Reorientation of Da’wah and Evangelism
By Abd Moqsith Ghazali
I think that the tension between interfaith communities in Indonesia will reduce if the liberating verses were becoming priority within the substance of any missionary endeavors in Indonesia. Since the muballigh (Muslim preacher) and the evangelist will no longer focus on the accumulation of their respective religion’s membership, but on the collaboration to advocate and liberate the oppressed society. On the contrary, if the paradigm shift does not happen within the Islamic and Christian missionary endeavor, the turmoil which involves both religious disciples will be hard to end.
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Why do Christian get better position in Indonesia than Islam get in majority Christian country? I think Islam in Indonesia, Iran, and other Arab countries have given Christian brother more than they need. The tension between interfaith communities in Indonesia looks like a dynamic of dialogs and of course some mistrustful. But for Christianity, they have a good lessons how to make their religion works, because other Christian countries almost let their religion as a history. ( Sorry about my bad english)
I have never seen and read the valid information from any reputable sources regarding the correctness of a statement that “Christian get better position in Indonesia than Islam get in majority Christian country”.
Please supply us with reliable details of information about the mentioned statement, if you have any.
As far as I know, there are only quite a few million Indonesian Christian citizens representing less than 5% of the total Indonesian population, and most of the Indonesian government officers are non-Christian.
As we all know, more than 80% of the population of our country is muslim. Our muslim brothers and sisters occupy most of the seats of the government
offices of Indonesia.
The statement of “Islam in Indonesia, Iran, and Arab countries have given Christian brother more than they need”, therefore, should need further proof. If there is no proof, then it becomes only a “paranoia imagination”.
In Indonesia, mostly Christians work in private sectors. They are able to work there, simply because they are capable of doing their duties. They have got the competencies in the related fields in many kinds of private sectors.
That situation exists due to the good quality of many Christian schools and their systems of education.
However, not all Indonesian Christians have good social life. Many of them are also poor people and can not get access to good education and good food.
I agree, upon that reason, that the religious preacher of any religion MUST focus on advocating and liberating the oppressed society.
Since the poverty in Indonesia is what’s so called structural poverty, a kind of poverty which takes place by governmental design, resulting from the governance systems and practices adopted by our government, which is against justice.
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