By: Muh. Nawawi *)
Entering the campaign period, various activities are carried out by candidates for the President and Vice President. Starting from blusukan, sowan to elders, ulama, and community leaders, and so forth. There are candidates / vice-president who have just carried out blusal activities during the campaign, some have indeed been around for a long time and routinely conduct activities to greet the citizens in the regions. There are candidates / vice-president who have just carried out voluntary activities to clerics, community leaders, pilgrimages to the graves of the guardians during the campaign, some have indeed been around for a long time and regularly conduct hospitality activities.
Of course we as a society should know which one is imaging, which is the right one. Sandiaga Uno, a businessman, a business person, where yesterday he went into traditional markets. Sandi once said that Rp. 50 thousand got nothing, yes lha wong Password for shopping at a supermarket. Where have you ever been to a traditional market. Prabowo Subianto, a very strict person with journalists, likes to refuse interviews. Everyday living on the hilltop of Bojong Koneng, West Java, caring for his horse and gifted land assets. Where had Prabowo attended to the ulema. Just recently.
Muslims are the target of a campaign that is quite soft. The Prabowo-Sandi camp, which does not have a strong Islamic background, forced itself to seek support from Islamic figures in the hope of gaining a lot of votes in the 2019 presidential election. Thanks to political lobbying, Sandi finally got the title of cleric from his fellow political players. . Though bearing the title of ulama is a great moral responsibility. Even Prof. Quraysh Shihab did not want to be called himself a cleric because the title ulama was too noble for him. Shameless password.
Inevitably Sandi began to maneuver politics by approaching radical scholars. Why are radical scholars? Because Sandi knows that straight-line scholars will support Kyai Ma’ruf in Jokowi’s camp in the upcoming presidential election. Straight-line scholars will definitely choose people who truly have high faith and religious knowledge such as Kyai Ma’ruf, not Sandiaga Uno’s instant scholars. Moreover, Sandi is a non-Muslim school graduate. Without cornering other religions, the level of Islam and Sandi’s faith is questionable.
The radical ulema whose group received rejection from some Muslims began to seek protection by serving Prabowo-Sandi. One way is according to and promising support for Sandi in the 2019 Presidential Election. Because radical groups know that Sandi is lacking in matters of religion and politics. Sandi even saluted Ismail Yusanto, frontman of Hizb ut-Tahrir Indonesia (HTI). Radical groups such as HTI have arrived at the Sandi camp to seek protection because they have been banned by the Government, with the hope that if later the Password is chosen, the group will be legalized.
Sandi’s political maneuver was criticized by most people. Everywhere, radical groups cannot develop and even participate in the country’s political affairs. Radical groups that are intolerant will spread hatred towards fellow believers. This is very contrary to the life principle of the Indonesian Nation which prioritizes tolerance and respect for differences. The leaders of the world Muslim countries after visiting Indonesia always advised, “Keep this diversity”. They don’t want Indonesia to be destroyed like Arab countries because of radicalism and intolerance.
Today’s society is smarter. Light analyzes of the fathers in the coffee shop and in the arisan of mothers have been able to conclude that Sandi in his campaign tried to collaborate with radical Islamic groups. Trying to divide the Indonesian Nation for purely political purposes. The people’s eyes and heart are open, don’t want to be fooled.
*) UB Students, alumni of Sidogiri Islamic Boarding School