sekadar renungan

aku berpeluang to attend a public lecture by sheikh yusof estes, last month (thanks to nik for the info! :D). sheikh is a very well known islamic scholar, a mualaf himself and an american (from texas), i personally view him as a modern kind of pendakwah. mendengar ceramah sheikh mlm tu, bnyk membuka mata aku ttg cara umat islam kt mesia ni berdakwah. cara sheikh yg sgt bershj dlm menyampaikn syarahan (the topic was; why should we belive in god?), sgt2 menyenangkan. he sort of like touch the audience, no matter young, old and even non-muslim. i am not an expert dlm aliran dakwah ni.. tp sbgi slh sorg muslim yg berminat utk mendengar ceramah agama, i find that the way sheikh berdakwah, akan lbh bnyk menarik org utk dgr ape yg disampaikn.. spjg dua jam ceramah tu, tk terasa lgsg mengantuk nye. (serious!). sbb he knows when and how to capture ppl's attention to listen to what he has to say. (he made jokes okeh.. mmg kami bergelak ketawa dlm hall tu, pdhl topic perbncgn bercorak keagamaan.. jrg aku jumpe pendakwah yg berceramah sambil membuat lawak. ok, i might b biased sbb bkn rmi pun penceramah yg aku tgk. nonetheless, he is different. he got style..). cara die buatkn org rmi tk tkt utk mendekati Islam. berlainan situasi di mesia (just my humble view), melalui penyampaian pendakwah2, Islam dilihat seolah2 complicated. bnyk sgt hukum hakam, tegahan, larangan, etc.. bg yg tk mengenali Islam, mayb all this rigid rules, menjd seakan benteng yg menjauhkn lg mereka utk mengenali keindahan nya. sedangkn, Islam jika btl penyampaian nya, sgt la mudah dan indah. Islam itu sendri ad-deen (d way of live). jd jgn la dikomplikasikn keindahan nya melalui penyampain yg rumit. mungkin pendakwah kt mesia ni, blh mencontohi cara penyampaian sheikh yusof estes. memodernkn cara berdakwah, yg mungkin bkn shj dpt menarik golongan2 anak muda kt mesia ni, tp secara tk lgsg menarik non-muslim to learn more about Islam. 

well, this was just my humble opinion. tkde kaitan pun dgn persepsi aku utk mn2 pihak. in those 2hrs i spent listening to sheikh's talk, i know that scholars in mesia can folo suit. in the way of embracing others, and potraying a better perspective of Islam to non-muslim world. mayb sbb sini majoriti population is muslim, so tk terase sgt kepayahan utk berdakwah. not like muslims who live in a non-muslim country, who have to struggle to practice Islam. (aku suke tgk as-salam kt tv3, dokumentari ttg cara hidup umat islam di u.s.a.. membuatkn aku insaf dgn kesenangan aku disini). kdg2 aku sedih tgk remaja2 muslim yg sedikit bersenang lenang dgn ape yg kite ade (i.e.; keharmonian dan kebebasan dlm beragama). aku harap kesenangan ini tidak menjarakkn kite dlm menghayati ape itu perjuangan Islam. May the younger generation of muslim (myself included), menjadi lbh berhemah dan lbh menghayati erti sbnr perjuangan berlandaskn Islam. sempena tahun br yg bakal menjelang ni. smg thn dpn menjadi lbh baik buat kita sume, Insyallah..

-Salam Maal Hijrah 1430-