I attended a seminar
organized by "Institut Kefahaman Islam Malaysia" (IKIM) on
"Memposisi Islam Dalam Demokrasi Moden" (Positioning Islam in the
Framework of Modern Democratic). This two-day seminar (3rd to 4th Sept) held at
IKIM Hall was officiated by YA Bhg Tun Abdullah Bin Haji Ahmad Badawi who was
the Chairman of IKIM. I was the only non-Muslim participant among the 70
participants. The presenters were professors from the local universities and
various Islamic organizations. I felt so isolated but the sessions were very
enlightening and challenging for me.
Many issues were
brought up in the seminar "Positioning Islam in the Framework of Modern
Democratic." My comment was: Down the centuries we have come a cross a lot
of ideologies and systems came and went such as absolute monarchic, autocratic,
capitalism, communism, theocratic, democratic, liberalism, etc but they have
failed to establish or take root in the particular country or
society. They are only remained as theories, philosophies and concepts.
The nations and societies could not accept totally because of some weaknesses
in them and furthermore the individual authorities benefitting from them.
Presently, we are also
very worried with the western culture (kebudayaan kuning) influences and the
misused of the IT knowledge in this age. What is important or what is lacking
in the society presently? Every nation and society need to be grounded with
spirituality (kehidupan rohani), moral values, cultures and education system to
build one nation, one land and one people of God. Our country can become a very
good example to the world.
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