--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Muhammad Edo Siregar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: All, pls read,........
Wass, Bs [Pranawati, Kartika] Good for you to know guys! > Pengalaman menarik seorang Muslim Indonesia menjelaskan tentang Islam > dan kaitannya dengan tragedy 11 September kepada anak2 sekolah di USA. > Saya kutip dari milis MS-78. Kebayang suatu hari saya bisa menjelaskan > tentang Kristen dan tanya jawab didepan anak2 Al Azhar. > > Semoga bermanfaat untuk memperluas wawasan kita. > > Salam,BW > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 12:01 PM > Subject: [Mesin78] Talk about Islam to American Kids > > > > > Setelah kejadian September 11, banyak orang Amerika yang pingin tau > > tentang Islam, buku2 tentang Islam termasuk Al Qur'an habis terjual > > di New York, Boston juga di Amazon.com > > Berikut tulisan yang perlu untuk diketahui dan Alhamdulilah masa2 > > sulit buat orang Islam di USA sudah lewat, tapi masjid2 masih terus > > dijaga terutama pada saat2 Sholat. > > > > Kami sekeluarga dalam keadaan sehat dan aman2 saja. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 21:30:07 > > Subject: [is-lam] Talk about Islam to American Kids > > > > > > Assalamu'alaikum Wr.Wb. > > salam sejahtera, > > > > Siang tadi, pukul 12:45 -01.45, saya dan tiga orang dari > > Muslim Student Association [MSA], University of Maine diminta > > berbicara tentang Islam di hadapan anak-anak kelas 7-8, dan > > kelas 6. > > > > Sejak peristiwa Sept 11, MSA kebanjiran permintaan untuk > > mengisi satu jam mata pelajarang "Social Studies" di beberapa > > sekolah. Tahun lalu, beberapa High School meminta Asian Student > > Association > > bicara tentang South East Asia pada mata kuliah > > yang sama. Tahun lalu, saya bicara tentang Indonesia di > > beberapa HSs. > > > > Tahun ini agak beda dengan tahun lalu. Guru pengarah > > menekankan kepada kami --MSA-- agar dapat memberikan > > gambaran tentang Islam, kaitannya dengan Kristen, dan > > bagaimana Islam melihat kasus Sept 11. > > > > Karena murid yang hadir itu masih sangat kanak-kanak [kelas > > 6 SD, hingga 2 SMP] maka kami harus memilih metode yg pas > > agar mereka mudah memahaminya. Saya dan Reza [juga dari > > Indonesia] kebagian anak-anak sixth Graders. Kammal > > [Egytptian] dan Hussein [Lebanese] kebagian 7th+8th > > graders. > > > > Saya mulai dengan pertanyaan siapa yang mengenal "Adam > > and Eve". Hampir semua anak tunjuk jari. Pertanyaan > > selanjutnya, "siapa yang tahu di mana Adam and Eve berada?" > > Salah seorang siswa menjawab "In the garden of Eden". > > > > o Jesus > > > > "What happened to them?" tanya saya mengejar. > > "They ate the forbidden fruits," jawab salah seorang siswi. > > "What next?" > > "They were expelled from the Garden of Eden." > > "Why?" tanya saya. Tidak ada yang menjawab. Saya > > lanjutkan, "Because they disobeyed God." Anak-anak > > mengangguk-angguk mengiyakan. > > > > "Do you know where will we go after we die?" tanya saya > > selanjutnya. Salah seorang siswi mengacungkan tangan, > > "We're ganna go to the Heaven." > > > > "Are you sure?" tanya saya selanjutnya. "What make you > > think we will go to the Heaven?" > > > > Anak-anak itu looked puzzled. Ketika saya minta tunjuk > > jari untuk bicara, tak ada yang angkat tangan. > > > > "Yeah, we are sure that we're going to go to the Heaven > > -when die- because we are good people. Because we follow > > the teaching of God." > > > > Mendengar apa yang saya katakan, anak-anak itu pada menarik > > nafas lega. "Now, what is the teaching of God?" tanya saya. > > Anak-anak itu tengok kanan-tengok kiri. > > > > Saya pun melemparkan umpan. "Siapa yang mengenal Jesus." > > Hampir seluruh kelas [nearly 40 murids] mengacungkan jari. > > "Siapa yang rajin ke gereja?" tanya saya. Hanya beberapa > > yang mengacungkan tangan. Beberapa anak yang tak mengacungkan > > tangan berbisik "I used to". > > > > "Yang diajarkan Jesus itulah the teaching of God," kata saya. > > "If you want to go the the Heaven, as a Christian, you should > > study what Jesus teaches, understand them, dan follow them." > > > > Beberapa anak menggut-manggut, beberapa anak hanya nyengir > > kuda. Saya tak mengapa mereka meringis. Yang manggut-manggut > > itu anak-anak yang tadi tunjuk jari, ketika saya tanya siapa > > yang rajin ke gereja. > > > > o Moses > > > > Saya tanya siapa yang mengenal Moses, hanya beberapa orang yg > > angkat tangan. Tapi ketika saya tanya "The Ten Commandment", > > semua anak tunjuk jari. Saya naik, nanya siapa yang mengenal > > Abe [Abraham]. Hampir semuanya tunjuk jari. > > > > "Do you know that Abraham had two sons?" tanya saya. Anak > > -anak itu tidak ada yang tahu. Gurunya yang menjawab. "Yes, > > they were Isaac and Ishmael." > > > > Di papan tulis, saya buat chart, Abraham: Isaac + Ishmael. > > Dari Isaac saya turunkan: Moses + Jesus; dari Ishmael saya > > turunkan Muhammad. Pada Moses saya beri tanda "David Star", > > pada Jesus saya beri tanda "Cross", pada Muhammad saya > > beri tanda "Bulan Sabit." > > > > Dari situ saya mulai masuk informasi tentang Islam. Kepada > > kelas, saya tunjukkan hubungan antara Islam-Kristen-Jahudi. > > Saya tunjukkan kepada kelas, itulah serangkaian "the Teaching > > of God". God memberikan Torah kepada Moses, Gospel kepada > > Jesus, dan Qur'an kepada Muhammad. Teaching itu diturunkan > > untuk menuntun manusia supaya bisa kembali ke Heaven. > > > > "If you read Bible, any good teaching you find in it, you > > will also find it in the Koran," kata saya. "The only major > > differences between Christianity and Islam are that Christian > > see Jesus as the Savior, we -muslim- see him just as a Prophet. > > And we respect him. And that we -muslim- do not believe in > > the sin for newly born baby. All babies are born innocent, > > in Islam." > > > > Saya tidak menjelaskan bahwa Islam tak mengenal konsep > > Trinitas.Menurut saya, konsep itu terlalu komplek untuk > > diangkat buat anak-anak kelas 6 SD. > > > > Menurut saya, cukuplah buat mereka jika mereka tahu bahwa > > Islam dan Kristen-Jahudi itu berasal dari the same root. > > Dan, moral teaching yang didapati di Bible juga ada di > > al Qur'an. > > > > o Islam > > > > "If the Islamic teachings are just like the Christian > > teaching, then, why some muslim do bad thing, like the Sept > > 11 -supposed the people who did it were Mr. Laden and his > > gangs?" tanya saya selanjutnya. > > > > Memasuki daerah ini, anak-anak mulai rame. Mereka pada > > tunjuk jari ingin mengajukan pertanyaan. Tapi guru pengarahnya > > minta mereka bersabar, agas saya dapat selesaikan 'speech' > > yg akan selesai sekitar lima menit lagi. > > > > "The truth is I don't know why some people do bad things. > > What I could tell you, though... Islam forbids the killing > > of innocent people." > > > > "So, what happened last Sept 11 was totally wrong. There is > > no teaching in Islam to justify that action. And, I believe > > those who did it should be brought to justice." > > > > "I also ask you to remember this...please, make distinction > > between the guy who did bad things from the teahing of their > > religions. There are some bad guys out there, and they could > > be Moslems or Christians. There also some good guys out > > there which happen to be Moslems or Christians, like you > > and I." > > > > Itulah pengantar 'speech' yang saya sampaikan kurang > > lebih dalam dua belas menit. Waktu selanjutnya, adalah > > tanya jawab. > > > > Pertanyaannya buanyaaaaaak sekali. Baik tentang Indonesia, > > Islam, maupun September 11. Reza dan saya team up menjawab > > pertanyaan murid-murid dan guru pengarah. Gurunya ada empat > > orang. Saya tak bisa tulis semua pertanyaan itu, di bawah > > ini hanya saya sampaikan beberapa yang relevan dengan topik- > > nya "Islam and September 11." > > > > Pertanyaan: > > > > Q: "Why did they do the September 11?" tanya salah seorang > > siswi. > > A: "I don't really know. And, I don't want to make any > > judgement on this. Let's wait what the FBI find out." > > > > Q: "Do you know the guys who did it? You're moslem." > > A: "Yes I am a moslem. But, I don't know them. What I know > > about them is based on what the media told us." > > > > Q: "Does Sept 11. have a special meaning in Islam?" > > A: "Not that I know off. To tell you the truth, The Sept 11 > > is nothing to do with Islam." > > > > Q: "Do you pray before going to bed? and how?" > > A: "We pray when doing anything good, like eating, studying, > > taking a bath, helping friends, and going to bed. > > My prayer before going to bed is very simple, 'God, > > please take care everything while I am dead during my > > sleep. And, if you decide to take me tonight, please > > bring me to the Heaven.' > > Other than that, we have an obligatory prayer, which > > is done five times a day." > > > > Q: "Do the women in Islam have to wear veil?" tanya salah > > seorang siswi sambil memperagakan, pakaian wanita > > Arab yang hanya nampak matanya. > > A: "Veil is a must in Islam. There is verse in the Koran about > > that. But, you have to differentiate between culture and > > the teaching of Islam. The veil in Islam is like when you > > see a nun in the church. All body, except face and your > > palms, is covered." > > > > Q: "Are all Arab are moslems?" tanya seorang Guru. > > A: "Not all Arab are moslems. Some Arabs are Christians > > like Khalil Gibran, some are Jewish, or else. Likewise, > > not all moslems are Arab. Almost 905 of Indonesians > > are moslems, and there are about 210 M of Indonesians." > > > > Q: "Do you people of Indonesia also have holiday for Chiristmas > > and Easter?" > > A: "We do have those. We also have a holliday for other religious > > holidays, like for the Hindus, Budhists, and of course for > > the Islamic holidays." > > > > Q: "How did you react when you saw the Sept 11.?" tanya bu > > guru. > > A: "I was angry, sad, and terrified. My first thought was > > the world is no longer safe. If they could do it here, > > in the USA, they could do it anywhere else. I was > > angry at the guy who did the brutal action. I was > > sad for knowing there would be lots of life loss. > > Children lost their dads or moms, husband lost > > their wives, wives lost their love ones. We should > > take an action to prevent thing like this from heppening > > in the future." > > > > Q: "How does Islam see women. Are women alloed to > > work or to go to school?" tanya bu guru lain merefer > > to situasi di Afghanistan. > > A: "In Islam, women do not have to work. It's the responsibility > > of the husband to support the family. If the women happen > > to have a job, the money belong to her. The husband can > > not touch that money. It's up to the women to spend the > > money. However, if she decide to spend the money for > > the family, she will get the reward from God. > > > > I would like to make a point here. In the eye of religion, > > it's okay for the women do not work. But, if the husband > > do not go to work, it's considered a sinner. He do not > > fulfill his responsibility. So, women are not forbidden > > to work. > > > > Islam does not forbid women to get education. There > > in no teaching in the book...Koran.. or the tradition of > > the Prophet forbiding women from getting education. > > They don't have to work, yes, but to raise children, > > we need smart moms too." [audience tertawa..] > > > > I don't know what is the reason for women in > > Afghanistan were not allowed to work or go to > > school. I have read some information about that > > too in www.RAWA.org [saya menulis di papan]. > > I have also read the speech one of Thaliban > > leader in California last March. > > > > He said, in the beginning of Thaliban administration, > > women are indeed not allowed to work and go to > > school. The reason was the situation was too > > dangerous for women to go out, because every > > man had a gun, and tribal rivalry was still high. > > But, after Thaliban disarmed the people, now, > > women go to work, and girl are going to school. > > And Thaliban just open medical school in every > > province, most of the students are girl. > > [saya juga menambahkan, siswa laki-laki dan > > perempuan dipisahkan, demikian juga dengan > > pekerja laki-laki dan perempuan; It's just like > > in Iran]. > > > > Q: "Do all women in Indonesia wear veil?" tanya seorang siswi. > > A: "Not all of them." > > Q: "Why?" > > A: "I don't know. It's just like in Christianity, not all > > Christians follow the teaching of Jesus." > > > > Q: "You said that it's about 6 M of moslems are Americans." > > A: "Yes about that number. And four thousands of them are > > serving in the military. They become moslem right after they > > get contact with Islam either during or after the Gulf War, > > and when they were sent to Somalia." > > > > [itulah sebagian pertanyaan yang saya ingat baik di dalam > > kelas maupun di luar kelas setelah speech; kepada para Guru > > saya tinggalkan fotocopy tulisan: > > -Karen Armstrong "The True, Peaceful Face of Islam" [Time] > > -Ira Rifkin "One Nation, Under Islam" [Time] > > -Charless Kimball "Q&A: Islamic Fundamentalism" > > [Christian Science Monitor] > > > > Wassalam, > > =Usman Maine= > > "Lord opens > > our eyes to see what is beautiful, or > > our minds to know what is true, or > > our hearts to love what is good" > > > -------------------------- Milis Archive: http://messages.to/archives or http://messages.to/archives2 to unsubscribe, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - Seq. Number: 121 DIPONEGORO UNIVERSITY MailingList http://www.undip.ac.id
