Cara Rasul Hadapi Islamofobia
Oleh :
Rifqi Fauzi
Mahasiswa Jurusan Hadis Universitas Al Azhar Kairo Mesir
Akhir-akhir ini hinaan terhadap Islam kembali mencuat, malah makin banyak kasusnya. Kartun Nabi Muhammad SAW yang dulu menuai kritik kembali di muat di Denmark. Di Berlin dalam sebuah pameran poster, dipajang poster yang menghina Kota Makkah dengan menyebut Kabah sebagai batu bodoh.
Di Belanda, Geert Wilders membuat film anti-Islam dan melecehkan Alquran. Di Amerika Serikat, pada tanggal 27 Februari lalu dalam sebuah acara primetime di ABC News yang berjudul ‘What Would You Do?’ menayangkan masyarakat Amerika yang masih banyak memandang Islam sebagai sebuah ajaran yang menakutkan. Ini menunjukkan bahwa masyarakat Barat masih terus dan makin banyak yang benci dan memandang bahwa agama Islam adalah ajaran yang berbahaya. Tentunya sebagai Muslim kita harus tahu cara yang tepat dalam menghadapi kasus-kasus ini sehingga jangan sampai reaksi Muslim malah bukan menghilangkan Islamofobia Barat, tetapi menambah stigma buruk bagi Islam.
Faktor penyebab
Secara umum adanya Islamfobia, yang kebanyakan terjadi di dunia Barat, disebabkan beberapa faktor. Pertama, dalam Alquran Allah SWT telah mempertegas bahwa sampai kapan pun kaum Yahudi dan Nasrani tidak akan pernah rida terhadap Islam (lihat QS Albaqarah [2]:120). Alquran telah banyak menceritakan penghinaan terhadap Nabi Muhammad SAW yang dilakukan oleh orang kafir, di antaranya beliau dituduh sebagai penyair (QS Al Anbiyaa’ [21]:5), dihina sebagai dukun (QS Al Haaqqah [69]:42), dituduh sebagai tukang sihir (QS Adz Dzaariyaat [51]:52), dihina sebagai orang gila (QS Al Hijr [15]: 6).
Ada juga hinaan terhadap status beliau sebagai anak yatim dan orang miskin (QS Az Zukhruf [43]:31). Hinaan bahwa Nabi tidak perlu makan dan menikah (QS Al Furqaan [25]:7). Beliau dituduh bahwa Alquran diajarkan oleh orang Nasrani (QS An Nahl [16]:103). Hinaan bahwa beliau tidak akan mempunyai keturunan setelah kematian putranya yang bernama Qosim (QS Al Kautsar [108]:1-3), dan kasus lainnya.
Faktor kedua, yang menjadikan Barat membenci Islam adalah karena Islam merupakan tantangan ideologi yang bertentangan dengan prinsip atheis. Naquib Al-Attas mengungkapkan dalam bukunya, Islam and Secularism, bahwa Islam bukan hanya tantangan bagi kekristenan Barat, tetapi juga tantangan bagi prinsip-prinsip aristotellianisme dan epistemologi serta dasar-dasar filosofi yang diwarisi dari pemikiran Yunani dan Romawi.
Unsur-unsur itulah yang membentuk komponen dominan, mengintegrasikan elemen-elemen penting dalam berbagai dimensi pandangan hidup Barat. Islam pun dianggap tidak sejalan dengan pandangan hidup mereka.
Dr Basim Khafaji mengatakan bahwa Barat melihat Muhammad telah mempersembahkan pemahaman yang mungkin bisa menghancurkan pemikiran Barat dari asasnya, yaitu sentralisasi Allah Ta’ala dalam kehidupan manusia. Hal itu bertolak belakang dengan teori Barat yang dibangun di atas logika dan akal pemikiran manusia (Sohib Jasim, Akar-Akar Penghinaan Terhadap Islam dalam Pemikiran Barat, 2006).
Faktor terakhir adalah isu terorisme yang selama ini didengungkan oleh Amerika dan sekutunya. Ini telah merasuki pemikiran bangsa Barat sehingga mereka takut dan membenci Islam.
Teladan Rasul
Aisyah pernah bertanya kepada Rasulullah, ‘’Wahai Rasulullah, pernahkah engkau mengalami hari yang lebih buruk dari Perang Uhud?’’ Rasulullah menjawab, ‘’Suatu hari aku pernah menemui kaum yang sangat kejam yang belum pernah aku temui, yaitu hari di mana aku menemui kaum kampung aqobah (di Thaif), ketika aku ingin menemui (untuk meminta perlindungan, sekaligus menyebarkan islam) Ibnu Abi Yalil bin Abdi Kulal (salah satu pembesar di Thaif), tetapi dia tidak memenuhi keinginanku, lalu aku pulang dalam keadaan wajahku berdarah (karena perlakuan warganya yang melempaliranya dengan batu). Ketika aku berhenti di Qarnul Tsa’alib (Miqat Qarnul Manajil), aku melihat ke atas dan awan memayungiku sehingga aku merasa teduh. Lalu, aku melihat Jibril memanggilku, seraya berkata: ‘’Sesungguhnya Allah telah mendengar perkataan (hinaan) kaummu dan penolakan mereka kepadamu. Allah telah mengutus malaikat penjaga gunung terhadapmu.’’
‘’Ya Muhammad,’’ sahut malaikat pen-jaga gunung. ‘’Jika engkau mau supaya aku melipatkan Akhsyabain (dua gunung di Makkahm, yaitu gunung Abi Qubaisy dan gunung yang menghadapnya) ini di atas mereka, niscaya akan aku lakukan.’’ Namun, Rasulullah SAW malah berdoa (tidak ada sedikit pun keinginan untuk membalasnya). Bahkan, aku berharap mudah-mudahan Allah mengeluarkan dari tulang rusuk mereka (keturunan) yang menyembah Allah yang Esa dan tidak menyekutukan-Nya dengan sesuatu pun (HR Bukhari Muslim).
Dalam kisah lain, salah seorang dari kaum Quraisy biasa melempari kotoran jika Rasulullah SAW lewat di depan rumahnya. Ketika orang Quraisy itu tidak terlihat lagi, Rasulullah pun menanyakan tentang kabarnya. Ketika ada kabar bahwa orang itu sakit, Rasulullah langsung menjenguknya tanpa ada dendam sedikit pun.
Akhirnya, orang itu pun masuk Islam karena melihat akhlak mulia Rasulullah SAW. Dari kisah di atas, banyak pelajar yang bisa kita renungkan. Pertama, ketika cacian dan perlakuan tidak manusiawi datang menghadapi Rasulullah, maka yang dikedepankan oleh beliau bukan dengan kembali mencaci, tapi dengan menunjukkan sikap baik.
Secara tidak langsung ini adalah dakwah terhadap mereka yang membenci Islam. Terbukti akhlak baik Rasulullah dan sahabatnya telah mengantarkan Islam bisa tersebar luas dengan waktu yang singkat. Dengan ini maka umat Islam dituntut lebih memperbaiki lagi akhlaknya sehingga yang membenci tahu akan keagungan umat Islam.
Kedua, umat Islam harus senantiasa introspeksi, apakah kita pernah menjelaskan tentang Islam kepada orang-orang yang menghina Islam? Karena boleh jadi mereka membenci Islam karena belum tahu tentang hakikat Islam.
Jika belum, maka kita harus memberikan penjelasan tentang Islam dengan berbagai pendekatan. Kalau Rasulullah dahulu suka memberikan surat-surat yang ditujukan kepada para raja, maka sekarang pun kita bisa berdakwah lewat buku, dengan menerjemahkan karya-karya Islam ke dalam bahasa yang dipakai Barat. Atau bisa dengan pendekatan seni dan budaya yang lebih bisa diterima oleh mereka.
Ketiga, mungkin ini yang luput dari kita selama ini, yaitu mendoakan mereka untuk mendapatkan pintu hidayah. Rasulullah SAW tahu bahwa berdakwah saja tidak cukup. Hidayah adalah urusan Allah maka jalan terbaik untuk memintanya adalah dengan doa.
Maka, jika yahudi dan Nasrani tidak akan pernah ridha akan Islam, maka biarkanlah Allah SWT yang membalikkan hatinya menjadi mencintai Islam. Tentunya, tujuan penulis bukan untuk melarang berdemo. Demonstrasi saja tidak cukup untuk menghilangkan islamofobia, apalagi jika berdemo dengan cara brutal dan merusak. Maka, yang timbul bukan islamofobia hilang, tapi mungkin akan semakin menjadi-jadi.
Ikhtisar
Rasul wajib menjadi teladan dalam berdakwah. Masih banyak orang yang salah memahami Islam.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
wawancara hacker situs depkominfo
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[ echo|zine, volume 6 issue 18 ]
Interview with Siapakah.akyu@yahoo.com
Brought To You By : echo|staff
[ Pendahuluan ]
Menjelang akhir bulan Maret 2008 ini,dunia Teknologi Informasi indonesia
dihebohkan pemberitaan di sahkan nya Undang Undang Informasi dan Transaksi Elektronik
oleh Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat.
Reaksi yang ditunjukkan dunia IT indonesia sangat beragam,ada pro dan ada juga yang kontra,
banyak perdebatan yang terjadi termasuk komentar dibeberapa media oleh seorang yang
dijuluki media sebagai pakar Telematika.
Tetapi yang menarik disini adalah terjadinya aksi iseng terhadap dua situs Indonesia ,
yakni situs Departemen Komunikasi dan Informatika Indonesia dan situs Partai Golkar
yang kemungkinan dipicu oleh komentar pakar tersebut.
Setelah situs Partai Golkar menjadi korban kedua dalam aksi ini, echo|zine mencoba
untuk menghubungi dan melakukan wawancara singkat terhadap pelaku dua aksi tersebut
melalui email yang ditinggalkan oleh pelaku didalam situs Partai Golkar dan Depkominfo.
[Interview]
Q: Selamat,anda menjadi pelaku aksi iseng yang pertama kali diwawancarai oleh saya :D
Q: Sebelum bertanya lebih jauh,apakah bersedia mengungkapkan identitas anda ? ,
jika ya .. siapakah anda ?
A: Maaf berjuta-juta maaf, saya tidak bersedia.(nama Drs Suprawoto diambil dari header email
yang digunakan oleh "siapakah.akyu@yahoo.com")
Q: Apa yang menjadi alasan anda untuk melakukan aksi iseng terhadap situs Depkominfo ?
A: Alasan? Saya kira dari pesan yang saya tinggalkan disana sudah cukup jelas alasannya apa. :D
Q: Biasanya jika seorang attacker melakukan penyerangan terhadap website,
full deface terhadap 1 halaman ,nah mengapa anda hanya memposting gambar dan
beberapa kalimat saja dalam situs depkominfo.go.id ?
A: HAHAHA.. biar awet dan adminnya ngga sadar.. :D
Q: Sepertinya gambar yang anda posting didalam situs depkominfo itu gambar Roy Suryo , apakah benar ?
A: Ah masa sih anda tidak tau.. :p 68% gambar RS tuh..
Q: Alasan anda menggunakan gambar Roy Suryo ?
A: saya kan fans beratnya RS
Q: Pendapat anda tentang komentar Roy Suryo di media massa ?
A: RS kayanya panas melihat berita seperti itu dan mungkin beliau salah ngomong,
masa sih comment dia gitu banget, membawa dendam pribadi.
hehehe. kalo kata cincha lawra sih "it's annoying.. " hahahaha
Q: OK, sekarang kita beralih ke situs golkar.or.id
Q: Alasan anda untuk melakukan aksi iseng lagi terhadap situs golkar ?
A: iseng aja, om RS ama om mentri kan dari kata2nya nantangin tu.. :p
Q: Apakah karena komentar Roy Suryo kah ?
A: yupez.. om RS n pak mentri yang punya project software antiporn.. :p
Q: Mengapa ada logat cinca lawra didalam pesan tersebut ?
A: saya cuma mencoba mengikuti perkembangan real life, sekali-kali kita
masukin humor dikit lah, jangan terlalu serius :D jadi yang liat juga ga terlalu panas..
Q: Pendapat anda tentang UU ITE, apakah anda mendukung adanya UU tersebut?
A: Saya mendukung banget selama masih bisa masuk di logika, tapi yang saya liat,
UUnya terlalu muluk-muluk, dan banyak yang tidak jelas dan tidak men-detail.:D
Menurut saya sih, belum perlu lah para petinggi negara mengurus UU seperti ini.
Q: Anda mengatakan tadi belum perlu, mengapa?
A: Masih banyak hal yang lebih penting dari UU ini, seperti internet murah
dan membesarkan bandwith internet di Indonesia. Coba liat deh negara
tetangga (Malaysia), bagaimana pemerintahnya bisa nge-push ISP supaya ngasih
Internet murah, supaya rakyatnya ngga gaptek.
Lucunya pake bilang mau hemat bandwith, emang segede apa sih borosnya bandwith di Indonesia?
Keadaan Internet Indonesia aja masih parah, eeh yang beginian diurusin,
kayanya sih tu petinggi juga ngga ngerti apa internet deh.
Layaknya orang yang membuat UU itu pada zaman batu yang belum ada Internet.
kayanya ada udang dibalik batu nih :D
Q: Harapan/Saran anda terhadap pemerintah terkait UU ITE ?
A: Ya tolong ditinjau ulang saja kalo bisa ajak dan berunding dengan pakar-pakar,
jangan ajak "pakar" IT:D
Q: OK,terima kasih telah bersedia menjadi narasumber kami .
A: sim-sim (warkop DKI style)
[ Penutup ]
Dari wawancara diatas,saya menyimpulkan bahwa aksi tersebut semacam protes terhadap
komentar seseorang di beberapa media elektronik. Oh iya,pada aksi yang dilakukan
terhadap situs Golkar, Drs Suprawoto (siapakah.akyu@yahoo.com) juga menyatakan bahwa
dirinya bukan seorang BLOGGER.
Pada kali ini saya berpesan kepada Drs Suprawoto untuk menyudahi aksinya :p,
setidaknya aksi yang kedua sudah cukup. Untuk para administrator dan developer
yang mengurus kedua situs tersebut,tolong lah dibenahi sistemnya :).
Sekian dari saya, semoga pada issue selanjutnya kami dapat menampilkan wawancara yang
lebih menarik dengan tokoh-tokoh dunia Hacking & Security serta Open Source.
[Catatan]
Untuk info lebih lanjut dan berkomunikasi dengan individu tersebut silahkan
anda langsung hubungi "siapakah.akyu@yahoo.com", interview ini dilakukan melalui email.
*- $e18dot007dottxt - echo|zine - issue#18 - 280308 -*
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/'__`\ /'___\ \ _ `\ / __`\/\_ ,`\\/\ \ /' _ `\ /'__`\
/\ __//\ \__/\ \ \ \ \/\ \L\ \/_/ /_\ \ \/\ \/\ \/\ __/
\ \____\ \____\\ \_\ \_\ \____/ /\____\\ \_\ \_\ \_\ \____\
\/____/\/____/ \/_/\/_/\/___/ \/____/ \/_/\/_/\/_/\/____/
[ echo|zine, volume 6 issue 18 ]
Interview with Siapakah.akyu@yahoo.com
Brought To You By : echo|staff
[ Pendahuluan ]
Menjelang akhir bulan Maret 2008 ini,dunia Teknologi Informasi indonesia
dihebohkan pemberitaan di sahkan nya Undang Undang Informasi dan Transaksi Elektronik
oleh Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat.
Reaksi yang ditunjukkan dunia IT indonesia sangat beragam,ada pro dan ada juga yang kontra,
banyak perdebatan yang terjadi termasuk komentar dibeberapa media oleh seorang yang
dijuluki media sebagai pakar Telematika.
Tetapi yang menarik disini adalah terjadinya aksi iseng terhadap dua situs Indonesia ,
yakni situs Departemen Komunikasi dan Informatika Indonesia dan situs Partai Golkar
yang kemungkinan dipicu oleh komentar pakar tersebut.
Setelah situs Partai Golkar menjadi korban kedua dalam aksi ini, echo|zine mencoba
untuk menghubungi dan melakukan wawancara singkat terhadap pelaku dua aksi tersebut
melalui email yang ditinggalkan oleh pelaku didalam situs Partai Golkar dan Depkominfo.
[Interview]
Q: Selamat,anda menjadi pelaku aksi iseng yang pertama kali diwawancarai oleh saya :D
Q: Sebelum bertanya lebih jauh,apakah bersedia mengungkapkan identitas anda ? ,
jika ya .. siapakah anda ?
A: Maaf berjuta-juta maaf, saya tidak bersedia.(nama Drs Suprawoto diambil dari header email
yang digunakan oleh "siapakah.akyu@yahoo.com")
Q: Apa yang menjadi alasan anda untuk melakukan aksi iseng terhadap situs Depkominfo ?
A: Alasan? Saya kira dari pesan yang saya tinggalkan disana sudah cukup jelas alasannya apa. :D
Q: Biasanya jika seorang attacker melakukan penyerangan terhadap website,
full deface terhadap 1 halaman ,nah mengapa anda hanya memposting gambar dan
beberapa kalimat saja dalam situs depkominfo.go.id ?
A: HAHAHA.. biar awet dan adminnya ngga sadar.. :D
Q: Sepertinya gambar yang anda posting didalam situs depkominfo itu gambar Roy Suryo , apakah benar ?
A: Ah masa sih anda tidak tau.. :p 68% gambar RS tuh..
Q: Alasan anda menggunakan gambar Roy Suryo ?
A: saya kan fans beratnya RS
Q: Pendapat anda tentang komentar Roy Suryo di media massa ?
A: RS kayanya panas melihat berita seperti itu dan mungkin beliau salah ngomong,
masa sih comment dia gitu banget, membawa dendam pribadi.
hehehe. kalo kata cincha lawra sih "it's annoying.. " hahahaha
Q: OK, sekarang kita beralih ke situs golkar.or.id
Q: Alasan anda untuk melakukan aksi iseng lagi terhadap situs golkar ?
A: iseng aja, om RS ama om mentri kan dari kata2nya nantangin tu.. :p
Q: Apakah karena komentar Roy Suryo kah ?
A: yupez.. om RS n pak mentri yang punya project software antiporn.. :p
Q: Mengapa ada logat cinca lawra didalam pesan tersebut ?
A: saya cuma mencoba mengikuti perkembangan real life, sekali-kali kita
masukin humor dikit lah, jangan terlalu serius :D jadi yang liat juga ga terlalu panas..
Q: Pendapat anda tentang UU ITE, apakah anda mendukung adanya UU tersebut?
A: Saya mendukung banget selama masih bisa masuk di logika, tapi yang saya liat,
UUnya terlalu muluk-muluk, dan banyak yang tidak jelas dan tidak men-detail.:D
Menurut saya sih, belum perlu lah para petinggi negara mengurus UU seperti ini.
Q: Anda mengatakan tadi belum perlu, mengapa?
A: Masih banyak hal yang lebih penting dari UU ini, seperti internet murah
dan membesarkan bandwith internet di Indonesia. Coba liat deh negara
tetangga (Malaysia), bagaimana pemerintahnya bisa nge-push ISP supaya ngasih
Internet murah, supaya rakyatnya ngga gaptek.
Lucunya pake bilang mau hemat bandwith, emang segede apa sih borosnya bandwith di Indonesia?
Keadaan Internet Indonesia aja masih parah, eeh yang beginian diurusin,
kayanya sih tu petinggi juga ngga ngerti apa internet deh.
Layaknya orang yang membuat UU itu pada zaman batu yang belum ada Internet.
kayanya ada udang dibalik batu nih :D
Q: Harapan/Saran anda terhadap pemerintah terkait UU ITE ?
A: Ya tolong ditinjau ulang saja kalo bisa ajak dan berunding dengan pakar-pakar,
jangan ajak "pakar" IT:D
Q: OK,terima kasih telah bersedia menjadi narasumber kami .
A: sim-sim (warkop DKI style)
[ Penutup ]
Dari wawancara diatas,saya menyimpulkan bahwa aksi tersebut semacam protes terhadap
komentar seseorang di beberapa media elektronik. Oh iya,pada aksi yang dilakukan
terhadap situs Golkar, Drs Suprawoto (siapakah.akyu@yahoo.com) juga menyatakan bahwa
dirinya bukan seorang BLOGGER.
Pada kali ini saya berpesan kepada Drs Suprawoto untuk menyudahi aksinya :p,
setidaknya aksi yang kedua sudah cukup. Untuk para administrator dan developer
yang mengurus kedua situs tersebut,tolong lah dibenahi sistemnya :).
Sekian dari saya, semoga pada issue selanjutnya kami dapat menampilkan wawancara yang
lebih menarik dengan tokoh-tokoh dunia Hacking & Security serta Open Source.
[Catatan]
Untuk info lebih lanjut dan berkomunikasi dengan individu tersebut silahkan
anda langsung hubungi "siapakah.akyu@yahoo.com", interview ini dilakukan melalui email.
*- $e18dot007dottxt - echo|zine - issue#18 - 280308 -*
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
all about quote
disadur dari thread tentang quotes di kaskus:
- The skies are no longer the limit's , look beyond the stars..-
-Honesty is always the best remedy-
- "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." -
George Santayana
-TO LOVE IS TO RISK NOT BEING LOVED IN RETURN. TO HOPE IS TO RISK THE PAIN. TO TRY IS TO RISK FAILURE, BUT RISK MUST BE TAKEN, BECAUSE THE GREATEST HAZARD IN LIFE IS TO RISK NOTHING-
Leo Buscalgia
-I would rather have had one breath of her hair, One kiss from her mouth, one touch of her hand, Than eternity without it.-
CITY OF ANGELS
-I guarantee there'll be tough times, i guarantee that at some point one/both of us will want to get out but i also guarantee if i don't ask you to be mine, i'll regret it for the rest of my life!-
Runaway Bride
-Yes,we don’t have destiny. Only those who swallowed up by ignorance, and fear takes the false steps, shall plunge us with the muddy water called “Destiny”-
-We must never cry, it’s the life form that been given to us and if we give emotion in it, then it become the proof of our inability to control it-
- "Cause we're fuckheads now, and we'll be fuckheads forever! "-
Bartleby, from the movie accepted
- "Reject a woman and she will never let it go. One of the many defects of their kind – also, weak arms."-
- "How would I describe myself? Three words: hard working, alpha male, jackhammer…merciless…insatiable…"-
- "I am fast. To give you a reference point I am somewhere between a snake and a mongoose…and a panther."-
The Office
-"Would I rather be feared or loved? Um... Easy, both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me"-
-"Yes, I've heard 'women and children first', but we do not employ children. We are not a sweatshop, thankfully. And women are equal in the workplace, by law, so if I let them out first... I have a lawsuit on my hands."-
---Michael Scott, THE OFFICE
-"I never really thought about death, until Princess Diana died. That was the saddest funeral ever. That and my sister’s."-
---Kelly, THE OFFICE
-"There are too many people in the world, we need another plague."-
-"Why tip someone for doing something that I am perfectly capable of doing myself. I can deliver food, i can drive a taxi, and can and do cut my own hair. I did tip my uralogist though because I am unable to pulvarize my own kidney stones."-
-"Do you know who the real heros are? The guys who wake up every morning and go into their normal jobs and get a distress call from the commisioner and take off their glasses and change into capes and fly around fighting crime! Those are the real heros!"-
-"Whenever I'm about to do something, I think 'would an idiot do that?' and if they do, then I do NOT do that thing."-
---Dwight K. Schrute, THE OFFICE
-That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind-
Neil Armstrong
-"They Missunderestimated Me" -
George W. Bush
-"I will kick your ass back to africa!"-
Jackie Chan -Rush Hour-
- "Rehab are for Quitters!!!"-
Junkiess Everywhere :D
-Love is a thing, well its kind of like quicksand: The more you are in it, the deeper you sink. And when it hits you, you've just got to fall-
UB40
When you fail to prepare, you prepare to Fail-
-"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff."-
Mariah Carey
- "We don't necessarily discriminate. We simply exclude certain types of people."-
---Colonel Gerald Wellman, ROTC Instructor
-Question: If you could live forever, would you and Why?
Answer: "I would not live forever, because we should notlive forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever,"-
Heather Whitestone Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest-----later Miss USA 1995
- "It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."-
- "We are ready for an unforeseen event that may or may not occur."-
Al Gore
- "Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately, it kills all it's pupils."-
Louis-Hector Berlioz
-"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia."-
---Charles Schultz
- "The really great man is the man who makes every man feel great."-
G.K. Chesterton
- "A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears."-
William Thackeray
“You know what makes my problems bigger then everyone else's? They're mine.”
Ally Mc Beal
when love beckons to you, follow him
though his ways are hard and steep
and when his wings enfold you yield to him
though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you
and when he speaks to you believe in him
though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden
--Kahlil Gibran
A poet is a dethroned king sitting among the ashes of his palace trying to fashion an image out of the ashes
--Kahlil Gibran
I love you more than yesterday, but less than tomorrow
--Kahlil Gibran
W. GOLDING - Even that was a lot to expect but it was worth a try
D. PARKER - They looked alike, though the resemblance did not lie in their features.
D. BREWSTER - Truth has no greater enemy than its unwise defenders.
"screw you guys! I'm goin' home"
Eric Cartman.
"Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down" -
Jimmy Durante
How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?
--Sherlock Holmes --
It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.
-- Mahatma Gandhi
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
-- Mark Twain
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
..... Mahatma Gandhi
“If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time-a tremendous whack.”
“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.”
“A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.”
“Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.”
“There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.”
All by Winston Churchill
"My advice to you is get married:
if you find a good wife you'll be happy;
if not, you'll become a philosopher. "
(Socrates)
"What's up, Doc?"
- Bugs Bunny-
There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second
Logan Pearshall Smith
"My precioussss"
Gollum - The Lord of The Ring Trilogy
"it isn't the ups and downs that make life difficult, it's the jerks"
(Charlie Chaplin, 1889 - 1977)"
Life, the gift of nature, Love, the gift of life, a Kiss, the gift of love
Annonymous
"I never think of the future - it comes soon enough."
- Albert Einstein -
"Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."
- R. Kennedy -
"The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.... In any case, the giving of love is an education in itself."
— Eleanor Roosevelt, American First Lady and social activist
(1884-1962)
Love at first sight is easy to understand; it's when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle.
--Amy Bloom
"dreams are always faster than dreamers."
-Dreamcatcher-
Capitalization
is the difference between
helping your uncle Jack off the horse
and
helping your uncle jack off the horse
"Be formless... shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle; it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot; it becomes the teapot. Water can flow, and it can crash. Be like water, my friend..."
- Bruce Lee
You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is 'never try'.
-Homer Simpson-
If U always worry about the past, U wont be able to enjoy the present
-Onizuka Eikichii (GTO)-
Knowledge is not just learning what to do, but what not to do
Darrell Boswell
'You may not have everything in this world, but you surely still need pride. You're absolutely poor without pride.'
What cost nothing,worth nothing
Who dares, wins
Solid Snake
Homer, you're twice as dumb as a mule, and twice uglier..so if someone offers you a ride, I say you take it!!
Homer's dad on little Homer's first day of school
"The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.”
- Mark Twain
"Giving up doesn't mean you're weak. It only means you're strong enough to let it go."
The Eyes Cannot See What The Brain Doesn't Know
You only think you understand. People cannot perfectly understand each other. They can't even understand themselves. Understanding a hundred percent of anything is impossible. So, people endeavor to attempt to learn about themselves and others. That's what makes life interesting.
Taken from Neon Genesis Evangelion
*A white boy that makes C's in college can make it to the White House.
*Gay people got a right to be as miserable as everybody else.
*If a woman tells you she's twenty and looks sixteen, she's twelve. If she tells you she's twenty-six and looks twenty-six, she's damn near fourty.
*There are only three things women need in life: food, water, and compliments.
- Chris Rock
I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman.
I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.
I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.
The thing that's wrong with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur.
Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called "walking."
If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.
- George W. Bush
Before I would hurt a child, I would slit my wrists.
I have a skin disorder that destroys the pigmentation of my skin, it's something that I cannot help, OK?
I just wish I could understand my father.
I'm just like anyone. I cut and I bleed. And I embarass easily.
Yeah, Wacko Jacko, where did that come from? Some English tabloid. I have a heart and I have feelings. I feel that when you do that to me. It's not nice.
When I see children, I see the face of God. That's why I love them so much. That's what I see.
Yes, and I had pimples so badly it used to make me so shy. I used not to look at myself. I'd hide my face in the dark, I wouldn't want to look in the mirror and my father teased me and I just hated it and I cried everyday.
- Michael Jackson
I don't mind being compared to Whitney, there are people miles worse to be compared to.
I'd rather be onstage with a pig - a duet with Jennifer Lopez and me just ain't going to happen.
If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a brain would realize that it's the charts that count.
Never, never listen to anybody that try to discourage you.
Whatever you're going through in your life, don't ever give up.
- Mariah Carey
Christina Aguilera and I are friends no matter what the media makes up.
Don't treat me like a little girl.
I did not have implants, I just had a growth spurt.
I go out with friends, but I don't have time to get in trouble.
I want to wait to have sex until I'm married.
I wish my hair was thicker, and I wish my feet were prettier. My toes are really ugly. I wish my ears were smaller. And my nose could be smaller too.
I'm rich, freakin' rich. It's crazy.
Just because I look sexy on the cover of Rolling Stone doesn't mean I'm naughty.
Marry Prince William? I'd love that. Who wouldn't want to be a princess?
- Britney Spears
I think my mum has the foulest mouth of anyone I've ever met.
I hate the word gothic but I would like to try doing something like that. A gothic sound, not rock, but gothic. There's a difference.
I was dating this guy and we would spend all day text messaging each other. And he thought that he could tell that he liked me more because he actually spelt the word 'YOU' and I just put the letter 'U'.
Oh that's very English, that's probably why. They just go "LOL" in America.
- Kelly Osbourne
Have you seen U2's live show? It's boring as hell. It's like watching CNN.
I'm very lucky in that I have a good cosmetic surgeon.
If anybody says their facelift doesn't hurt, they're lying. It was like I'd spent the night with an axe murderer.
If I'm sitting on the toilet and I'm looking at the grouting on the tiles, that grouting really gets me. Mothers have a thing about grouting.
Your gut is always right.
- Sharon Osbourne
Being sober on a bus is, like, totally different than being drunk on a bus.
I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
- Ozzy Osbourne
How can you not like Britney Spears?
I hate it when people call me a teen queen.
I'm not going to deny the fact that I've tried pot. I hated it.
I'm not that girl from Freaky Friday any more! I'm a real adult. In fact, I hate children! I hate them all!
If I dated as many people as they said I have, then I would be dead, because it's just not possible.
Life is full of risks anyway, why not take them?
Never say never. The things that you don't plan are the best. I'm a very spontaneous person.
- Lindsay Lohan
I'm an ocean, because I'm really deep. If you search deep enough you can find rare exotic treasures.
I'm experimental by nature... always exploring my creativity.
I'm not really religious but very spiritual.
Right now I'm pretty single... My career is my boyfriend.
So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year? (lol, plizz.... Christina...)
Whatever I do, it's my business. It's not my job to parent America.
Christina Aguilera
"It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence."
--Mahatma Gandhi
"Some people dream of success but some are awake and work hard to achieve their dream"
School is to practice, practice makes perfect, nobody's perfect,
SO WHY SCHOOL ?
Reading gives you Knowledge
Knowledge is Power
Power Corrupts
Corruption is Evil
Therefore, Reading is Evil
Nobody's perfect.
I am nobody.
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
you read a lot, you forget many
you read a little, you forget few
you dont read, you dont forget
- The skies are no longer the limit's , look beyond the stars..-
-Honesty is always the best remedy-
- "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." -
George Santayana
-TO LOVE IS TO RISK NOT BEING LOVED IN RETURN. TO HOPE IS TO RISK THE PAIN. TO TRY IS TO RISK FAILURE, BUT RISK MUST BE TAKEN, BECAUSE THE GREATEST HAZARD IN LIFE IS TO RISK NOTHING-
Leo Buscalgia
-I would rather have had one breath of her hair, One kiss from her mouth, one touch of her hand, Than eternity without it.-
CITY OF ANGELS
-I guarantee there'll be tough times, i guarantee that at some point one/both of us will want to get out but i also guarantee if i don't ask you to be mine, i'll regret it for the rest of my life!-
Runaway Bride
-Yes,we don’t have destiny. Only those who swallowed up by ignorance, and fear takes the false steps, shall plunge us with the muddy water called “Destiny”-
-We must never cry, it’s the life form that been given to us and if we give emotion in it, then it become the proof of our inability to control it-
- "Cause we're fuckheads now, and we'll be fuckheads forever! "-
Bartleby, from the movie accepted
- "Reject a woman and she will never let it go. One of the many defects of their kind – also, weak arms."-
- "How would I describe myself? Three words: hard working, alpha male, jackhammer…merciless…insatiable…"-
- "I am fast. To give you a reference point I am somewhere between a snake and a mongoose…and a panther."-
The Office
-"Would I rather be feared or loved? Um... Easy, both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me"-
-"Yes, I've heard 'women and children first', but we do not employ children. We are not a sweatshop, thankfully. And women are equal in the workplace, by law, so if I let them out first... I have a lawsuit on my hands."-
---Michael Scott, THE OFFICE
-"I never really thought about death, until Princess Diana died. That was the saddest funeral ever. That and my sister’s."-
---Kelly, THE OFFICE
-"There are too many people in the world, we need another plague."-
-"Why tip someone for doing something that I am perfectly capable of doing myself. I can deliver food, i can drive a taxi, and can and do cut my own hair. I did tip my uralogist though because I am unable to pulvarize my own kidney stones."-
-"Do you know who the real heros are? The guys who wake up every morning and go into their normal jobs and get a distress call from the commisioner and take off their glasses and change into capes and fly around fighting crime! Those are the real heros!"-
-"Whenever I'm about to do something, I think 'would an idiot do that?' and if they do, then I do NOT do that thing."-
---Dwight K. Schrute, THE OFFICE
-That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind-
Neil Armstrong
-"They Missunderestimated Me" -
George W. Bush
-"I will kick your ass back to africa!"-
Jackie Chan -Rush Hour-
- "Rehab are for Quitters!!!"-
Junkiess Everywhere :D
-Love is a thing, well its kind of like quicksand: The more you are in it, the deeper you sink. And when it hits you, you've just got to fall-
UB40
When you fail to prepare, you prepare to Fail-
-"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff."-
Mariah Carey
- "We don't necessarily discriminate. We simply exclude certain types of people."-
---Colonel Gerald Wellman, ROTC Instructor
-Question: If you could live forever, would you and Why?
Answer: "I would not live forever, because we should notlive forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever,"-
Heather Whitestone Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest-----later Miss USA 1995
- "It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."-
- "We are ready for an unforeseen event that may or may not occur."-
Al Gore
- "Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately, it kills all it's pupils."-
Louis-Hector Berlioz
-"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia."-
---Charles Schultz
- "The really great man is the man who makes every man feel great."-
G.K. Chesterton
- "A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears."-
William Thackeray
“You know what makes my problems bigger then everyone else's? They're mine.”
Ally Mc Beal
when love beckons to you, follow him
though his ways are hard and steep
and when his wings enfold you yield to him
though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you
and when he speaks to you believe in him
though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden
--Kahlil Gibran
A poet is a dethroned king sitting among the ashes of his palace trying to fashion an image out of the ashes
--Kahlil Gibran
I love you more than yesterday, but less than tomorrow
--Kahlil Gibran
W. GOLDING - Even that was a lot to expect but it was worth a try
D. PARKER - They looked alike, though the resemblance did not lie in their features.
D. BREWSTER - Truth has no greater enemy than its unwise defenders.
"screw you guys! I'm goin' home"
Eric Cartman.
"Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down" -
Jimmy Durante
How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?
--Sherlock Holmes --
It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.
-- Mahatma Gandhi
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
-- Mark Twain
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
..... Mahatma Gandhi
“If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time-a tremendous whack.”
“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.”
“A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.”
“Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.”
“There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.”
All by Winston Churchill
"My advice to you is get married:
if you find a good wife you'll be happy;
if not, you'll become a philosopher. "
(Socrates)
"What's up, Doc?"
- Bugs Bunny-
There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second
Logan Pearshall Smith
"My precioussss"
Gollum - The Lord of The Ring Trilogy
"it isn't the ups and downs that make life difficult, it's the jerks"
(Charlie Chaplin, 1889 - 1977)"
Life, the gift of nature, Love, the gift of life, a Kiss, the gift of love
Annonymous
"I never think of the future - it comes soon enough."
- Albert Einstein -
"Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."
- R. Kennedy -
"The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.... In any case, the giving of love is an education in itself."
— Eleanor Roosevelt, American First Lady and social activist
(1884-1962)
Love at first sight is easy to understand; it's when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle.
--Amy Bloom
"dreams are always faster than dreamers."
-Dreamcatcher-
Capitalization
is the difference between
helping your uncle Jack off the horse
and
helping your uncle jack off the horse
"Be formless... shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle; it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot; it becomes the teapot. Water can flow, and it can crash. Be like water, my friend..."
- Bruce Lee
You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is 'never try'.
-Homer Simpson-
If U always worry about the past, U wont be able to enjoy the present
-Onizuka Eikichii (GTO)-
Knowledge is not just learning what to do, but what not to do
Darrell Boswell
'You may not have everything in this world, but you surely still need pride. You're absolutely poor without pride.'
What cost nothing,worth nothing
Who dares, wins
Solid Snake
Homer, you're twice as dumb as a mule, and twice uglier..so if someone offers you a ride, I say you take it!!
Homer's dad on little Homer's first day of school
"The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.”
- Mark Twain
"Giving up doesn't mean you're weak. It only means you're strong enough to let it go."
The Eyes Cannot See What The Brain Doesn't Know
You only think you understand. People cannot perfectly understand each other. They can't even understand themselves. Understanding a hundred percent of anything is impossible. So, people endeavor to attempt to learn about themselves and others. That's what makes life interesting.
Taken from Neon Genesis Evangelion
*A white boy that makes C's in college can make it to the White House.
*Gay people got a right to be as miserable as everybody else.
*If a woman tells you she's twenty and looks sixteen, she's twelve. If she tells you she's twenty-six and looks twenty-six, she's damn near fourty.
*There are only three things women need in life: food, water, and compliments.
- Chris Rock
I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman.
I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.
I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.
The thing that's wrong with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur.
Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called "walking."
If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.
- George W. Bush
Before I would hurt a child, I would slit my wrists.
I have a skin disorder that destroys the pigmentation of my skin, it's something that I cannot help, OK?
I just wish I could understand my father.
I'm just like anyone. I cut and I bleed. And I embarass easily.
Yeah, Wacko Jacko, where did that come from? Some English tabloid. I have a heart and I have feelings. I feel that when you do that to me. It's not nice.
When I see children, I see the face of God. That's why I love them so much. That's what I see.
Yes, and I had pimples so badly it used to make me so shy. I used not to look at myself. I'd hide my face in the dark, I wouldn't want to look in the mirror and my father teased me and I just hated it and I cried everyday.
- Michael Jackson
I don't mind being compared to Whitney, there are people miles worse to be compared to.
I'd rather be onstage with a pig - a duet with Jennifer Lopez and me just ain't going to happen.
If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a brain would realize that it's the charts that count.
Never, never listen to anybody that try to discourage you.
Whatever you're going through in your life, don't ever give up.
- Mariah Carey
Christina Aguilera and I are friends no matter what the media makes up.
Don't treat me like a little girl.
I did not have implants, I just had a growth spurt.
I go out with friends, but I don't have time to get in trouble.
I want to wait to have sex until I'm married.
I wish my hair was thicker, and I wish my feet were prettier. My toes are really ugly. I wish my ears were smaller. And my nose could be smaller too.
I'm rich, freakin' rich. It's crazy.
Just because I look sexy on the cover of Rolling Stone doesn't mean I'm naughty.
Marry Prince William? I'd love that. Who wouldn't want to be a princess?
- Britney Spears
I think my mum has the foulest mouth of anyone I've ever met.
I hate the word gothic but I would like to try doing something like that. A gothic sound, not rock, but gothic. There's a difference.
I was dating this guy and we would spend all day text messaging each other. And he thought that he could tell that he liked me more because he actually spelt the word 'YOU' and I just put the letter 'U'.
Oh that's very English, that's probably why. They just go "LOL" in America.
- Kelly Osbourne
Have you seen U2's live show? It's boring as hell. It's like watching CNN.
I'm very lucky in that I have a good cosmetic surgeon.
If anybody says their facelift doesn't hurt, they're lying. It was like I'd spent the night with an axe murderer.
If I'm sitting on the toilet and I'm looking at the grouting on the tiles, that grouting really gets me. Mothers have a thing about grouting.
Your gut is always right.
- Sharon Osbourne
Being sober on a bus is, like, totally different than being drunk on a bus.
I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
- Ozzy Osbourne
How can you not like Britney Spears?
I hate it when people call me a teen queen.
I'm not going to deny the fact that I've tried pot. I hated it.
I'm not that girl from Freaky Friday any more! I'm a real adult. In fact, I hate children! I hate them all!
If I dated as many people as they said I have, then I would be dead, because it's just not possible.
Life is full of risks anyway, why not take them?
Never say never. The things that you don't plan are the best. I'm a very spontaneous person.
- Lindsay Lohan
I'm an ocean, because I'm really deep. If you search deep enough you can find rare exotic treasures.
I'm experimental by nature... always exploring my creativity.
I'm not really religious but very spiritual.
Right now I'm pretty single... My career is my boyfriend.
So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year? (lol, plizz.... Christina...)
Whatever I do, it's my business. It's not my job to parent America.
Christina Aguilera
"It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence."
--Mahatma Gandhi
"Some people dream of success but some are awake and work hard to achieve their dream"
School is to practice, practice makes perfect, nobody's perfect,
SO WHY SCHOOL ?
Reading gives you Knowledge
Knowledge is Power
Power Corrupts
Corruption is Evil
Therefore, Reading is Evil
Nobody's perfect.
I am nobody.
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
you read a lot, you forget many
you read a little, you forget few
you dont read, you dont forget
Monday, March 24, 2008
Ayat-ayat cinta puncak fiksi islam?
Jakarta - Film Ayat Ayat Cinta (AAC) memikat 3 juta penonton. Novelnya terjual lebih dari 400 ribu eksemplar. Sastrawan Ahmadun Yosi Herfanda menyebut AAC sebagai puncak karya fiksi Islami.
Ahmadun yang adalah redaktur sastra Republika merupakan orang yang menawari novel itu untuk dijadikan cerita bersambung di Republika. Habiburrahman El Shirazy, si penulis novel, menjadi salah satu 'murid' saat Ahmadun memberikan pelatihan menulis dalam diklat penulisan di Al Azhar, Kairo Mesir.
Bagaimana kisah AAC diterbitkan menjadi sebuah novel? Apa pendapat Ahmadun yang juga seorang sastrawan itu tentang AAC? Berikut wawancaranya:
Bisa diceritakan bagaimana Ayat Ayat Cinta kemudian diterbitkan Republika?
Habib (Habiburrahman El Shirazy) itu salah seorang peserta diklat penulisan fiksi yang diadakan mahasiswa Mesir Al Azhar. Saya menjadi salah satu pembicara yang diundang ke sana. Terus dia pulang ke Indonesia bikin novel.
Awalnya dia mau menerbitkan sendiri lewat Basmala, penerbit milik Habib. Dia menelepon saya minta diberikan pengantar. Datanglah ke rumah saya di Pamulang.
Begitu ditunjukkan naskahnya, saya lihat judulnya menarik. Mengingatkan pada Ayat-Ayat Setan. Kok ada Ayat-Ayat Cinta? Orang pasti ingin tahu apa isinya. Nah lalu saya tawari agar dimuat sebagai cerita bersambung dulu di Republika. Saat itu saya belum membacanya, tapi sangat tertarik dengan judulnya.
Selain itu, saya niatnya menolong. Dia (Habib) itu kan korban kecelakaan. Ia ingin merintis pesantren dan penerbitan. Nah saya ingin meringankan. Dia setuju untuk dimuat di Republika maka jadilah cerbung di Republika.
Ternyata kemudian banyak yang tertarik dan mengirim SMS minta novel itu dibukukan. Ada beberapa penerbit yang juga menelepon ingin menerbitkannya. Tapi Republika kan punya penerbit buku sendiri dan setelah saya sampaikan penerbit tertarik dan lantas minta Habib untuk diterbitkan di Republika.
Apa kekuatan Ayat Ayat Cinta sehingga bisa laris?
Kekuatan pertama ya judulnya, seperti yang saya jelaskan tadi. Kedua, pada keteladanan tokoh Fahri. Menurut saya, ini merupakan puncak idealisasi fenomena fiksi islam. Saat itu kan lagi fiksi Islami berkembang sebagai sebuah fenomena. Kita belum menemukan puncaknya seperti apa. Kemudian muncullah Ayat-Ayat Cinta dengan mengangkat teladan tokoh yang menarik.
Teladan tokoh ini penting bagi pembaca muda maupun pembaca perempuan dan keluarga yang memang merindukan bacaan yang mencerahkan. Fahri ini mengandung keteladaan, bisa jadi teladan perjuangan, sikap keislaman. Dan itu ternyata pas untuk kebutuhan pembaca.
Kekuatan ketiga, romantismenya. Ini novel romantis yang Islami. Jarang kisah cinta segiempat didekati secara Islami. Di novel itu kan, pergaulan mereka sangat Islami.Ternyata masyarakat kita masih terpikat atau terpesona kisah yang romantis. Yang namanya novel romantis selalu laris. Misalnya novelnya Hamka.
Adakah faktor dari luar yang menyebabkan novel ini laris?
Mungkin saat itu masyarakat jenuh dengan novel yang mengumbar seks. Saya berpikir ini bisa jadi novel alternatif. Ini puncak fiksi Islami yang memberikan pencerahan, jadi banyak dicari.
Apakah saat menawari untuk jadi cerbung di Republika, anda sudah membayangkan AAC akan meledak?
Ini di luar bayangan saya. Saya memang membayangkan novel ini akan laris. Tapi kalau sampai best seller bahkan mega best seller itu di luar dugaan. Saya membayangkannya selaris buku Islami lainnya. Tapi kan ternyata bisa selaris bahkan mungkin lebih laris dari Saman Ayu Utami, ini luar biasa.
Apa kelemahan novel AAC?
Kekurangan? Pendekatan sastra murni belum masuk ke sana. Nilai sastra agak kurang. Tapi sebabagi novel pop yang Islami cukup kuat. Dalam pengkajian forum sastra yang akademis, novel ini dianggap novel pop saja, seperti karya La Rose dan Marga T, cuma Islami.
Soal tokoh Fahri bagaimana?
Sebagai novel pop yang romantis, tokohnya memang tidak beda jauh dengan dongeng, di mana yang dihadirkan tokoh impian. Ya laki-laki ideal menurut penulisnya ya seperti Fahri. Dalam realitasnya nggak ada. Namanya dongeng kan tidak membumi seperti cverita pangeran katak itu.
Anda sudah melihat filmnya?
Sudah. Untuk filmnya punya logika hiburan tersendiri. Di film sepertinya mengekploitasi romantisme, jadi betul-betul diekploitasi agar bisa nangis. Karakterisasi dan keteladanan Fahri kurang malah ada tambahan soal poligami sebagai pengembangan naskah. Tentu saya kecewa juga. Tapi di sisi lain saya mencoba memahami logika dunia hiburan.
Memang tidak sekuat novelnya. Tapi tetap ada manfaatnya, aspek pencerahan masih ada, misalnya sikap keilslaman Fahri yang membela perempuan dan tetap membawa Islam yang damai dan ramah.
http://www.detiknews.com/index.php/detik.read/tahun/2008/bulan/03/tgl/23/time/152252/idnews/911796/idkanal/10
Ahmadun yang adalah redaktur sastra Republika merupakan orang yang menawari novel itu untuk dijadikan cerita bersambung di Republika. Habiburrahman El Shirazy, si penulis novel, menjadi salah satu 'murid' saat Ahmadun memberikan pelatihan menulis dalam diklat penulisan di Al Azhar, Kairo Mesir.
Bagaimana kisah AAC diterbitkan menjadi sebuah novel? Apa pendapat Ahmadun yang juga seorang sastrawan itu tentang AAC? Berikut wawancaranya:
Bisa diceritakan bagaimana Ayat Ayat Cinta kemudian diterbitkan Republika?
Habib (Habiburrahman El Shirazy) itu salah seorang peserta diklat penulisan fiksi yang diadakan mahasiswa Mesir Al Azhar. Saya menjadi salah satu pembicara yang diundang ke sana. Terus dia pulang ke Indonesia bikin novel.
Awalnya dia mau menerbitkan sendiri lewat Basmala, penerbit milik Habib. Dia menelepon saya minta diberikan pengantar. Datanglah ke rumah saya di Pamulang.
Begitu ditunjukkan naskahnya, saya lihat judulnya menarik. Mengingatkan pada Ayat-Ayat Setan. Kok ada Ayat-Ayat Cinta? Orang pasti ingin tahu apa isinya. Nah lalu saya tawari agar dimuat sebagai cerita bersambung dulu di Republika. Saat itu saya belum membacanya, tapi sangat tertarik dengan judulnya.
Selain itu, saya niatnya menolong. Dia (Habib) itu kan korban kecelakaan. Ia ingin merintis pesantren dan penerbitan. Nah saya ingin meringankan. Dia setuju untuk dimuat di Republika maka jadilah cerbung di Republika.
Ternyata kemudian banyak yang tertarik dan mengirim SMS minta novel itu dibukukan. Ada beberapa penerbit yang juga menelepon ingin menerbitkannya. Tapi Republika kan punya penerbit buku sendiri dan setelah saya sampaikan penerbit tertarik dan lantas minta Habib untuk diterbitkan di Republika.
Apa kekuatan Ayat Ayat Cinta sehingga bisa laris?
Kekuatan pertama ya judulnya, seperti yang saya jelaskan tadi. Kedua, pada keteladanan tokoh Fahri. Menurut saya, ini merupakan puncak idealisasi fenomena fiksi islam. Saat itu kan lagi fiksi Islami berkembang sebagai sebuah fenomena. Kita belum menemukan puncaknya seperti apa. Kemudian muncullah Ayat-Ayat Cinta dengan mengangkat teladan tokoh yang menarik.
Teladan tokoh ini penting bagi pembaca muda maupun pembaca perempuan dan keluarga yang memang merindukan bacaan yang mencerahkan. Fahri ini mengandung keteladaan, bisa jadi teladan perjuangan, sikap keislaman. Dan itu ternyata pas untuk kebutuhan pembaca.
Kekuatan ketiga, romantismenya. Ini novel romantis yang Islami. Jarang kisah cinta segiempat didekati secara Islami. Di novel itu kan, pergaulan mereka sangat Islami.Ternyata masyarakat kita masih terpikat atau terpesona kisah yang romantis. Yang namanya novel romantis selalu laris. Misalnya novelnya Hamka.
Adakah faktor dari luar yang menyebabkan novel ini laris?
Mungkin saat itu masyarakat jenuh dengan novel yang mengumbar seks. Saya berpikir ini bisa jadi novel alternatif. Ini puncak fiksi Islami yang memberikan pencerahan, jadi banyak dicari.
Apakah saat menawari untuk jadi cerbung di Republika, anda sudah membayangkan AAC akan meledak?
Ini di luar bayangan saya. Saya memang membayangkan novel ini akan laris. Tapi kalau sampai best seller bahkan mega best seller itu di luar dugaan. Saya membayangkannya selaris buku Islami lainnya. Tapi kan ternyata bisa selaris bahkan mungkin lebih laris dari Saman Ayu Utami, ini luar biasa.
Apa kelemahan novel AAC?
Kekurangan? Pendekatan sastra murni belum masuk ke sana. Nilai sastra agak kurang. Tapi sebabagi novel pop yang Islami cukup kuat. Dalam pengkajian forum sastra yang akademis, novel ini dianggap novel pop saja, seperti karya La Rose dan Marga T, cuma Islami.
Soal tokoh Fahri bagaimana?
Sebagai novel pop yang romantis, tokohnya memang tidak beda jauh dengan dongeng, di mana yang dihadirkan tokoh impian. Ya laki-laki ideal menurut penulisnya ya seperti Fahri. Dalam realitasnya nggak ada. Namanya dongeng kan tidak membumi seperti cverita pangeran katak itu.
Anda sudah melihat filmnya?
Sudah. Untuk filmnya punya logika hiburan tersendiri. Di film sepertinya mengekploitasi romantisme, jadi betul-betul diekploitasi agar bisa nangis. Karakterisasi dan keteladanan Fahri kurang malah ada tambahan soal poligami sebagai pengembangan naskah. Tentu saya kecewa juga. Tapi di sisi lain saya mencoba memahami logika dunia hiburan.
Memang tidak sekuat novelnya. Tapi tetap ada manfaatnya, aspek pencerahan masih ada, misalnya sikap keilslaman Fahri yang membela perempuan dan tetap membawa Islam yang damai dan ramah.
http://www.detiknews.com/index.php/detik.read/tahun/2008/bulan/03/tgl/23/time/152252/idnews/911796/idkanal/10
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