat, they engaged me in one of two interviews. The first was of the usual sort. I got the official Indonesian welcome inquiries about the status of my (non-existent) children, husband, or boyfriend. After dinner, cake, and playing with children, I was again surrounded by the young women of the party, all wives and mostly mothers, and mostly women who worked at home. There was one woman who, during the chatting, sat on the floor folding dresses she had bought from a wholesaler, with the hopes of selling them to her cousins and sisters-in-law at parties, just like this. Encouraged by the intimacy created earlier, they began a second interview. They wanted to know my opinion of the Indonesian economy -- was it healthy? Where was it headed? What were the big challenges? It was not long before we got on the subjects of taxes and corruption. Then they asked: But, what can we do to help? We are only housewives? The cultural perception, held by men and women, that housewives are unable to participate in the rapidly changing social and economic environment of Indonesia, is at once both untrue and perpetuated by state laws concerning the role of women in the home. It is untrue because Indonesia, as in most places, depends on all the work women do in the household, in the informal and formal economy, and in local level organizing. However, despite their many actual contributions, legal and traditional norms conspire to prevent society from fully acknowledging and encouraging women's invaluable participation. Policy makers should view the fiscal decentralization process as an opportunity to address these issues. The 1974 Marriage Law constrains the individual and social expectations of what women or housewives do. This law explicitly defines men as heads of households and providers and women as wives and mothers. This encourages the perception that women's sole realm of control is inside the home -- leaving the realm of public and formal economic and political matters to men. Further, existing tax policy defines men as the sole subjects of taxation so that married women must get permission to use their husbands' tax numbers to legally engage in their own business activities. In reality, the line between these public and private spheres is very fuzzy. Women make up the majority of workers who do paid work done in their own home (including selling clothes, food, or cigarettes and/or doing subcontracted piece work). Some 38 percent of women workers do unpaid work for family businesses [read their husbands]compared to only 8 percent for men (Central Statistics Bureau 2005). Further, women's control over matters in the home is also unclear. According to a World Bank Health, Nutrition, and Population Household Survey from 1997, only 50 percent of Indonesian women had control over how to spend money in the household, even if they earned the money themselves. In the formal sector, there are over two million workers in the textile industry, Indonesia's primary non-oil export sector, and the majority of the factory workers are women. Women are the majority of migrant labor leaving Indonesia, leaving behind children in the care of grandmothers and fathers. They also represent a large share of the recipients of micro-finance loans and are the sole operators of many small and medium enterprises. Therefore, women are already engaged in many activities outside the home. And, their families depend on them to do so. On the political end, despite their presence as active members of many unions and non-governmental organizations they are rarely represented at the leadership level. For example, women represent 40 percent of the membership for the All-Indonesia Labor Union (SPSI) but only 1 percent of the leaders (ILO 2004). Because women want to be good mothers and wives, they work hard in and out of the home. But, also, women want to be more than good mothers and wives. They want to help fight corruption. They want to help the economy grow -- and not as their husbands' unpaid helpers, but as legitimate workers in their own right. They want to control their own financial assets. In general, they want the power to take care of themselves, their families, and to be able to contribute to society. Many women's advocates argue that issues of gender equality must be addressed at the highest levels of government, so as to give them credibility at local levels. Laws like the 1974 Marriage Law legitimizing fixed roles and expectations for men and women, send clear signals to the housewives and providers of Indonesia about what their role in society is. Further, taxation law that
[wanita-muslimah] Re: ATM Kondom, Perlukah? (resend)
saya, dengan kata lain saya sangat menghormati ibu angkat saya yang dari Barat tersebut. Mas Ayeye bisa mengambil kesimpulan sendiri tho ? :) Selamat melanjutkan diskusi. Salam Ber - Bhineka Tunggal Ika Universal - Berbeda budaya tapi tetap satu dalam humanity wassalam-salam sejahtera. ayeye1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mas Sutyioso, teori benturan budaya masih menjadi hal yang kontrovers, ada pakar yang mendukung teori itu, ada pula yang tidak. Contohnya, ada clash of civilitations dan ada clash of ignorance. Saya pribadi menghormati intelek pakar-pakar seperti Bernard Lewis, Samuel Huntington, dst., tetapi saya kurang mendukung teori itu, karena budaya ditampilkan terlalu homogen secara artifisial. Padahal model Samuel Huntington masih jauh lebih rumit dari Mas Sutyioso yang mereduksikan semua kebudayaan di dunia ini menjadi timur dan barat. Sampai Mas Sutyioso mencap pemikiran saya sebagai pemikiran barat, seolah-olah hanya ada barat dan timur :-) Lucu sekali. Padahal kemarin sebelum Mas Sutyioso tahu warna kulit saya, masih sempat membangga-banggakan relasi Mas Sutyioso dengan orang Barat yang sudah bertahun-tahun sama saya. Baiklah, saya menganggapnya sebagai komplimen yang kedua. Terima kasih :-) Sebagai tambahan, saya tidak mewakili budaya manapun, tetapi saya hanya coba mengemukakan bahwa budaya timur bukan hanya Islam dan budaya barat juga tidak layak direduksi atau disamakan dengan seks bebas atau kebebasan secara umum. Mungkin saya salah paham, tetapi itu yang saya lebih sering tangkap sebagai essensi dari diskusi ini. Salam, ayeye --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, SUTIYOSO WIJANARKO WIJANARKO [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yth. Mas Ayeye , Masalah benturan budaya timur dan barat itu kan bukan katanya sutiyoso :), itu kata seorang pakar yang sudah diakui kepakarannya secara internasional, nah menurut saya benturan budaya itu terjadi pada kasus ATM KONDOM ini. Dalam falsafah jawa ada pepatah begini mas, ambil ikannya tapi jangan keruh airnya, saya mengerti dan mencoba memahami latar belakang Mas Ayeye dengan pemikiran baratnya oleh karena itu saya ingin mencari solusi yang tepat dalam masalah ini tanpa saya harus menyakiti hati Mas Ayeye :) dalam diskusi ini, tapi juga jangan sampai saya mengorbankan keyakinan dan kepercayaan saya. Menarik sekali kata-kata Mas Ayeye bahwa diskusi ini untuk saling menjelaskan, meluruskan dan berbagi ilmu dan pengalaman, artinya saya harus berusaha menghormati pendapat Mas Ayeye, begitu sebaliknya Mas Ayeye juga berusaha untuk menghormati pendapat saya.. :) Karena kode etik diskusi sudah dicanangkan oleh Mas Ayeye, tentunya Sutiyoso harus berusaha menyambut dengan positif, aktif serta bertanggung jawab. salam berbagi ilmu. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Openness enriches Islam, scholar says
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20060120.C05irec=4 Openness enriches Islam, scholar says Hera Diani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A curious woman tried to take a closer look at the strange building in the American city of Dallas. She was initially barred from entering because of her casual clothing, including a pair of shorts. After considering the matter, however, the mosque's imam relented and allowed her in, saying anyone should be allowed to enter a house of God. The woman later converted to Islam. In relating the story Wednesday, Muslim scholar Machasin said that the woman's embracing of Islam was not the moral of the story; it was the virtues of openness to someone of a different religious background. The point is that we Muslims rarely open ourselves up to others and engage in dialog, he told participants of a three-day workshop here on pesantren, or Islamic boarding schools. But dialog is a means to better disseminating an understanding of Islam. The professor at Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University (UIN) in Yogyakarta was responding to a recent study conducted by the Jakarta-based International Center for Islam and Pluralism (ICIP). The study found that Islamic boarding schools in West Java were often centers for conservative and intolerant views of other faiths. The research showed there was no compromising on matters of religion among those surveyed and that most believed tolerance of other faiths should be limited. Both students and teachers generally supported the controversial edicts issued last year by the Indonesian Ulema Council, which banned all Islamic interpretations based on liberalism, secularism and pluralism, and declared Ahmadiyah -- whose followers recognize a prophet after the Prophet Muhammad -- a heretical faith. Machasin said most Muslims approached Islamic teachings based on the literal text, instead of trying to understand the concepts and context. It makes it really difficult for Muslims to accept new ideas, and so (they) become really intolerant. He said Islam had been influenced by a diverse range of cultural and social values during its long history, all of which had enriched the religion and supplied different perspectives. However, religious purists now sought to remove the influence of values perceived to come from outside Islam, rejecting multiculturalism and anything else considered Western. Historian and professor at the National University of Singapore, Merle Calvin Ricklefs, said that liberalism was the key to a reasonably successful multicultural society like Australia. The idea of liberalism actually aims at limiting government's interference in religious issues. Everyone must be as free as possible, and that freedom must be kept in accordance with people's needs in general, he said. Multiculturalism was based on liberalism, the recognition that we live in a world of many faiths and beliefs and many cultures, all of which should be respected, Ricklefs said. A multicultural policy is based on rights and obligations. People have to be loyal to the state, and they must acknowledge that everyone has the right to their own identity as long as it doesn't threaten social harmony. Education was also crucial, Ricklefs said, and subjects in schools should not be limited to religious teachings. Machasin said a resistance to new ideas was not beneficial because it dissuaded people from learning more about their faith. Religious boarding schools should see multiculturalism as an opportunity to disseminate Islamic values, instead of as a threat to these values, he said. Pesantren should focus on positive values of (multiculturalism), such as the virtues it encourages like modesty, independence, acceptance and so on. (Muslim leaders) must take more responsibility and leadership. The Koran never stated that all people should embrace the same religion. It only asked people to look for God's way. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
Re: [wanita-muslimah] ATM Kondom, Perlukah?
Baik Mbak / Mas Wida, Anda tidak emosi dan saya minta maaf telah menyampaikan kesimpulan keliru seperti itu. Saya sudah membaca diskusi selanjutnya antara Mbak / Mas Wida dengan Mas Donnie dan Mas Eko dan merasa pendapat saya sudah diwakili dengan baik, sehingga tanggapan saya bisa dipersingkat. Satu hal yang masih ingin saya singgung lagi, yaitu soal pengaruh kebudayaan luar. Sebab Anda mengasosiasikan Barat dengan seks bebas (dalam tanggapan-tanggapan yang lain) dan menganggap bahwa hanya segelintir orang Indonesia melakukan seks di luar nikah. Menurut pengalaman saya, itu pandangan yang keliru. Sebab perbedaan bukan dalam perilaku seksual, tetapi lebih dalam pengakuan terhadap seks di luar nikah. Di banyak negara Barat hubungan seks di luar nikah antara dua pasangan yang setia sudah diakui secara lebih luas (betul), kecuali oleh institusi keagamaan besar dan bagian para pengikutnya. Sedangkan hubungan seks yang berganti-ganti sekedar ditolerir. Tetapi kalau hubungan seks di luar nikah bagi yang terikat dalam pernikahan sudah kurang ditolerir secara sosial. Memang tergantung juga kita bergerak dalam kalangan sosial yang mana. Kalau Anda bergerak dalam lingkungan eksekutip atas, malahan norma sosial masih agak ketat. Rekreasi paling berkunjung ke teater, opera, dst. dan paling jam 22.00 sudah mesti di rumah. Melakukan yang di luar norma ketat berarti membunuh karir sendiri. Sedangkan di Indonesia, hubungan seks di luar nikah tidak diakui setidaknya dalam tingkat keagamaan, sosial dan politis. Tetapi perilaku seksual tidak jauh berbeda, cuma suka disembuyikan atau pakai jalan menghalal, karena sanksi sosial masih lebih berat pada umumnya. Saya bukan bilang semua masrakyat Indonesia begitu. Tidak. Begitupun juga dengan masrakyat di negara Barat. Mbak / Mas Wida tadi menyebut Indonesia sebagai negara yang termasuk paling korup, istilah di tingkat kedua. Apakah masrakyat Indonesia membenarkan korupsi? Tidak kan? Tetapi karena keberadaan korupsi sudah tidak dapat ditutupi lagi, akhirnya keberadaan korupsi bahkan diakui oleh pemerintah sendiri. Mbak / Mas Wida, saya bisa membayangkan betapa sulitnya dan dilematis mengakui keberadaan, apalagi mendukung sesuatu yang kelihatan mempermudah tindakan suatu hal yang dianggap bertentangan total dengan agama. Tetapi mengakui dalam konteks ini tidak sama dengan membenarkan. Jangankan kondom, pendidikan seks untuk remaja masih ditentang keras oleh berbagai kalangan. Alasannya, pendidikan seks bisa mengundang seks bebas. Itu semua lagu lama yang saya sudah pernah membaca di koran Indonesia hampir dua puluh tahun yang lalu. Namun biarbagaimanpun ini tidak akan menghapus realita di lapangan. Salam, ayeye --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Saya rasa saya tidak emosi bung Ayeye. Saya tidak menanggapi lagi thread ini (dan akhirnya kali ini saya terpaksa menjelaskan posisi saya) karena saya rasa saya sudah menjelaskan alasan penolakan saya atas subject ini. Jika anda mengharapkan data, saya mungkin tidak akan bisa memberikan data yang diminta karena pekerjaan saya tidak di situ. Atau saya tidak terlalu berminat menganalisa data-data itu. Tetapi bagi saya data-data itu bukanlah segalanya dalam analisa perilaku sosial. Tidak sebagaimana ilmu eksakta atau fisik. Para pengamat sosial yang mendasarkan analisanya dari data-data, kemudian ketika analisanya salah sering kali mengatakan ada kesalahan dari data-data yang dia pakai. Atau data-data yang dipakai belum menyeluruh. Atau ada parameter-parameter lain yang belum diperhatikan. Jadi sebelum para analis sosial itu berkata demikian, saya akan menutup pintu itu rapat-rapat dan tidak akan mentolerir kesalahan mereka dengan akibat meluasnya seks bebas di masayarakat Indonesia. Ini bukanlah sesuatu hal yang mudah untuk dipertaruhkan. Sebisa mungkin harus dicegah terjadinya. Tidak boleh berspekulasi. Saya katakan, sekali pintunya dibuka ia tidak akan pernah bisa ditutup lagi selamanya. Jadi, jangan buka pintunya. Sebagai seorang sarjana teknik, saya memang selalu berfikir Safety Factor dalam setiap analisis. Maka dalam hal ini saya menerapkan SF yang sangat besar. Saya tidak ingin ambil resiko. Sebelum ada suatu hal yang bisa membuat saya melihat bahwa pilihan ini tidak akan mengarah kepada seks bebas bagi masyarakat Indonesia. Oh ya... mungkin saya adalah seorang yang masih kolot memegang nilai-nilai agama atau adab ketimuran. Tetapi saya memang sangat tidak ingin melihat bangsa ini hancur akibat perzinaan yang meraja lela. Saya tidak akan membuka keran ke arah sana sama sekali. Bangsa ini sudah babak belur dengan citra negara terkorup no 2. Dan itu semua di alamatkan ke umat Islam yang mayoritas di negara ini. Lalu apa jadinya bangsa ini jika kemudian menjadi negara seks bebas no 2 juga di dunia? Tidak! Hal ini harus dicegah sekuat tenaga. Jadi, selama saya belum bisa melihat bahwa pilihan ini tidak akan mengarah kepada perilaku
[wanita-muslimah] Re: ATM Kondom, Perlukah?
Mas Sutyioso, teori benturan budaya masih menjadi hal yang kontrovers, ada pakar yang mendukung teori itu, ada pula yang tidak. Contohnya, ada clash of civilitations dan ada clash of ignorance. Saya pribadi menghormati intelek pakar-pakar seperti Bernard Lewis, Samuel Huntington, dst., tetapi saya kurang mendukung teori itu, karena budaya ditampilkan terlalu homogen secara artifisial. Padahal model Samuel Huntington masih jauh lebih rumit dari Mas Sutyioso yang mereduksikan semua kebudayaan di dunia ini menjadi timur dan barat. Sampai Mas Sutyioso mencap pemikiran saya sebagai pemikiran barat, seolah-olah hanya ada barat dan timur :-) Lucu sekali. Padahal kemarin sebelum Mas Sutyioso tahu warna kulit saya, masih sempat membangga-banggakan relasi Mas Sutyioso dengan orang Barat yang sudah bertahun-tahun sama saya. Baiklah, saya menganggapnya sebagai komplimen yang kedua. Terima kasih :-) Sebagai tambahan, saya tidak mewakili budaya manapun, tetapi saya hanya coba mengemukakan bahwa budaya timur bukan hanya Islam dan budaya barat juga tidak layak direduksi atau disamakan dengan seks bebas atau kebebasan secara umum. Mungkin saya salah paham, tetapi itu yang saya lebih sering tangkap sebagai essensi dari diskusi ini. Salam, ayeye --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, SUTIYOSO WIJANARKO WIJANARKO [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yth. Mas Ayeye , Masalah benturan budaya timur dan barat itu kan bukan katanya sutiyoso :), itu kata seorang pakar yang sudah diakui kepakarannya secara internasional, nah menurut saya benturan budaya itu terjadi pada kasus ATM KONDOM ini. Dalam falsafah jawa ada pepatah begini mas, ambil ikannya tapi jangan keruh airnya, saya mengerti dan mencoba memahami latar belakang Mas Ayeye dengan pemikiran baratnya oleh karena itu saya ingin mencari solusi yang tepat dalam masalah ini tanpa saya harus menyakiti hati Mas Ayeye :) dalam diskusi ini, tapi juga jangan sampai saya mengorbankan keyakinan dan kepercayaan saya. Menarik sekali kata-kata Mas Ayeye bahwa diskusi ini untuk saling menjelaskan, meluruskan dan berbagi ilmu dan pengalaman, artinya saya harus berusaha menghormati pendapat Mas Ayeye, begitu sebaliknya Mas Ayeye juga berusaha untuk menghormati pendapat saya.. :) Karena kode etik diskusi sudah dicanangkan oleh Mas Ayeye, tentunya Sutiyoso harus berusaha menyambut dengan positif, aktif serta bertanggung jawab. salam berbagi ilmu. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Re: ATM Kondom, Perlukah?
Bisakah Anda menjelaskan dengan lebih konkrit apa yang dianggap begitu berbeda antara masrakyat Thailand dan masrakyat Indonesia dalam nilai-nilai mengenai seks? Juga tentang Uganda. Terima kasih, khop khun khrap, suri sana :-) Salam, ayeye --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, kila4tb1roe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: deleted Thailand mungkin dianggap negara dengan seks bebas dan bukan muslim, tapi itu membuktikan bahwa kondom works, Uganda adalah salah satu negara dengan populasi muslim yang signifikan = Dalam hal seks, ada perbedaan antara masyrakat indonesia dengan masyrakat thailand secara umum nilai2 yang di anut mengenai seks juga berbeda jadi kita tidak bisa begitu saja berkaca pada thailand dan uganda. ada latar belakang budaya dan nilai norma2 yang di anut masyarakat kita berbeda... Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] More people aware that domestic violence against women illegal
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailcity.asp?fileid=20060106.G02irec=1 More people aware that domestic violence against women illegal Tantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In a face-saving society, most women would rather die than admit that their husbands beat them -- and many women have. However, thanks to the courageousness of TV drama stars Five Vy and Novia Ardhana, as well as popular presenter Dewi Hughes -- all of whom made headlines last year in connection with domestic violence -- more and more people are becoming aware that violence within the home, like all crimes, is punishable by law. These celebrity cases, widely reported by the media, have helped open people's eyes, the head of the Jakarta chapter of non-governmental organization Legal Aid Society for Women (LBH-APIK), Ratna Batara Munti, said on Thursday. She said that a year after the enactment of Law No. 23/2000 on the eradication of domestic violence, there were increased reports of abuse, particularly domestic violence, at her office. The increase, however, did not mean that there was increased violent activity, rather that more people were willing to report abuse, she said. The NGO said that 1,046 cases in Jakarta were reported throughout 2005 compared with only 817 cases the previous year, with domestic violence making up the biggest share at 314 cases. The increased number of domestic violence cases coming in through the LBH-APIK shows that women are becoming more aware that domestic violence is a crime and no longer something shameful to be hidden away, Ratna said. Further proof of this is the fact that more law enforcers are willing to take seriously and make reports about cases of domestic abuse, no longer considering them private matters between husband and wife. Law enforcers no longer refuse to write up a complaint report like they used to, nor do they try to dismiss the case unless it was the victim who decided to drop the charges, Ratna said. Despite this headway, however, a number of problems must be overcome before domestic violence against women can be totally eradicated. Many police officers still prefer to lay charges under the Criminal Code on abuse rather than the law on domestic violence, which allows, among other things, the victim's statement to confirm an act of crime, allows medical records to prove an act of crime, and names sexual violence in the home -- as opposed to sexual violence in the commercial sphere, such as the rape of sex workers or the trafficking of women -- as a crime. This, together with fears of stigma, contributes to the fact that of the 314 cases of domestic violence last year, only 19 cases were reported to the police, and only eight were tried using the Domestic Violence Law. There are concerns over who will take care of the family should the father be jailed, that the children will be teased because they have a father who is a criminal, as well as fears of retaliation when he gets out of jail, Ratna said. On the side of the victims themselves, many prefer to file for divorce as a solution to stop the violence rather than reporting the actor to the police. This goes to show the criminal court has yet to make victims feel secure about its proceedings, they prefer to take their case to the civil court instead, Ratna said. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM ~- Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ * 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/
[wanita-muslimah] Competition between liberal and conservative group
http://www.thejakartapost.com/yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20051230.O08 Competition between liberal and conservative group Opinion and Editorial - December 30, 2005 Ahmad Najib Burhani, Jakarta The year 2005 saw numerous disputes between conservative Muslims and liberal Muslims to change the face of Islam in Indonesia. A number of incidents that occurred this year were a manifestation of these disputes. To mention some incidents, there was the ban on the Laskar Cinta (Love Army) logo created by the Dhani Ahmad pop singing group; the trial of Yusman Roy, who prayed in Indonesian and Arabic, and the attack on the Mubarok campus -- belonging to the Indonesian Ahmadiyah Congregation (JAI) -- in Bogor in July by a swarm of brutes calling themselves Indonesian Muslim Solidarity (GUII). There are also controversies over 11 MUI (Indonesian Ulema Council) edicts issued on July 29, and the attempt to oust Liberal Islam Network (JIL) from the Utan Kayu complex in East Jakarta shortly after the fatwa was made public. The issues of liberal Islam, pluralism among religions and tolerance of secular ideas seems to have greatly preoccupied the minds of Muslim leaders, particularly those at MUI, and thereby neglecting terrorism as the most pressing issue in this country. There is a prevailing perception that liberal Islam, secularism, and pluralism are far more dangerous than terrorism. MUI has preoccupied itself more with issues like Ahmadiyah and interfaith marriages, than suicide bombings, which actually have a far more devastating impact society. They are more concerned with ritualistic issues such as interfaith joint prayers and female preachers instead of the immorality in society like corruption, which has already become so deeply ingrained that it is almost like a tradition in our society. They have paid little attention to the trial/investigation of former minister of religious affairs Said Agil Munawar, for his alleged involvement in a haj budget irregularities. MUI seems to be delighted by busying itself in attacking harmless groups such as JIL and JIMM (Muhammadiyah Young Intellectual Network), rather than decisively dealing with extremists. This shows the failure of religious leaders in listing priorities of problems within societies. Bizarrely, the MUI seems to have just opened its eyes to these realities after they were invited by Vice President Jusuf Kalla to watch the shocking video tape of the Indonesian Muslim suicide bombers. Previously, the clerics were reluctant to condemn their Muslims brothers who were deviating from the true teaching of Islam. It appeared that they were unwilling to call them the real enemy of Islam, and that their deeds should be religiously forbidden and cursed by society. Many Muslims leaders understand all to well the evil nature of terrorism, but they choose to be quiet in public, apparently afraid of being criticized as a mainstream Muslim. They have often shifted their moral duty to explain the truth to other similarly reluctant clerics at the expense of an increasingly misled society. Not me, please, they say as they excuse themselves from the responsibility. More bizarrely, MUI regards liberal Islam as threatening as terrorism. This can be seen in the banner in front of Istiqlal Mosque, which reads beware of liberalism and terrorism. In dealing with this terrorism issue, even the antiterror team, which was recently founded by the MUI and the ministry of religious affairs, is full of ambiguities. Ma'ruf Amin as the one who was appointed as the leader of this team is actually the chairman of the fatwa (edict) council within the MUI. The fatwa council is charged with enforcing and issuing the controversial 11 religious edicts. He has always been perceived as a fiqh- oriented religious scholar with conservative characteristics. Such conservative views are widespread within Indonesian society. This is the reason why extremism in unstoppable in this country. Moreover, radicalism seems to find a fertile ground in the country's religiosity. Other social and economic matters might have contributed to radicalism, however the potential for conflict was already ingrained in the way the society sees religion. From childhood, Muslim children here are trained to see the differences rather than the commonalities among people. Even my four-year-old daughter often says the Westerners on TV are kafir (infidels). When we were browsing around in a mall, my daughter asked about the Chinese couple walking in front of us, Daddy, are they Muslims? she whispered to my bewilderment. Such double-standard perceptions seem to have been deeply embedded in the psyche of Indonesian people: we go to heaven, they go to hell; we are right, they are wrong; we are beloved by God, they are a disgrace to God. In addition to the antiterror team's problem of ambiguity, the way this team tackles terrorism issues is also problematic. Ma'ruf Amin, the chairman of the team, and many other religious leaders
[wanita-muslimah] Feminism an alternative to women under patriarchy
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20051230.M04irec=9 Feminism an alternative to women under patriarchy Gadis Arivia, Jakarta Patriarchy is a reality in our world, so much so that many people cannot imagine any other way of organizing human life. Read any magazine, watch any sinetron (TV soap opera), talk to any bureaucrat, professional, intellectual, or religious group. None have a clue about values other than masculine values. Feminine values are always regarded as the other, values that have to be protected and done so in a single manner through domination. Gender is a major component of structured inequality. Members of the devalued gender have less power, prestige and economic rewards than those of the valued gender. In a country like Indonesia, and many other countries where gender discrimination is often encouraged, many major roles are often defined by gender. Women do most of the domestic work and child rearing, even when also engaged in full time paid work; women and men are segregated on the job, each assigned tasks considered appropriate for their gender. Women are usually paid less than men for work requiring equivalent skills. Men dominate the positions of authority and leadership in government, the military, the law, cultural productions and religions. Women are discriminated against in virtually all areas of life. Deep-rooted cultural beliefs render them more vulnerable to human rights abuses then men. For example, women do not enjoy equal rights to speech, participation, ownership, inheritance of land and housing. In Indonesia and many other cultures, women are excluded in economic, social and cultural rights. They are given less opportunity to work outside the home and they receive inadequate education. Indonesian women's rights are still not enforced and the government has not done enough for their women who comprise 51 percent of the total population. What are the obstacles that Indonesian women face today? Over the past decades, the Indonesian government has always promised to work hard to providing women with better access to education. A recent report proves there is no serious commitment. The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) data in 2003 tells us there are 15.6 million illiterate people, of whom 10.6 million are women, and the number of illiterate women is on the rise. There has been a sharp decline in youth illiteracy. School enrollment has risen, but at the elementary level boys outnumber girls by 51.58 percent to 48.32 percent (Indonesia Educational Statistics, 1999/2000). The gender gap in education is most pronounced in relatively poor provinces like Maluku, East Java, and Lampung, and surprisingly also in Jakarta. In higher education girls are falling even further behind. In times of economic distress, parents often take their daughters out of school first. This is because girls are expected to take over their mother's household duties when she takes up paid work outside the house. In some areas in Indonesia such as Pulau Buru, sexist traditions still play a major role in society. Practices such as kawin piara are common among the indigenous people, where daughters as young as eight years old are married to older men. Young girls basically are treated as a commodity. In the report of July 2001 published by the U.S. State Department's Economic and Social Commission for the Asia Pacific region, Indonesia was categorized as the worst sending country. Indonesia is described as having a large number of victims, whose government has not fully implemented minimum standards and has yet to undertake significant efforts to comply with standards for the prevention and handling of trafficking problems. However, there has been some progress. Indonesia was promoted to tier 2 in 2003, meaning the government has begun to make significant efforts and has created awareness of the issue. Tier 2 also involves drafting an antitrafficking law, strengthening law enforcement and setting up victim recovery centers. Despite these promising signs, two years have passed since the promotion to tier 2, but the trafficking law has not yet been ratified. Estimates of the number of trafficking victims vary since reliable statistics are unavailable. There are various reports such as those produced by the National Commission on Violence Against Women, which reported there were 320 trafficking cases annually in 2002 and 2003 in Batam, Riau Province. (National Commission interview with Tempo Newspaper, Jan. 20, 2004). Whereas the Global March Against Child Labor in 2002 reported that 1 million Indonesians were trafficked that year. The Ministry of Women's Empowerment of Indonesia claims that 20 percent of women migrant workers are victims of trafficking. The National Police have reported that the trafficking destinations, or receiving countries, are mainly Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Australia, Thailand, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Europe. The
