Gus Miftah Is Called An Infidel When He Goes To Church With Anies Baswedan, This Is The Clause

JAKARTA - The video of Gus Miftah's short oration at the inauguration of the Indonesian Bethel Church (GBI), the Great Mandate in Penjaringan, North Jakarta went viral. Because of the video, the owner of the name Miftah Maulana Habiburrahman alias Gus Miftah is considered heretical and infidel by a number of netizens.

In the video uploaded by Deddy, Gus Miftah appears alone on the podium. After accusations of being infidel and heretical were widely directed at him, Gus Miftah also provided clarification on his personal Instagram page.

"After circulating my national oration at a church in North Jakarta, to be precise at GBI Penjaringan at the invitation of the committee, at that time I was present with DKI Governor Mas Anies Baswedan, Secretary General of PBNU Gus Helmy, and several religious figures in the FKUB, and it was at their invitation. , "wrote Gus Miftah.

"The event that was given to me was also entitled a national oration in the framework of the inauguration of the GBI, not for the purpose of worship. It was recorded. Because of that I was later blasphemed by many netizens by saying, Miftah is heretical, Miftah is infidel, her creed is canceled, etc. Gus Miftah is angry? No. I am grateful Alhamdulillah, "he continued.

Furthermore, Gus Miftah also explained his reasons for attending the inauguration ceremony. "I then just thought this way, people like me who happen to be loved by Allah become people who are able to guide hundreds of people to become a Muslim convert to Islam just because I said that video is an infidel. Incredible. That is the preaching of today. In the past, the task was to Islamize it in the past. infidels, preaching today is infidels of Muslims, "he explained.

"There is a question, what is the basis or argument behind the presence of Gus Miftah at the event, apart from being invited by the committee? Okay, I will read an excerpt from the book Al-Mausu'ah Al-Fiqh Quwait. This book contains an encyclopedia of fiqh issues from various schools of thought, "he continued.

"Now in this statement there are at least four disagreements by scholars about entering a church and praying in it. I don't think I need to translate, because netizens, especially those who blaspheme me, are certainly more pious than me, surely you will understand. Thank you. Greetings, my love. to everyone including those who have different opinions with me, even those who blaspheme me, "Gus Miftah concluded.