The debate of relationship between religion and politic reappeared in Indonesia recently because sequence tragedies and cases such as corruption of import beef and supplying of holy Qur’an that happen to Islamic political parties and some secular parties.
Obviously, Islam in Prophet Era was a political power. Because of Islamic teaching the great civilization was reached through “the charter of Medina”. At that time every tribe, race and even religion lived in Medina harmoniously. This was because Islam as a political system was based on the thinking of Qur’an and lead by the ideal leader, Muhammad saw. As a result, “the charter of medina” and its golden history nowadays inspire many countries to adopt Islam as their political power to create the public order and of course the “glory of Islam” like Prophet Muhammad did.
However, Prophet Era and this era are absolutely different. No wonder if Islam succeeded to organize the civil society because it was lead by the holy one, the son of Abdullah. But nowadays, especially in Indonesia some political parties that use the symbol of Islam as their jargons are only pretext to persuade -if not deceive- society to elect them. Their pictures, billboards, taglines and campaigns are very Islamic as if they are the angel who sent by the God to help the human being. Furthermore, in term of political view religion has been created to spoil the society with the beautiful promises.
I personally think that Islam is a perfect rule to be constitution because Islam with its holy book regulates everything to do; Islam builds the ideal politic to run. But “Islam” is the worst system ever when it is used to be a pretext to get domination and then use it as the mask to do corruption, collusion. nepotism, despotism, and suppression. In this case, public distrust increases over and over because the society is disappointed with the beautiful promises that never come true. In other word, “legitimation crisis” fall on Islamic political parties.
In conclusion, I agree that with “true Islam” the second Medina will appear in Indonesia, but as long as Islam is only a symbol and deviance actions always happen there is no Medina for Indonesia but hell is.
Obviously, Islam in Prophet Era was a political power. Because of Islamic teaching the great civilization was reached through “the charter of Medina”. At that time every tribe, race and even religion lived in Medina harmoniously. This was because Islam as a political system was based on the thinking of Qur’an and lead by the ideal leader, Muhammad saw. As a result, “the charter of medina” and its golden history nowadays inspire many countries to adopt Islam as their political power to create the public order and of course the “glory of Islam” like Prophet Muhammad did.
However, Prophet Era and this era are absolutely different. No wonder if Islam succeeded to organize the civil society because it was lead by the holy one, the son of Abdullah. But nowadays, especially in Indonesia some political parties that use the symbol of Islam as their jargons are only pretext to persuade -if not deceive- society to elect them. Their pictures, billboards, taglines and campaigns are very Islamic as if they are the angel who sent by the God to help the human being. Furthermore, in term of political view religion has been created to spoil the society with the beautiful promises.
I personally think that Islam is a perfect rule to be constitution because Islam with its holy book regulates everything to do; Islam builds the ideal politic to run. But “Islam” is the worst system ever when it is used to be a pretext to get domination and then use it as the mask to do corruption, collusion. nepotism, despotism, and suppression. In this case, public distrust increases over and over because the society is disappointed with the beautiful promises that never come true. In other word, “legitimation crisis” fall on Islamic political parties.
In conclusion, I agree that with “true Islam” the second Medina will appear in Indonesia, but as long as Islam is only a symbol and deviance actions always happen there is no Medina for Indonesia but hell is.
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