- Authors: Sadari Ahmad
- From: INISA Shalahuddin Al-Ayyubi Tambun
Abstract:
Issues sara (ethnicity, religion, race and inter-group) through several media have become the channels of interests of future leaders in Indonesia, thereby this leads to conflict. The question is to which direction (quo vadis) will the leadership in Indonesia be directed? Especially in today’s conditions, religion becomes an elan vital in this multi-ethnic and multi-religion country. Religious interpretations always identify sara, which is the embryo of the disintegration of the nation. There are three factors of failure of the communicated religious interpretation: firstly, the emphasis is only on the transfer of religious knowledges without transformation of religious values and morals to the community; secondly, the lack of emphasis on the cultivation of moral values that support interfaith harmony; and thirdly, the lack of guidelines or content to get to know and learn religious or other beliefs that live in the midst of community life. Therefore universities, government and the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), which have the authority must immediately instill multireligion and multicultural values to the community as early as possible. Therefore, it is necessary to immediately formulate a theory and guide to nationality praxis to serve as a reference in determining future leaders in Indonesia. This article offers five scientific principles as the cycle for future leaders, namely putting forward the five principles: monotheism, love, justice, levels, mortal.
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