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        "msgid": "muhammadiyah-chairman-urges-national-elites-to-set-example-in-preserving-unity-1773982282",
        "date": "2026-03-20 11:15:03",
        "title": "Muhammadiyah Chairman Urges National Elites to Set Example in Preserving Unity",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Haedar Nashir, Chairman of the Muhammadiyah Central Executive Board, has called on national elites to exemplify unity, peace, tolerance, and progress amid differences in determining the date for Eid al-Fitr 1447 Hijriah. He urged all parties, including religious leaders and government figures, to refrain from exacerbating divisions and to approach the celebration with spiritual devotion to avoid fracturing national cohesion. Nashir expressed optimism about Indonesia's maturity in handling such religious discrepancies and hoped for a unified global Islamic calendar to minimise future conflicts.",
        "content": "<p>General Chairman of the Muhammadiyah Central Executive Board Haedar\nNashir has urged national elites to become role models in preserving\nunity. He delivered this message amid differences in determining Eid\nal-Fitr 1447 Hijriah.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProvide an example to the people that the elites are capable of\nbecoming uswah hasanah in creating unity, peace, tolerance, and\nprogress. We still have various backwardnesses that require collective\nhard work from all components of the nation,\u201d he stated while delivering\nthe Eid al-Fitr prayer sermon at Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta\n(UMY) in the Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY), as reported by Antara\non Friday (20\/3\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>Haedar reminded the ummah not to sharpen differences regarding the\nEid al-Fitr celebration. He asked all parties to exercise restraint.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not need to sharpen differences, especially to justify\nourselves by blaming others. Both in the context of citizenship and\ngovernment, all parties must exercise restraint,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, he invited religious figures and national elites to\navoid statements or words that could potentially stir unrest in society.\nAccording to him, Eid al-Fitr should be observed with devotional worship\nand clarity of soul and mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObserve Eid al-Fitr with devotion, whether celebrating on 20 or 21\nMarch, or even earlier, so that we do not get trapped in the desire for\ndifferences that actually crack unity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He is optimistic that the Indonesian nation possesses maturity, so\ndifferences in determining major religious days are handled reasonably\nand do not become a source of conflict. He also hopes that in the\nfuture, the Islamic world will have a single global calendar to minimise\ndifferences in determining major religious days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the future, insyaallah, those differences can be minimised if\nthere is openness of heart and mind, and based on high scientific\nknowledge,\u201d he stated.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/muhammadiyah-chairman-urges-national-elites-to-set-example-in-preserving-unity-1773982282",
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