Cultural Islam 'Nusantara"

My experience attending one of International seminar in Kuala Lumpur has been rise up my curiosity on identity of local culture that was exist long time before Islam come and spread out in Nusantara. The bases of my curiosity was when the presenters brought the concept of science that refers to Islamic history and intensively mention that is Islamization of science as main thing in Islam and seems no space for local context. Science in this conversation means the Middle East history that own by various figure in past time such as Ibnu Rusyd, Ibnu Sina or Al-Ghozali. This discussion actually increased my self experience and sensitivity on locality where I belongs. This discussion touch my identity as comprehensive human that is not only shaped by Islamic history and Islamic values. This discussion also reflected my experience on Islam and Science that is in some levels collaborated with my Cultural Identity. There was a joke in this seminar mentioned that is in Indonesia have three times of I'ed that make funny for some participants and laughing on Indonesia cases. I am as participant was really aware, this feeling kinds of superiority of Individual that make us as Muslim feel that we are better than another Muslim or people. That situation are intensively exist in out society today, some how, some people try to show that some people understanding to this religion seems final truth that  are not denied. This kind of approach are not my experience and history of Islam in Nusantara, where Islam was coming to Nusantara civilization by peace and soft way. Event, as part of Nusantara history, we know that some people use Islam as tool to reach power and public trust, until now. My personal opinion, This soft way and peace method that brought Islam as Identity of majority in Nusantara. People acceptance to Islam was not only because of its scientific point of view or rational tradition. But oppositely, it is because of the value of humanity that consider weakness, sensitivity, and way of life that need to be completed. Again, I see that Islam increase our expectation toward better future and world, indeed, Islam means self learning from when we were born to time of return to Akhirah. This process are not final process when we come to Islam everything are final and stop. The more I know about Islam the more i learn to be a Muslim that give benefit to another Muslim.In cases of Nusantara, this the time to seek scientific tradition of local people who was also contribute to civilization and society today. When we were not bring it to be part of our history so as people we will loss our own identity as we feel when meet people in various forum where locality are not considered as part of Islam history in Nusantara. (rn)  

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