Please teach me more about Islam

About nine years ago I (a westerner) became a new born Muslim in Indonesia and I was very proud.

I married a woman from Purbalingga, West Java. What happened there before the start of the campaign was very painful for the Golkar Party.

PDI Perjuangan supporters allegedly ordered female Golkar supporters to take off their T-shirts. They forgot that their own Golkar Party, under orders from former president Soeharto, had earlier stripped Megawati of her elected position in PDI.

Golkar and former president Soeharto did as they liked and they still do so.

Now, from whom or where can I learn about our Prophet Muhammad's teaching. I have already learned a lot from my wife and good friends about Islam. But can I learn something from the Golkar Party? From former president Soeharto or from his children? Even President Habibie? Or from Akbar Tanjung? From their alleged money politics?

Where in the Koran can I learn that their behavior is a good example? Can I learn in the Koran that our Prophet Muhammad protects corruption? Can I learn from them how to become a good Muslim?

Should I learn from the thousands of Golkar supporters in Unjungpandang, whose slogan was: "Is the predominantly Muslim country ready for a female leader?" Show me where in the Koran I can read that a woman cannot lead a country!

Please help me, I'm waiting for an answer to my query. Can I learn anything from all this? Can all these be the teachings of our Prophet Muhammad? I don't think so, because I know my Koran very well. But one can continue to learn, it's never too late. I was 48 years old when I started to learn our Prophet Muhammad's teaching, and I'm happy to be a Muslim. I will find my way to Allah because I learn the Koran from our Prophet Muhammad.

I appeal to Golkar to go into opposition; take your time for the next five years to learn about all the mistakes you have made, then we can enjoy together our Koran and Prophet Muhammad's teachings.

ERWIN MICHIELS

Depok, West Java