Minister Of Education And Culture Nadiem Has Clarified The Problem Of KH Hasyim Asy'ari, Tengku Zul Still Protests: Why Did PKI Leaders Enter?

Former MUI Wasekjen Tengku Zulkarnain (Photo: Personal Intagram)

JAKARTA - Former MUI Wasekjen Tengku Zulkarnain still questioned the loss of the name of the founder of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) KH Hasyim Asy'ari in Volume I. Indonesian History Dictionary In fact, the Minister of Cultural Education (Mendikbud) Nadiem Makarim has clarified this matter.

"Finally, the Ministry of Education and Culture asked sorry for carelessness to not include KH Hasyim Asy'ari. But the name of Kahar Mudzakkir, one of the 9 PPKI members also did not enter," tweeted Tengku Zul via his twitter account, @ustadtengkuzul quoted Wednesday, April 21.

Tengku Zul actually questioned why the figures involved in the PKI banned party were still written down in the history of Volume I. "In fact 4 PKI figures came in. Why?"

"4 names of PKI figures appeared in the History Dictionary of the Ministry of Education and Culture, starting from Seevliet, Darsono, to DN Aidit, the figure who killed 7 Generals. But the name KH Hasyim Asy'ari Raib. Heemm ... Mboh," said Tengku Zul.

The Minister of Education and Culture (Mendikbud), Nadiem Makarim, clarified that the name of the founder of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Hasyim Asy'ari, in the Dictionary of Indonesian History Volume I, continued to draw protests.

Nadiem admitted that he never intended to erase any traces of history by not including Hasyim Asy'ari's entry. According to him, the Indonesian History Dictionary Volume I was compiled in 2017, before he became a minister.

"To the people of Indonesia, I want to ensure that there is no intention of eliminating historical traces at all," said Nadiem through a video broadcast on his personal Instagram account, Wednesday, April 21.

Nadiem emphasized that he had ordered his staff at the Ministry of Education and Culture to perfect the preparation of the dictionary.

"I have ordered the Kemendikbud team to make improvements to the dictionary, which was interrupted, to be followed up with more technical accuracy and more accommodating input from various stakeholders, including NU," said Nadiem.