From: "Joshua Latupatti" joshualatupatti@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 10:12:40 +0000
PATHETIC DIN SYAMSUDDIN
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What is Din Syamsuddin? Is he rally a religious leader as it may sound? Or he is just
a wicked politician in a religious robe? He is the Secretary General of MUI. What is
MUI? A top-hierarchy religious council? Of course, the Ayinomoto Company would not
agree with that. So, lets find out what they really are. Take the above title as an
assumption for a start.
THE STRAITS TIMES; Thursday, January 10, 2002
CRACKDOWN ON MILITANTS IN SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA
Jakarta's top Islamic council does a U-turn... By Derwin Pereira ; INDONESIA
CORRESPONDENT
JAKARTA - Indonesia's top Islamic body, playing to the media gallery and split by
internal political bickering, is vacillating between support and opposition to the recent
arrests of Muslim militants in Singapore and Malaysia.
JOSHUA:
You would never know, when it's red and when it's white. This is a biggest chameleon
you'll ever see in your life. It would not hesitate to enunciate different interpretation of
the same word of Allah, according to the what it's aiming for, so it shouldn't be a
surprise that it can play with its own statement. That's MUI.
THE STRAITS TIMES; Thursday, January 10, 2002
In comments to the local media on Monday, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI)
slammed the detention of the militants, saying it was part of a United States-led
conspiracy against Islam, and urged Jakarta not to follow suit.
JOSHUA:
When chasing down the 'father of international terrorism'. Osama bin Laden, this MUI
claimed that President Bush's intention was to destroy Islam using an excuse he
could not prove. When the armed rioters, "laskar jihad" was scattered by the
Combined Battalion in Maluku, MUI declared a false statement saying that this
battalion had instructed to destroy Moslems in Maluku. This MUI will always bring all
the terrorists' criminal acts into the blanket of Islam so they would not be brought to
justice. As it has never been able to do anything good for humanity, MUI will judge
any action against terrorism and any uncivilized activities to be performed under the
pressure of anybody or anything that hates Islam.
THE STRAITS TIMES; Thursday, January 10, 2002
But in an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation a day later, MUI
secretary-general Din Syamsuddin appeared to take a more moderate line. He said:
'It's up to the Singapore and Malaysian governments to take any measures based on
the existing laws if they have hard evidence about the involvement of Indonesian
citizens.
JOSHUA:
This is a well known characteristic of pathetic Din Syamsuddin. He would appear
contradictory in different time and different situation. He would always say , 'if they
have hard evidence' to obscure his own statement that allow him to propose a different
meaning afterward, if he needs to. He is so keen in asking for an evident, but never
make an effort to prove otherwise. We would see more of him later on.
THE STRAITS TIMES; Thursday, January 10, 2002
'I think it's the right of the Malaysian and Singaporean governments to take any
measures.' Political observers said that he was obviously singing a different tune to
the Western media, partly because of pressure being applied by several MUI
members who thought he was 'too vocal' after the announcement of the arrests.
JOSHUA:
Do not forget that Din Syamsuddin's main intention is to protect the local terrorists
such as "laskar jihad". He has to stimulate local Moslems' thoughts so he can get all
the supports he needs to retain the existence of "laskar jihad". The Government of
Indonesia would be reluctant to take any action against the civilian militia, wondering
how local Moslems may react. Meanwhile, he has to accommodate world's attitude
concerning the terrorism so MUI won't lose it's face before the international
community.
THE STRAITS TIMES; Thursday, January 10, 2002
When contacted by The Straits Times yesterday, Mr Din said that his interview with
the BBC was 'very short', making it hard for him to elaborate in detail the simmering
unhappiness in Jakarta over the recent arrests in Singapore and Malaysia.
JOSHUA:
This is just a cheap excuse from someone like Din Syamsuddin. He makes a
statement and put it in Moslems' mouths. He claims that he is representing Moslems'
feelings, but he is not. He used the term "simmering unhappiness in Jakarta" where
there should be "embarrassments and concerns in Jakarta".
THE STRAITS TIMES; Thursday, January 10, 2002
Explaining what these sentiments were, which he said he had reflected to the local
press, Mr Din said: 'Singapore and Malaysia can do what they want. But they must
be careful because they are dealing with religion.
JOSHUA:
As was said before, this pathetic person would always pull everything underneath the
'blanket of Islam'. Singapore and Malaysia were actually dealing with some 'religious
fanatics' or 'religious extremists', and were not acting against any 'religion' as this
impostor had alleged. He was just trying to provoke people with his deceitful
statements. Here comes another one.
THE STRAITS TIMES; Thursday, January 10, 2002
'It is a sensitive issue and people here can be hurt. I am wondering whether Singapore
and Malaysia acted on their own accord or were influenced by the great powers (the
US and the West). 'They have to be careful not to be used or influenced by the great
powers because they are trying to make Islam the enemy.'
JOSHUA:
Even if the arrest was made by an Islamic State like Pakistan or Iran, Din
Syamsuddin would deliberately touch the terms 'US or Western' to mislead Moslems.
He would spontaneously accuse any country opposing terrorisms as the enemy of
Islam. Moslems who have been contaminated by Din Syamsuddin's provocations
would fail to see that he actually humiliated Islam as unqualified religion to produce
anything good for humanity and civilization.
THE STRAITS TIMES; Thursday, January 10, 2002
MUI insiders said that Mr Din had taken a more 'conciliatory tone' with the BBC and
other foreign media after being advised by MUI members that his comments could
undermine bilateral ties with a friendly neighbouring country. 'MUI's main task is to
explain the fundamentals of Islam, not to be dragged into political issues like this,'
said one MUI leader. 'So we told Din to be careful in his comments and not to be seen
as interfering in Singapore's internal affairs.'
JOSHUA:
Din Syamsuddin and MUI are indistinguishable. Din Syamsuddin warned Malaysia
and Singapore not to act under the pressure of the US or Western Countries, while he
would have to be careful due to the pressure of 'bilateral ties with neighboring
countries'. Why could MUI and Din Syamsuddin not conduct themselves in
accordance with the universal truth that they had frequently claimed as what Islam is
all about?
THE STRAITS TIMES; Thursday, January 10, 2002
Analysts said that MUI's stand on the matter appeared to have little effect on the
general thinking - which continues to be largely negative - among the Muslim
community. Made up of members from two of the largest Muslim organisations in
Indonesia-the Nadhlatul Ulama and Muham-madiyah - MUI has very little clout in the
country despite being on top of the hierarchy.
JOSHUA:
It would have to be admited that the above analysis is not entirely true. MUI had
caused the collapsing of Christians and Moslems brotherhood tradition in Maluku
using its ridiculous 'fatwa' (religious decree). It is more than able to rouse an unrest
and put some pressure on the Government. MUI had often interfered with the state
affairs and influenced many of government's political decisions. Be aware of what MUI
can do.
SOURCE: REPUBLIKA; DATE: 2002-01-11
Kelompok Radikal Ada di Setiap Agama
JAKARTA -- Radikalis atau militan tak identik dengan teroris. Sekretaris Umum MUI
Pusat, Prof Dr Din Syamsuddin, mengatakan di setiap agama selalu ada kelompok
radikal ataupun militan di sepanjang sejarah dan di banyak negara, termasuk di
negara-negara Barat.
JOSHUA:
What this barbaric concept of Din Syamsuddin is plainly saying is that "if you can rob
somebody, why can't we?" In other words, Din Sayamsuddin has all the rights to be a
liar because someone is a liar". Of course there is obvious different between
radicalism and terrorism. Any religious group can be radical without being terrorists.
Once their radicalism brings terror among people, then they would automatically be
called terrorists. What a brainless statement of Din Syamsuddin. No one can deny
that never in the history had any of non-Islamic religious radicals performed such a
massive civilians massacre at the WTC twin-tower.
SOURCE: REPUBLIKA; DATE: 2002-01-11
Din menilai di Indonesia tak ada kelompok seperti yang dituduhkan mantan dubes AS
untuk Indonesia tersebut. Apa yang dilakukan umat Islam di Poso dan Maluku,
katanya, hanya merupakan reaksi spontan atas ketidakadilan di dua wilayah itu.
JOSHUA:
If a liar like Din Syamsuddin can claim that the incidents at WTC and Pentagon was a
punishment of Allah for the arrogance and political and economical supremacy of the
US, using Osama bin Laden's filthy hands, then he can do the same to justify the
illegal and barbaric acts of "laskar jihad" in Poso and Maluku. He stated here that
these barbaric actions were spontaneous reactions of the local upon unfairness on
these regions. Watch his next statement.
SOURCE: REPUBLIKA; DATE: 2002-01-11
Seperti diketahui, di dua wilayah itu umat Islam menjadi pihak yang diserang dan
dibantai oleh kelompok Kristen. Aparat keamanan sama sekali tak bereaksi. Bahkan
di Maluku, akibat serbuan itu, terjadi eksodus besar-besaran ke wilayah lain
meninggalkan tanah tumpah darahnya. Penyer-buan itu terjadi justru saat umat Islam
sedang merayakan hari raya Idul Fitri.
JOSHUA:
Here, he emphasizes that the very same barbaric actions taken by local Moslems
because they were first attacked and slaughtered by the local Christians. The
injustice he had mentioned earlier is now elaborated as no reaction from the local
security forces to protect Moslems. This resulted in a massive exodus of local
Moslems from their indigenous land. He had simply twisted some facts that he can
never prove. First, the riot started with two giant pillars of smoke raising up from two
different Christians' areas of Mardika and Silale in the afternoon of January 19, 1999.
Din Syamsuddin can never prove otherwise. Christians' eminent first reaction was
directed toward the "deliberately unguarded Moslems area of Pasar Gambus",
believed to be 'a special bait' of Al Fatah Center and MUI - Maluku to rouse anger of
Moslems all over the country, in the early morning of January 20, 1999. This resulted
in a massive exodus of Moslems from South and South-East Sulawesi, known as
BBM (Buton, Bugis, Makassar), where Ambon or Maluku is NOT their indigenous
land. Several days after the riot broke out, a 'revenging troop' of the Army Strategic
Unit (Kostrad) from Makasar was sent to Ambon. This troop was led by an ambonese
Moslem Major General, Suaidi Marasabessy, to settle the scores by shooting
Christians in a Church, looting and robbing the main business area owned mostly by
Chinese who are generally Christians, and so on. Ask Din Syamsuddin if he can prove
otherwise.
SOURCE: REPUBLIKA; DATE: 2002-01-11
Setelah jatuh ribuan korban tewas dengan cara mengerikan -- dibakar dan dicincang --
umat Islam mulai menyusun barisan untuk membela diri. Umat Islam mulai merebut
kembali wilayah-wilayah yang diserobot umat Kristen. Pada saat itulah mereka
mengirim surat ke PBB dan ke negara-negara serta gereja-gereja di Eropa dan
Amerika. Hal serupa juga terjadi di Poso. Kini, di dua wilayah itu sudah mulai muncul
perdamaian.
JOSHUA:
The mental power of Din Syamsuddin seems be too low to figure out what a simple
fact that 'Moslem lost a greater number of lives while Christian lost a larger number of
villages and properties' may reveal. "Most of the raids were carried out by Moslems on
Christians and not vice versa". He claims that Moslems had to strike in order to regain
their villages and properties back from Christians. To figure out his lie, anybody may
want to take a look at the Provincial records of the casualties and find out that never
had any of Moslem villages taken by Christians. What appears to be Moslem villages
on the records were in fact "Christian villages' cultural territories occupied by
Moslems." Anyone can take Buru Island, Central Maluku as an example of what
"laskar jihad" was doing in Maluku. There are only a couple out of more than twenty
Christian villages that have not yet been destroyed. He touched another issue of the
letters sent by Christians to the UN and some Churches in the US and Europe so that
local Moslems would not give a second thought to his manipulated stories, due to the
terms 'US and Europe' (Western). He would support the allegations from some radical
Moslems that the UN is under the control of Western Countries and thus had become
a Christian-UN. Any effort from the UN to help the Government in finding a solution to
end the conflict would be regarded by Moslems as an offensive move against Islam.
Din Syamsuddin and MUI can surely lead decent Moslems astray.
SOURCE: REPUBLIKA; DATE: 2002-01-11
Din mengatakan informasi yang masuk ke Eropa dan Amerika adalah akibat
dramatisasi media asing yang memang sengaja ingin merusak citra Islam Indonesia.
Ia mengimbau agar umat Islam Indonesia tidak terpengaruh oleh pernyataan
Wolfowitz tersebut yang sedang berupaya melaku-kan skenario sepihak dalam
menguasai dunia. Tapi, katanya, "AS tak mampu mengemukakan bukti kuat dengan
standar internasional. Hanya bukti-bukti sepihak."
JOSHUA:
He said that Americans and Europeans have received dramatized information
purposely distributed by Western medias to destroy the image of Islam. But he fails
to give any related evidence. He accused the Deputy of the US Minister of Defense,
Wolfowitz, of running a scenario to control the world and asked Moslems no to be
manipulated by that. Again, there is no specific evidences he could present to support
his accusation. Lacking of evidences himself, Din Syamsuddin asserts that the US
would never be able to produce any international level of evidence regarding the local
terrorists in Indonesia and its connection to the international one. Is he just playing
stupid or is he really stupid? A terrorist is a person who caused sensation of horror
among a community. A terrorist is a person who terrorizes people. Is the results of
the attacks, the robberies, the rapes, the forced - circumcisions, the killings, and the
annihilations of villages by "laskar jihad", not yet sufficient to bring a sense of terror?
The bombing of Atrium Plaza and St. Anne Church had revealed the connection
between "laskar jihad" and international terrorism organizations. Many Afghans were
all over Maluku, North Maluku and Poso. Some casualties in Ambon were recorded to
hold Pakistan nationality. What would be the followers like if the leader appears to be
so dishonest and dumb?
SOURCE: REPUBLIKA; DATE: 2002-01-11
Lebih lanjut, Din mengatakan bahwa umat Islam Indonesia menolak segala bentuk
terorisme, termasuk teror sebuah negara terhadap negara lain atau kontra terorisme
yang mengambil bentuk terorisme baru.
JOSHUA:
If Indonesian Moslems reject any kind of terrorism, then what is "laskar jihad", "laskar
Mujahidin", etc., who claim to be the true Moslems and defender of true Islam? He
said that he would not support any contra-terrorism activities that create a new terror
to other country. That may be the case, if Afghanistan people did not come out to the
streets and celebrate the fall of the Taliban regime. If the US puts some anti-terrorism
pressure on Indonesian Government, why did Din Syamsuddin and MUI have to be so
offended, if there is no such movement in the country, as they have often assert?
They act like an Arabian man who place his point finger in front of your nose saying, ' I
never steal in my whole life', while you can see that it's the only finger he has on his
right hand. Di Syamsuddin and MUI are two among several protectors of terrorists
dressed in a white robe of Islam.
Din Syamsuddin had humiliated Islam and deceived many decent Moslems with his
dishonesty and his foolishness that appear in the manipulated accounts and
ridiculous arguments of his. He is so pathetic.
Greetings,
JL.
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