History today, eight years ago, July 27, 2018, the General Chair of the Gerindra Party, Prabowo Subianto admitted that his religious knowledge was lacking. Prabowo revealed this narrative because he had a lot of contact with farmers to teachers, rather than ulama.
Previously, Prabowo's presence as an opposition to the government had support from everywhere. One of the supports came from the ulama. Many of them support Prabowo to run in the 2019 presidential election.
Prabowo Subianto is known as a famous political figure in Indonesia. The narrative emerged because Prabowo often appeared in high-level political contests, the Presidential Election. His popularity increased when Prabowo challenged Joko Widodo (Jokowi) in the 2014 Presidential Election.
Prabowo also mobilized all the party's capabilities and its sympathizers so that they could be elected. However, Nasib said something else. He lost to Jokowi. The defeat did not make Prabowo step aside for a moment.
Prabowo actually remained active in the political world as an opposition. Prabowo carried out the role of the opposition well. He was able to become a bridge between the people's voices to the government. Criticism from Prabowo continues to come, sometimes even hard.
Prabowo's noise made him get support from various backgrounds. Clerics also did not want to be left behind. The support was seen when Prabowo started orbiting Anies Baswedan-Sandiaga Uno in the DKI Jakarta gubernatorial election.
Prabowo's support brought many ulama to support Anies-Sandi. The narrative made Prabowo support when the ulama spoke about blasphemy committed by the Governor of DKI Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok). Prabowo then thanked the ulama for supporting him.
"I thank Habib Rizieq, your courage is extraordinary. Ustaz Sambo, thank you, with all of you behind us, we are not afraid. We are fighting to uphold truth and justice," said Prabowo as quoted by the Kompas.com page, April 19, 2017.
The closeness between Prabowo and the ulama continues to be built. One by one, the ulama expressed their support for Prabowo's plan to run in the 2019 presidential election. However, Prabowo does not feel that support is because he is superior in religious knowledge.
Prabowo actually admitted that his religious knowledge was lacking on July 27, 2018. This narrative was revealed by Prabowo because Prabowo admitted that he had a lot of contact with farmers and teachers, rather than ulama. It's different if he is asked about nationalism. Prabowo revealed his nationalism was high.
"I'm a little nervous today because I rarely talk to ulama, I talk (as) a retired TNI, I'm a little nervous too. Because I admit, I'm not from a pesantren, maybe my Islamic religion is not good," said Prabowo Subianto in the Ijtima Ulama in Jakarta, as quoted by the Kumparan page, July 27, 2018.
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