God loves us and wants us to be healed? The times are ready for Jews and Muslims to recognize each other once again as a branch of the tree of monotheism, as brothers descended from the same father – Abraham, the forerunner of faith in the Living God. ALL this under the watchful eye of God who is taking care of ALL of it. However, they are the ones who are loudest on the streets (often engaging in demonstrations) and – sometimes – willing to take violent action. So whoever understands this, will take heed and refrain from such statements as those of disbelievers, and knows that Allah in His attributes is utterly unlike human beings. Hence, the chairpersons of these parties will now often be heard using the Arabic phrase As-salāmuʿalaykum when opening a statement or speech. Another example is that Indonesian government officials – even those who are not Muslim themselves – now always tend to open their speeches or statements using the Arabic phrase As-salāmuʿalaykum (in English: Peace be upon you). South Korea now has no more than few thousands Cheondoists. For more information about LEDs, LCDs and related technologies, shift your eyes to the links on the next page.

With the term Islamization we refer to the process of society’s (peaceful) shift towards a more Islam-oriented society (which allows room for specific minorities to co-exist, in harmony, in the pluralist society). The terms Islamism or radicalism (or Islamic militancy or fundamentalism), on the other hand, refer to the desire of a specific group (usually a small group that lacks political power) to impose their conservative version of Islam onto society and politics, often using (the threat of) violence to achieve their goal. This in fact implies that these parties are not truly secular as they are not neutral in terms of religion. Most Indonesian Muslims can in fact be labelled ‘moderate Muslims’, meaning that the majority approves of a secular democracy and a pluralist society. There are many other verses with this meaning. A significant number of Indonesian Muslims can be labeled ‘cultural Muslim’, locally known as Muslim KTP, meaning they do not practice Islam but do retain an attachment to elements of Islamic culture due to their family background or the social and cultural environment in which they were raised, or, in which they are living (similarly, there are also ‘cultural Christians’, ‘cultural Catholics’, ‘cultural Hindus’, and ‘cultural Buddhists’ in Indonesia).

However, these local forms of Islam were mixed with preexisting local cultural elements and preexisting local belief-systems (and thus the forms of Islam that were practiced in these indigenous Islamic kingdoms were quite different from, for example, the forms of Islam that were practiced in Mecca, Medina or anywhere else around the same period). In a later stage (possibly starting from the 13th century) Islamic kingdoms started to be established by local (indigenous) rulers in the Archipelago (mainly in the western part of the Archipelago, such as on the islands of Sumatra, Java and Kalimantan). There probably has been an Islamic presence in maritime Southeast Asia from early on in the Islamic era when Muslim traders came to the Archipelago, made settlements on the coastal areas, married local women and enjoyed respect due to the wealth they acquired through trade. It is assumed that – after indigenous kings converted – most of their subjects also converted to Islam, thereby strengthening the role of Islam in local societies. The Holy Qur’an and the Sunnah provide the framework for Shari’ah, the sacred law of Islam, which governs all aspects of the public and private, social and economic, religious and political life of every Muslim.

Yet despite (or perhaps because of) these poor electoral outcomes, the party is massively influential in ways that electorally “successful” Islamists such as the PJD are not: in influencing judicial appointments, religious tradition, educational mores, and societal norms writ-large. Massimo Introvigne, founder and director of CESNUR once predicted that, thanks to continued immigration from Eastern Europe, Orthodox Christians could soon become the country’s second largest religious group, overtaking Muslims. With more than 230 million Muslim inhabitants, Indonesia is home to the largest Muslim population in the world. Although around 88 percent of the Indonesian population is Muslim, Indonesia is not an Islamic country ruled by Islamic law. Brazil has the second-largest Jewish population in Latin America of 120,000 people, making up a total of 0.06% of Brazil’s population. For most people, living God’s way is quite a struggle. The window with a triangle combination means that a kind gentleman lives here, and you may be able to get a hand from him. This means that the punishment of Allah will certainly be felt by those who reject the Message of the Prophets, may Allah exalt their mention, after being aware of them. The role of the Messenger, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, was to deliver the Message, and the role of those receiving the Message was to hurry to the obedience of Allah and His Messenger, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam; if they refused then Allah’s punishment will be justly theirs.