By: Ratih Safira Utami )*
The efforts of the Government to be able to resolve all polemics related to the Al-Zaytun Islamic Boarding School led by Panji Gumilang deserve appreciation for trying to present and provide guidance, including also improving the curriculum in the religious education institution so that in the future it will not be too protracted in society .
The Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law and Security of the Republic of Indonesia (Menko Polhukam RI), Mahfud MD explained that the Government chose to provide guidance to the Al-Zaytun Islamic Boarding School (Ponpes) rather than carry out the option of dissolving the Islamic boarding school.
There are various steps, strategies and ways to carry out coaching at the Islamic boarding school, which in essence, the Government will be much more active and intensive in supervising the curriculum contained in the Al-Zaytun Islamic Boarding School.
Regarding how the learning is contained in the Panji Gumilang leadership school, if there are a number of things that are considered to deviate from how Islamic religious teachings should be, the Government is committed to purifying all the teachings at the Islamic boarding school so that in the future there will no longer be violent movements that could actually endanger the country.
In fact, in fact the efforts of the Government and how the government’s relationship with Al-Zaytun Islamic Boarding School itself can be said to have been well established since the era of President BJ Habibie’s leadership, where he previously provided assistance of up to 1.5 trillion Rupiah to the Islamic boarding school.
It’s not without reason why the state even has good relations and has provided financial assistance that is not small. Apparently, the Al-Zaytun Islamic Boarding School itself received a gift from the state because the Islamic boarding school was present from the start to be able to fight against the Indonesian Islamic State (NII) movement.
So, it is very clear that precisely with the presence of the Al-Zaytun Islamic Boarding School, it has absolutely nothing to do with, let alone related to how the issues have been rolling so far and there are accusations that it is as if the Islamic boarding school actually supports the underground movement of the revival of the NII. .
On the contrary, with the existence of Al-Zaytun, it has long been a religious educational institution aimed at becoming an opponent or rival of various Indonesian Islamic State (NII) movements which are indeed very troubling to many of these parties.
Meanwhile, Deputy Chairperson of the Regional Representatives Council of the Republic of Indonesia (DPD RI), Nono Sampono also gave a very high appreciation for how serious and strong commitment the Government is through confirmation from the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs that the state has now taken over the handling of the Islamic boarding school polemic located in Mekarjaya Village, Gantar District, Indramayu Regency, West Java.
Furthermore, Nono also asked the government through the Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) to be able to carry out administrative evaluations, starting from how the curriculum was to what the teaching content was like at the Al-Zaytun Islamic Boarding School.
So far, the efforts that have been made by the Government of Indonesia and also the security forces of the Indonesian National Police (Polri) themselves continue to prioritize a communicative and dialogical approach. It aims to be able to describe what the actual problems and polemics are.
By using this approach, appreciation should be given to the Government for not rushing into conclusions and taking actions that might actually violate the constitution by simply dissolving it.
On the other hand, even though it puts forward a dialogical approach, the government still has a clear firmness and a very strong commitment to be able to immediately resolve all cases to the polemic that occurred at the Al-Zaytun Islamic Boarding School so that it doesn’t continue to drag on in the community, so it won’t delay any longer. in an attempt to resolve the polemic.
In an effort to resolve the conflict regarding the Islamic boarding school, the government will not disband Al-Zaytun, but will provide guidance to all parties involved there such as the santri, students and also the teaching staff so that their curriculum is adjusted.
Responding to the government’s response, the Deputy Secretary General of the Indonesian Ulema Council (Wasekjen MUI), Ikhsan Abdullah strongly agreed and agreed with the state’s coaching efforts for students, students and teaching staff. Even the MUI itself stated that it would be very ready to assist in providing this guidance.
Indeed, in an effort to resolve polemics, of course, it is not immediately all of a sudden using actions in the form of imposition of sanctions or punishment and disbandment. However, precisely with the paradigm that is owned by the current Government when it is committed to resolving the Al-Zaytun Islamic Boarding School polemic, namely by using a dialogical approach and will provide guidance, this should be supported because in the future it will also not make the problems that occur even more protracted in society .
)* The author is a Persada Institute Contributor