Ministry Of Religion Confirms Chancellor Of IAIN Ambon As Professor

Photos with the Chancellor of IAIN Ambon, Director General of the Ministry of Religion of the Republic of Indonesia, as well as Forkopimda and other Officials (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Director General of Islamic Education (Pendis) of the Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) of the Republic of Indonesia confirmed the Chancellor of the Ambon State Islamic Institute (IAIN) Prof. Dr. Zainal Abidin Rahawarin M.Si as a professor.

"I see that one thing that emerged from Mr. Zainal Abidin Rahawarin is a person who is always grateful for all the blessings he gets and we understand very well that our gratitude will be rewarded by the Almighty, with the awarding of a professor title to Mr. Zainal," said Director General of the Ministry of Religion's Ministry of Education Muhammad Ali Ramadhani, in Ambon, Maluku, Saturday, quoting Antara.

IAIN Ambon Chancellor Zainal Abidin Rahawarin was confirmed as a professor with the field of Islamic Political Thoughts. Director General of Pendis hopes that from this field of science there will be special forums that follow up on these thoughts.

"I hope someone follows up on Pak Zainal Abidin's thoughts, so that what he thinks becomes something real. Because a thousand rhetoric are meaningless without action or in other languages one action means more than a thousand rhetoric," he said.

Muhammad Ali also hopes that such forums can discuss together how to build a healthy politics, because from a certain perspective many people call politics dirty.

"Imagine if many think like this then there are no more people who follow political flows. Therefore, Islamic politics is relevant to what we will face together in this political year," he said.

Meanwhile, IAIN Ambon Chancellor Professor Zainal Abidin Rahawarin the Chancellor expressed his gratitude and was honored to be among the professors. According to him, this happened only because of the intervention of the Almighty.

"I would like to express my gratitude to all those who have contributed to my academic career, so that I can achieve professors," he said.

He also read the inauguration speech in the field of Islamic Political Thoughts with the title "Modern Democracy and Perspective Transaction Politics of Pancasila and Islam." Zainal explained related to Islamic struggles and democracy, democratic practices in Indonesia, as well as money politics.

It is known that Zainal Abidin Rahawarin obtained the highest title achievement in the world of universities along with 30 other professors from various universities under the umbrella of the Ministry of Religion on January 2, 2023.

The decision of the Minister of Religion (KMA) of the 30 professors was handed over directly by the Minister of Religion (Menag) Yaqut Cholil Qoumas at the peak of the commemoration of the 77th Ministry of Religion's Charity Day (HAB) which was held at the Ministry of Religion Office, Jakarta, on January 3, 2023.

The Chancellor of IAIN Ambon along with 29 recipients of the professor's degree received an electronic letter directly from the Acting Director of Islamic Higher Education at the Ministry of Religion Syafii regarding the Invitation to hand over KMA Professor, Number: B-3/DJ.I/Dt.III/HM.01/01/2023 dated January 2, 2023.

The contents of the letter inform that the Directorate of Islamic Higher Education (Diktis), the Directorate General of Islamic Education of the Ministry of Religion has assessed the Credit Rate (PAK) of Professors of the Religious Sciences Association.