Sunday, March 25, 2018
Berada dalam lingkungan mayoritas masyarakat non muslim membuat dakwah
harus dilakukan dengan massif. Islam adalah agama yang hadir untuk semua
makhluk, rahmatan lil ‘alamin, universal.
Islam tidak terbatas oleh waktu dan kaum. Ini jelas berbeda dengan agama-agama
samawi sebelum Islam, yang hanya berlaku pada masa itu dan untuk kaum tertentu.
Oleh karenanya, adalah tugas muslim sebagai khalifah di bumi untuk berdakwah,
sampaikan kebenaran walau satu ayat.
Maka dari itu, cukup sering menjumpai dakwah table dan website yang memberikan al-Qur’an dalam versi
terjemahan bahasa Inggris, Dvd, dan beberapa buku akidah dan konsep berislam.
Semuanya diberikan secara gratis. Bahkan provider akan mengirimkan ke alamat
Anda selama di lingkup area Australia. Sumber-sumber tersebut diperuntukkan
bagi non muslim dan muslim. Jika Anda muslim, Anda bisa menggunakan
sumber-sumber tersebut untuk belajar Islam lebih dalam dan kemudian untuk
berdakwah kepada teman-teman kelas Anda atau tetangga yang non muslim.
Bahkan saya dapati provider yang
memberikan al-Qur’an terjemahan dalam beberapa pilihan bahasa seperti French,
Spanish, Greek. Dan saya sendiri mendapat al-Qur’an terjemahan dari
islamisthestraightpath dalam versi Chinese karena bahasa pertama, mother tongue, beberapa teman kelas saya
adalah mandarin.
Berikut hasil
wawancara yang telah kami himpun dari http://islam-australia.com
How was the
program (Books and Dvds) distribution initiated at first?
After September 11,
2001 it was made painfully aware that there are misconceptions about Islam
which needed to be corrected.
Where are the
area of distribution?
Australia wide
How are the free
sources distributed?
The booklets are
sourced (both within and outside Australia) and then shipped to Melbourne where
the online orders are matched with the requested literature and then posted.
How is the fund
for free sources distribution derived? Is there any fund raising or such
activity run to support this program?
Funds are raised
from brothers and sisters in Australia through local networks.
Who are the
targeted object for this distribution, non muslim only or both non muslim and
muslim?
Although dawah is
primarily seen as sharing Islam with non-Muslims, the fact is the orders we
receive are 50/50, Muslim and non-Muslim. Islam is very often inherited
but not in truth always embraced. I get many orders from those born into
'Muslim' families which never in fact practiced Islam. They do not know
how to pray or even know the articles of faith. When these brothers and sisters
approach the local masjid for assistance they are often told that 'they should
know' and leave feeling humiliated. One brother recently told me that it
wasn't until he came to the 'western world' that he truly embraced Islam (b.t.w.
this comment is so common!). His choice to truly seek Islam was due to
being asked about Islam and having no real answer to the questions about
it. He realized he had never even thought about it, he said when you live
in a Muslim majority country your faith is not really tested by others.
If you said you were Muslim they would just accept that. It is also true
of 'Christians' in Australia. Many are in fact inherited Christians and
often have no connection to church or a deep understanding of their
'religion'. If people respond they are Christian then people just accept
that, no test required. As a result of being comfortable with just
inheriting religion we have generations of people ignorant of the teachings of
the religion in which they claim to belong. This leads to massive
misunderstanding and cultural contamination.
This is why helping
our brothers and sisters discover Islam is so vital.
How many sources
has been distributed so far? (Maybe monthly or annually)
Around 300 a year
via our website and about 90 via Gumtree
What is the
ultimate goal for this program?
To
please Allah (SWT), and share the treasure that is Islam.
List website:
http://islam-australia.com/free-literature/
Summer,
December 10, 2015
Darling St 405