Demak Diaspora Asked To Go Down The Mountain, Time To Work

Chairman of the Demak Bintoro Nusantara Association (PDBN), who is also a Member of VI BPK RI, Drs. HM. Fathan Subchi, SAG, MAp, a photo with the Executives & invited guests after the 2025 GDPN HBH event. (IST).

JAKARTA - Diaspora Demak throughout Indonesia was asked to go down the mountain. The invitation was conveyed by the General Chairperson of the Demak Bintoro Nusantara (PDBN) Association, Fathan Subchi, during the national Halalbihalal entitled We Strengthen the Confusion of Demak Demi Nusa at the Resto of the Shrimp Warehouse, Cibubur, Depok, Sunday (20/4).

"Separuh waktu kita masih ada. Maka, mari berhidmat untuk Demak, berkontribusi bukan hanya secara individu, tapi koleksi. Jangan terjebak hal-hal yang tak penting," tegas Fathan yang juga menjabat Anggota VI BPK RI dalam keteranganya Selasa, 21 April.

The 2025 GDPN event was attended by senior figures, central and regional administrators, as well as diaspora representatives from Kalimantan, Riau Islands, West Java, Banten, to Central Java. This moment became a platform for cross-regional consolidation to reactivate the Demak diaspora network which had been moving separately.

Fathan emphasized that GDPN is not just a cultural association. He wants to make it a strategic collaboration platform between migrants and local governments. We want real work, not pleasantries. Demak needs collective energy from its citizens," he said.

Tausiah was conveyed by Dr. KH. Ali Abdillah, who underlined the important role of the diaspora. He mentioned the At-Taubah verse 122 as the basis for Qur'ani so that a group of people left their village to study and then rebuild their area of origin.

First, the center of Islamic civilization. The first Islamic Sultanate in the archipelago. This is not a history of death. It needs to be explored again, made into a cultural movement. I am ready to help encourage strategic programs to revive Demak at the national and international levels," said Ali, Sunan Kalijaga's grandson.

Ali also gave an example of how he held an international seminar in 2017 and brought foreign participants directly to the Demak Grand Mosque as part of the promotion of local history.

GDPN 2025 is referred to as a strategic momentum to revive Diaspora Demak as a social-culture force that has been spread, but has not been consolidated.