Islam end colonialism

Islam end colonialism

From Republika

The month of August is considered sacred by Indonesians because Indonesia's independence was proclaimed on Aug. 17, 1945. Understandably, every time the month of August arrives, members of neighborhood communities work together to prepare a festive celebration for the Indonesian Independence Day.

In a festive mood for Independence Day, the nation can feel free and forget any suffering. However, has it ever occurred to us to ask this question: "Are we really free and independent?"

The IMF and the World Bank continue to drown us with loans. Unfortunately, we are not getting better, but getting worse. Then we must comply with whatever the creditors tell us to do. Whatever we do must comply with the agenda of our creditors.

In culture, we have sustained wave after wave of globalization and westernization. We have forgotten our own culture. Now that we have a lot of private television stations, the penetration of foreign culture has been much facilitated. Don't be surprised that our children are proud of having Americans as their heroes. Then there is the Western fashions that exposes our bodies, and premarital sex and hedonism seem to be the lifestyles of our teenagers.

Let's use Aug. 17, 2002, as the momentum to liberate ourselves from all forms of colonialism. The only way to reach glory is to return to Islam, with the principle of tauhid (unity of God), namely that we serve only God.

We need a new fight to liberate human beings from the shackles of secular ideologies, the law of pagan ignorance, the capitalist economy and Western culture. Otherwise, we will always be colonized and fall into the abyss of humiliation. So only Islam can break the shackles of colonial capitalists.

DIAH RAHMAWATI

Malang, East Java