A Touching Tausiyah From Gus Miftah At The Indonesian Bethel Church: If Istiqlal-Cathedrals Had Lives, They...

JAKARTA - "Thank you. Shalom. Assalamualaikum wr wb," said Gus Miftah's closing sentence after giving Tausiyah (religious lecture) at the Great Mandat of the Indonesian Bethel Church (GBI), North Bandengan Street, Penjaringan, North Jakarta.

The caretaker of the Ora Aji Kalasan Islamic boarding school (pesantren), Sleman, DI Yogyakarta, recently participated in inaugurating the church with the Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan, Chairman of the FKUB of North Jakarta Wirta Amin Assalaf, Secretary-General of PBNU Helmy Faisal Zaini and his staff, Thursday, April 29.

A clip of Gus Miftah's tausiyah video was uploaded to his Instagram account on Friday, April 30 yesterday. The message is so clear, touching, and cools the hearts of all religious communities in Indonesia.

Without the slightest awkwardness, Gus Miftah was very good at giving tausiyah from behind the pulpit against the background of a large white cross. Netizens, after the video was uploaded, gave many positive responses.

Here's the complete tausiyah

"When I hold my prayer beads, and you grip your cross. When I worship at istiqlal but you go to the cathedral.

When my bio is written Allah SWT, and your bio is written as Jesus Christ. When I say assalamualaikum, and you say shalom.

When I spell the Al'Qur-an, and you spell your Bible. We are different when we call on the name of God. About me raising your hands and you folding your hands in prayer.

I, you, us.

It is not istiqlal and cathedral that are destined to stand face to face with differences, but still harmonious. If only they had lives, would it not be possible for them to love and respect one another?

Thank you. Shalom. Assalamualaikum wr wb," concluded Gus Miftah, as quoted by VOI from his Instagram page.