JAKARTA - Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Perry Warjiyo officially opened the Indonesia Sharia Economic Festival (ISEF) 2025 on Wednesday, October 8, 2025.
This event is the 12th ISEF event since it was first launched by BI in 2014, making it the first Islamic economic festival in Indonesia.
Perry recalled that when the ISEF first started, his party did not yet have an in-depth knowledge of how to develop the sharia economy in Indonesia.
"Let's muhasabah 12 years ago when starting the ISEF, this is the only Islamic Sharia event The festival's economy 12 times let's muhasabah 12 years ago ISEF we don't know anything about how to develop the halal value chain pesantren economy at that time we didn't know to develop alms infaq, and also we don't have the largest Islamic Bank in Indonesia and we also don't know how to preach the first Islamic finance economy. ISEF," he said at the Indonesia Sharia Economic Festival (ISEF) 2025, Wednesday, October 8th.
He then highlighted Indonesia's achievements in the last decade, especially in the Islamic economic sector, namely Indonesia managed to move up from 10th position to 3rd position in the global sharia economy.
"From the 10th place in the Indonesian economy, Indonesia has jumped to 3rd So we are competing with our brother and sister from Saudi Arabia and Malaysia The 3 biggest sharia economy in the world," he explained.
He said that currently, the ISEF has grown rapidly and this growth is inspired by Ali Imran's Letter paragraph 103-104, which is the basis for the synergy of the Islamic economy and finance this year.
Dengan semangat sinergi tersebut, Perry mengajak seluruh pihak untuk bersatu dan tidak terbagai dalam membangun sistem ekonomi dan keuangan syariah yang membawa kerahmatan bagi seluruh alam (rahmatan lil alamin).
"That is the place where we raise the collaboration of all of us, the government and all K/L, BI, OJK, MUI, Islamic Boarding Schools, financial institutions in congregation continue to encourage Indonesia as the center of sharia economy and finance," he said.
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Ia pun berharap ISEF akan terus berkembang ke arah yang lebih baik, baik dalam satu tahun ke depan maupun dalam lima tahun mendatang.
Selain itu, Perry mengajak masyarakat Indonesia untuk terus memperkuat komitmen bersama dalam mengembangkan ekonomi syariah, sebagai bentuk rasa syukur atas segala kemajuan yang telah dicapai.
"Insyaallah ISEF menjadi bagian meneladani rasul itulah kenapa tema ISEF ke-12 mengangkat sinergi ekonomi dan keuangan syariah jangan cerai berai bersinergi," tuturnya.
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He also hopes that the ISEF will continue to develop in a better direction, both in the next one year and in the next five years.
In addition, Perry invites the Indonesian people to continue to strengthen their joint commitment in developing the sharia economy, as a form of gratitude for all the progress that has been achieved.
"God willing, ISEF will be part of the embezzling of the 12th ISEF theme, raising the synergy between the Islamic economy and finance, not getting divorced and synergizing," he said.
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