Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Support, Proposes That Buya Syafii Be Given The Title Of National Hero

Former General Chairperson of Muhammadiyah Central Executive (PP) Buya Syafii Maarif. (Between)

DIY - The Regional Leadership of Muhammadiyah (PWM) of the Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY) supports the proposal of Ahmad Syafii Maarif or Buya Syafii to receive the title of national hero.

The University of Muhammadiyah (UM) of West Sumatra (West Sumatra) and the Regency Government (Pemkab) of Sijunjung first proposed this.

"Very supportive and very trying to be able to appoint Buya Syafii as a national hero, we all know that the roles of nationality, the roles of the community, and the recognition of the community are very large towards Buya Syafii," said the Chairman of PWM DIY Gita, Danu Pranata, when contacted on Monday 31 October.

According to Gita, Buya Syafii's struggle services in building inter-religious harmony are not only recognized in the national arena.

The reason is, apart from the former General Chairperson of PP Muhammadiyah, Buya Syafii has also served as President of the World Conference on Religion for Peace (WCRP).

"Until now, there are a lot of people who remember the services of the Buya struggle, including from people of other religions," he said, quoted by Antara.

According to Gita, the consistency and prominent simplicity of Buya Syafii as a national figure also deserves to be an example for the Indonesian nation.

Even so, continued Gita, until now there has been no internal discussion of PWM DIY regarding Buya Syafii's proposal as a national hero.

PWM DIY juga belum berencana membawa wacana tersebut ke PP Muhammadiyah karena pendiri Ma'arif Institute itu dinilai belum lama meninggal.

"Not yet (proposing) especially since we are still focused on (preparing) the congress and so on. Coincidentally, it has not occurred to me, maybe because he just died," he said.

Gita believes that in due time, Buya Syafii will follow in the footsteps of many other Muhammadiyah predecessors who have been named the government's heroes as national heroes.

"We are sure that in due course, like yesterday we proposed Ki Bagus Hadikusumo," he said.

Previously, the West Sumatra UM and the West Sumatra Sijunjung Regency Government agreed to propose Buya Syafii Maarif as national heroes.

The same thing was echoed by the DPP Youth Guard NasDem (GPND) during the national tadarus in West Sumatra, Wednesday, October 26, which stated that it was ready to propose and escort the Muslim scholar as a national hero.