Prof. DR. Komaruddin Hidayat:
  
Iran dan Syiah Memiliki Kontribusi
Besar dalam Peradaban Islam
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Menurut Kantor Berita ABNA, Prof. DR. Komaruddin Hidayat pemikir dan cendekiawan muslim Indonesia yang juga menjabat sebagai Rektor UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta sejak tahun 2006 dalam wawancaranya dengan wartawan the Jakarta Post menegaskan, "Siapa saja yang tidak mengakui keberadaan Syiah pada hakikatnya tidak memiliki pengenalan sedikitpun dengan sejarah Islam. Karena tidak satupun ulama Sunni yang mengingkari peran dan kontribusi besar Iran dalam peradaban Islam."KH. Said Aqil Siraj Ketua Umum PB Nahdatul Ulama menyatakan hal serupa dengan menyebutkan Syiah tidak bisa dipisahkan dari dunia Islam, Sunni dan Syiah menurutnya dua mazhab besar dalam Islam dan bersaudara sudah selayaknya saling berangkulan bukan bermusuhan, "Sesuai dengan pengajaran Nabi, perbedaan yang terdapat dalam tubuh umat Islam tidak layak dijadikan alasan untuk saling bermusuhan."
Sementara itu Prof. DR. Nasaruddin Umar, MA wakil Menteri Agama RI menyatakan ketidaksepakatannya atas permintaan sejumlah kelompok umat Islam yang meminta Syiah menjadi mazhab yang haram dan terlarang di Indonesia. Dalam sambutannya pada penyelenggaran Seminar “The Role and Contribution of Iranian to Islamic Civilization” awal Maret lalu mengakui peran dan kontribusi Iran dalam peradaban Islam, terutama pasca revolusi Iran tahun 1979, merupakan suatu kenyataan yang dicatat dalam sejarah, seperti aspek keagamaan, budaya, pembaharuan pemikiran, ilmu pengetahuan, dan teknologi. “Pembaharuan pemikiran Islam yang dialami Iran menarik kajian berbagai kalangan, terutama para intelektual dan generasi muda, melalui penerjemahan buku-buku yang ditulis oleh para ulama dan cendekiawan muslim Iran sampai hari ini" tegasnya.
Menurut pengakuannya, sebagai paham keagamaan, Sunni dan Syi’i memang terdapat perbedaan di samping persamaan. "Namun untuk membangun hubungan yang harmonis dan kerukunan bersama, sepatutnya persamaan terus dikembangkan dan diperkuat, sementara perbedaan harus terus diminimalisasi dengan semangat ukhuwah Islamiyah” pesannya.
“Apa yang disebut dengan “Risalah Amman” (The Amman Massage) tanggal 9 November 2004 yang ditandatangani oleh ratusan ulama sedunia, agar dijadikan acuan hidup Sunni-Syi’i”, tegas beliau lebih lanjut.
Govt to keep an eye on alleged anti-Shia
movements
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(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Nasaruddin said that outlawing the Shia sect would be “a very serious problem”, arguing that even conservative Muslim countries such as Saudi Arabia have never banned the denomination.
“We must also be very careful with this issue, because it may disturb our relations with countries like Iran, which has many citizens who follow the Shia teachings,” he said in response to anti-Shiite sentiments in West Java and East Java.
In East Java, several Sunni clerics in Madura and other areas in the province have asked the local administration to issue a regulation limiting the spread of Shia Islam, arguing that the sect matched the criteria for heresy issued by the Indonesian Ulema Council in 2007.
Last December, hundreds of people burned four houses, a prayer house and other facilities at a boarding school run by Tajul Muluk, a Shiite leader. Tajul is standing trial on blasphemy charges.
In West Java, Sunni clerics have warned people to avoid the spread of Shia Islam in the area.
Nasaruddin, a lecturer of Koran interpretation, said that while all citizens were free to propose regulations for local administrations, bylaws should not oppose the Constitution.
Contacted separately, Muslim scholar Komaruddin Hidayat said that Shiite followers have always been a part of the history of Islam, citing that people debating their existence “had never studied history”.
“Shia followers in the past contributed a lot to Islam, in terms of knowledge. Therefore, Sunni ulema, particularly in Saudi Arabia, have never debated their existence," he said.
He urged the government to protect Shia followers from any attack, saying that the government must preserve inter-faith harmony by avoiding bylaws that could destroy the nation’s unity.
Meanwhile, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) executive board chairman Said Aqil Siradj said that while Shiite teachings differed from mainstream Islam in Indonesia, the NU has never asked the government to ban Shia followers.
“The Prophet Muhammad has told us that we must not fight each other regardless of our differences,” he told the Post.
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(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The two pilgrims were the last of the 11 pilgrims who were kidnapped near the Syrian city of Hama by unidentified gunmen affiliated to the terrorist Syrian Free Army.
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“It was clear that we were pilgrims, but they took us and we suffered a lot of psychological pain. The things they told us, the place we were [kept] and the food we ate were all horrible,” he said.
The two Iranian pilgrims were released in Turkey’s border province of Hatay and were handed over to Islamic Republic officials on April 23. Sixteen Iranian pilgrims, who were kidnapped in Syria, had been earlier released in two separate phases.
Syria has been the scene of unrest since mid-March, 2011, with demonstrations being held both against and in support of President Bashar al-Assad's government. The West and the Syrian opposition accuse the government of killing the protesters. But Damascus blames ''outlaws, saboteurs and armed terrorist groups'' for the unrest, insisting that it is being orchestrated from abroad.
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