(STIBA.ac.id) Makassar – Head of STIBA Makassar Ustaz Dr. Akhmad Hanafi Dain Yunta, Lc., M.A. expressed his contentment at the arrival of an expert in orientalism, Prof. Syamsuddin Arif, M.A., Ph.D. He is an academic who has completed two doctoral study programs. He is also a polyglot (a person who can speak many languages). Among the foreign languages he has mastered are Arabic, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, French, and other languages. Not surprisingly, he also succeeded in memorizing the whola Qur’an.
The Senior Researcher at the Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought and Civilizations (INSISTS) advised not to feel inferior and discouraged just because you lost in a ball game, in a war, or were rivaled in terms of science and technology. However, Muslims must remain firm in their faith and piety because on the other hand, this religion also often wins in the above matters.
“Therefore changing circumstances should not change our faith, piety and determination to remain amanu wa ‘amilu al-salihat (faith and good deeds),” he said at the Anas bin Malik Mosque STIBA Makassar, Wednesday (21/12/2022).
He further advised students to be good at thinking, good at being critical, not just taking part and not just agreeing. Opinions or remarks on social media must be treated critically.
Not only sharing knowledge with students at the Anas bin Malik Mosque, the preacher and lecturer also attended an Open Discussion and Meeting entitled Orientalism and Diabolism of Thought. This activity was a special event with the management and lecturers of STIBA Makassar on the fourth dloor of the Rectorate Building.
In his speech, the leading researcher emphasized to the STIBA lecturers to continue to be patient in teaching Islam even though they have to face various challenges and obstacles.
“The challenges of the Prophet sallallaahu ‘alaihi wasallam are far more than ours and the facilities are far less than ours, but he dared to say “layaghlibanna hadza al-amr” which in Arabic this expression contains three stresses so we can interpret it; definitely, definitely, and definitely this (religious) matter will dominate,” he said.
According to Ustaz Dr. Kasman Bakry who was the moderator of the activity, Prof. Syamsuddin has visited STIBA Makassar twice. During his first visit in 2014, Prof. Syamsuddin was present with Dr. Adian Husaini.
