Rise of Islam

The West always tries to destroy Islam in Indonesia.


Professor Dr H Muslim Nasution, MA, a lecturer at Jakarta State Islamic University (UIN), in a discussion at Medan, February 1st, on the future of Islam, said that currently there were two regions that had the capability to lead the world Islamic community into the future, they being:

the Indian sub-continent
South-east Asia, comprising Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Brunei and Indonesia
Of the Malay/South East Asian peoples Indonesians were in a unique and advantageous position to take the lead, because they:

have lots of natural resources
are in a strategic location
are tenacious, tough people
have a family-centred culture
are very religiously observant
In other Muslim countries Indonesians’ Islamic faith was much respected, he said.

The problem however was that the western world, America and Europe, consistently attempted to thwart Islam’s rise in Indonesia, going back to the Dutch colonial occupation right up to present western efforts to create and promote deviant Islamic sects, presumably such as Al-Qiyadah Al-Islamiyah and Ahmadiyah

Additionally the Americans and Europeans made determined efforts to prevent the leadership of the Organisation of The Islamic Conference (OIC) falling into Indonesian hands. If an Indonesian were to lead the group, he said, the western countries would have to step up their efforts to destroy Islam in Indonesia