SHIFT HOLIDAYS
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We must reflect, why in the country?
The majority of Muslims are actually us
In the box, as if Islam is in this country,
NOT HELPED.
Recently, we have witnessed the emergence of a trend of shifting Islamic holidays.
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A few months ago, the Hijri New Year holiday was shifted. This month, the Maulid holiday was also shifted.
Shifting Islamic holidays is actually not a new phenomenon. In the past, when the Dutch were still in power in the archipelago, they changed their weekly holiday from Friday to Sunday. A series by changing the name Sunday to Sunday.
The true holiday is not just a day of picnics and tours. Holidays are moments where one can concentrate and focus on what is commemorated from the big day.
For Muslims, Friday is a day of worship. Friday holiday is not just a break from busy work. But to focus on the Juma'at Prayer which is obligatory for every Muslim man.
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By taking Friday off, Muslim men can prepare themselves more solemnly to welcome the obligatory worship on that special day.
However, when the holiday is moved to another day, the obligatory Friday prayer seems to be just a distraction between busy work.
The transfer of Friday to Sunday, which was then called Sunday, was the transfer from one big day to another. Everyone knows, Sunday is a big day and the day of Christian worship.
Why in this Muslim-majority country, the weekly holiday must be moved to a day of worship for a minority religion? This question is similar to the question; Why do these minorities dare to threaten to take up arms if the Jakarta Charter still contains the word Shari'at Islam as the basis of the state?
Today, efforts to shift Islamic holidays are rife again. Yesterday was the Hijri New Year holiday, today is the birthday holiday, who knows what tomorrow will be? Is there a guarantee that the Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha holidays will not be shifted?
At the same time, we have never seen a shift in the holiday from December 25 to 26. Or August 17 to 18. If someone proposes this, it will surely be called intolerant, cadrun, radical, anti-nkri, etc.
While changing Islamic holidays is a policy that must be understood.