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It will only create a race suitable of running commodity trades and a equitable (what I would say "all are equally rich or poor"), material lacking society. However minorities of other culture, with ostentatious presentation of wealth, will cause RED EYES that can be HIJACKED by PREDATORS of bad intention making a MOCKERY OF THE RELIGION they choose as their guide in life.
I would say, the Achehnese will disagree, Arab traders were said to be the disseminator of the culture and religion. Of course The Almighty has been fair to provide OIL AND GAS deposits to the most pious.....
It is up to the Indonesians BUT THEY HAVE TO REPENT on the murderous history of HARMING INNOCENT ASIA IMMIGRANTS, and understand their choice of lifestyle and not let PREDATORS in their midst mislead their people. While the Immigrant Asian will have to keep their wealth a little bit "hidden" or have second homes in Pasha enclaves away from prying eyes....otherwise they would constantly create new PREDATOR LEADERS among the INDONESIAN NATIVES.
The choice of LIFESTYLES, culture are for the people and their elders to decide. HAVING made that decision, they must understand the implications of such a choice and not use the INNOCENT TRIBES as SCAPEGOATS for perceived unhappiness...(if they are pious!)
I am sure THE ALMIGHTY will look highly on their choice and make JUDGEMENT on those who break covenant with the same choices made on FREE WILL.........
Will god does say in the Quran
The only thing that separates one Muslim from the other is their strength of faith (piety)
in god/Islam, In short, there should be NO discrimination or hate among Muslims just because they are of different race, color or nationality, meaning, what it said is right!
Islam, Indonesia and China
Islam which had been in China since the early Tang period flourished in China during the Ming Dynasty. Many people in Yunnan, Shaanxi, Hebei and other areas in China were Muslims. There were also burgeoning Muslim communities on China's southeastern coast, notably in Guangzhou and Quanzhou. Muhammad Ma Huan who accompanied Admiral Zheng He on his voyages to South East Asia beginning in 1406 were Both Muslims.
Islam regards all of humanity as one family as Allah SWT created mankind to get to know each other, including the Chinese and their role in spreading Islam is no less than other races.
The Chinese played an major role in the initial stage of the propagation of Islam in South East Asia. Dr Asvi Warman Adam from LIPI (Indonesian Institute of Science), states that without them (the Chinese), the Islamization process in Java during the Middle Ages would not have taken place. "The Chinese and Islam have a relationship that goes back a very long time," he said.
Historical facts show that Chinese Muslims pioneered the dissemination of Islam in Java during the 14-16th centuries. They came to trade, settle down and spread the religion in what are today Indonesia and other countries in South East Asia. Others were simply looking for a better life or seeking political refuge from oppression, especially during the Qing Dynasty.
It is said that the naval expeditions led by Admiral Zheng He had a secret agenda to spread Islam in South East Asia.
The huge Chinese armada at times consisted of 62 ships manned by 27,800 soldiers, most of them Chinese Muslims who were prepared to adapt to varying local conditions in the lands they were to be stationed with their different cultures and religious beliefs.
Therefore, Zheng was accompanied by an entourage of Muslim ulama, from China and elsewhere to solidify relations with Muslim communities outside China proper.
After the formation of Chinese Muslim communities on the northern coast of Java, Islam began to spread into the island's agrarian hinterland where the Hindu-Buddhist culture was still strong. From these communities arose the Walisongo or nine Chinese Muslim saints who pioneered the Islamization of the majority of the island's native populace.
In time, leaders of the Chinese Muslims as well as other Chinese came to be accepted as royalty and aristocracy by the indigenous people.
In what is today Indonesia and within her socio-political and cultural context, it is a controversial issue to discuss the Chinese identity of the Walisongo which many Indonesians are unaware of, there are even those who know it but deny it for ulterior motives of theirs. The contribution of the Chinese to Islam in present day Indonesia has been whitewashed by three centuries of European colonization in the archipelago.
In 1970, Indonesian professor Slamet Muljana wrote a book explaining that the Walisongo are Chinese and upon its publication, the book was banned by the Indonesian government.
However, the first Chinese Muslim communities in South East Asia were not in Java but in Palembang in East Sumatra and Sambas in West Kalimantan. Only several years later were the first Chinese Muslim communities founded on Java's northern Coast.
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Islam is a religion of peace FREDEX KING TUT JR. | Aug 29th, 2005
Islam is a religion of peace
YES YES
DO YOU AGREED TO THAT FREDEX KING TUT JR. | Aug 29th, 2005
Islam regards all of humanity as one family as Allah SWT created mankind to get to know each other, including the Chinese and their role in spreading Islam is no less than other races.
PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR COMMENT FREDEX KING TUT JR. | Aug 29th, 2005
Islam regards all of humanity as one family as Allah SWT created mankind to get to know each other, including the Chinese and their role in spreading Islam is no less than other races.
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