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Obscure Indonesian Group Claims Borobudur Temple for Islam
Nurfika Osman | September 02, 2010
Jakarta. Could the internationally famous ninth-century Borobudur Temple in
Central Java, which features hundreds of Buddha statues, in fact be Islamic?
An obscure group called the Islam and Ancient History Study Institution thinks
so, and is reportedly set to petition the Constitutional Court to declare that
the famous temple belongs to Islam. Other academics, however, dismiss the
claim.
Kompasiana.com, a news portal, reported that researchers led by Fahmi Basya, a
lecturer of Islamic mathematics from Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic
University in Jakarta, claimed they had solid proof that the temple was built
by the Prophet Solomon's "genie soldiers."
Solomon, who according to the Hebrew Bible was a king of Israel, is known as
the Prophet Sulayman in the Koran.
According to the article, the researchers had connected Borobudur with the
Kraton Ratu Boko (Queen Boko's Palace) near the Hindu temple Prambanan, close
to the city of Yogyakarta, claiming that Boko was actually another name for
Sulayman's wife, Queen Balqis (Queen of Sheba).
The researchers, according to the news portal, said supporting evidence
included new Islamic mathematical measurements created by Fahmi, which were
known only to him.
Another method used by the researchers to connect Borobudur to Islam was by the
association of names. The origins of the name Sleman, a town and district in
Yogyakarta, they said, came from Sulayman, while "Java" came from the word
"Jews."
Fahmi, who could not be reached for comment, intends to put forward his
arguments as the basis for his request that the Constitutional Court declare
the World Heritage Site the rightful property of Muslims and revise history
books and literature on the subject.
But JJ Rijal, a historian, told the Jakarta Globe that Fahmi's claims could be
categorized as "ideological history."
He also said Sulayman was not the only prophet connected to Java. "When Islam
was first introduced to Java, a tradition was born," Rijal said.
"All prophets were linked to Java. Royal families' genealogical trees would
show that their ancestors were the Prophet Adam, even the Prophet Muhammad and
now, Sulayman."
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Indonesian Academic Claims Borobudur Temple Is Islamic
Jakarta Globe | September 02, 2010
Buddhist monks pray at Borobudur Temple in Central Java. A group of Indonesian
researchers claim that the temple was built by Solomon, as Islamic prophet.
(Antara Photo/Anis Efizudin)
Jakarta. An obscure group led by an academic from a respected Islamic
university in Indonesia is reportedly set to petition the Constitutional Court
to declare that the Borobudur Temple in Central Java belongs to Islam.
Kompasiana.com reported that researchers from the Islam and Ancient History
Study Institution, led by Fahmi Basya, an Islamic mathematics lecturer from
Syarif Hidayatullah Islamic State University in Jakarta, claimed they had solid
proof the Buddhist temple was built by the Prophet Solomon's "genie soldiers."
Solomon, who according to the Hebrew Bible was a king of Israel, is known as
the prophet Sulayman in the Koran.
According to the article, the researchers had connected Borobudur with the
Kraton Ratu Boko (Queen Boko's Palace) near the Hindu temple Prambanan in
Central Java, claiming that Boko was actually another name for Queen Balqis,
the wife of Sulayman.
The researchers, according to the news portal, said supporting evidence
included new Islamic mathematical measurements created by Fahmi, which were
known only to him.
Another method used by the researchers to connect Borobudur to Islam was by the
association of names.
The origins of the name Slemen, a town in Yogyakarta, they said, came from
Sulayman, while 'Java' came from the word 'Jews.'
Fahmi also claimed that Sulayman was the only prophet whose name contained the
syllable 'Su' and therefore the country in which he resided was later led by
his descendants with names containing the same syllable, namely Sukarno,
Suharto and Susilo.
Fahmi, who could not be reached for comment, intends to put forward his
arguments as the basis for his claims that the Constitutional Court declare the
World Heritage Site the rightful property of Muslims and revise history books
and literature on the subject.
Historian JJ Rijal told the Jakarta Globe that Fahmi's claims could be
categorized as "ideological history."
"Ideological history takes many forms. For example, in Indonesia, researchers
who follow the ideology believe that Islam is the blood, the locomotive to all
great events in the country," Rijal said.
He said Sulayman was not the only prophet connected to Java.
"When Islam was first introduced to Java, a tradition was born. All prophets
were linked to Java. Royal families's genealogical trees would show that their
ancestors were the Prophet Adam, even the Prophet Muhammad and now, Sulayman,"
Rijal said.
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