Vice President Reminds The Importance Of The Role Of Islamic Boarding Schools As Centers For Science Transmission

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin (Between)

JAKARTA - Vice President (Vice President) Ma'ruf Amin reminded the importance of the role of pesantren as a center for the transmission of knowledge or understanding of previous ulama with current scholars.

"This meeting is also a kind of transmitter, a connector of the views of the previous ulama and the views of the recent ulama (in responding to the current conditions). Otherwise, the 'corslet' (community understanding)," said Ma'ruf Amin while attending the 34th Haul KH event Aqil Siroj, and Tasyakkur Khotmil Qur'an and Juz Amma at the Kiai Haji Haji Aqil Siroj (KHAS) Kempek, Gempol, Cirebon, West Java, August 26.

Ma'ruf Amin analogizes that if it is likened to an electric connection, then the role of pesantren and ulama in combining past and present views is to reduce confusion in society.

"The method is electricity. The electricity before entering the house must be transmitted first and then divided. Otherwise, the fire," he added.

If the views of the past are not transmitted by the ulama, it is feared that it could cause a misunderstanding of interpretations in society.

"Well, that's why a lot of people are 'fire', opinions appear hitting people because they are not through transmission. There is no connection. It doesn't continue," he explained.

On this occasion, Ma'ruf Amin prayed that the late KH Aqil Siroj would have the best place by Allah Ta'ala and his services in building pesantren could be continued by future generations without breaking up.

Ma'ruf also invited all parties to make Islamic boarding schools a place that provides blessings and goodness for the community, nation and state.

Present at the event were Deputy Governor of West Java Uu Ruzhanul Ulum, Regent of Cirebon Imron Rosyadi, Trustees of the KHAS Kempek KH Islamic Boarding School Said Aqil Siroj, and Caretaker of the KHAS Kempek Islamic Boarding School KH Musthofa Aqil Siroj.

Meanwhile, the Vice President was accompanied by the Head of the Vice Presidential Secretariat Ahmad Erani Yustika, Deputy for Economic Policy Support and Competitiveness Improvement Guntur Iman Nefianto, Deputy for Administration Sapto Harjono WS, Special Staff of the Vice President Masduki Baidlowi, Masykuri Abdillah, M. Azis, Robikin Emhas, Zumrotul Mukafta, and Arif Rahmansyah Marbun, as well as the Vice Presidential Expert Team Farhat Brachma.