Do not feel great first if you watch hundreds of thousands of millions of Muslims who are marching in 411 or 212. know the percentage of Indonesian Muslims every year continue to decline even a few dozen years again not impossible beyond other people, if still stubborn yet introspection.
I was reminded about 1993 when I was with Drs Zainut Tauhid Sa'adi (now Vice Chairman of Central MUI) to be a participant in drafting the NU Konbes Material at a hotel in Jakarta as a representative of IPNU PP management. I sat at the lobby table with Gus Dur, while Gus Saiful-sorry-just stood up. On the sidelines of busyness had met KH Yusuf Hasyim Nanny Tebuireng boarding school when I nyantri.
I entered the Commission of the Organization, proposing that PBNU have a propagation field in the transmigration area, which I think is very strategic for the development of the region. Unfortunately the simple opinion was countered by Rozi Munir who had been Chairman of Demography UI. Frankly then I was technically not smart enough to convey the formulation of missionary urgency in isolated areas of Indonesia, whereas Rozi Munir was reluctant to capture the essence of my opinion which could have been with the enhanced LDNU function solution, not breaking the idea input with the stiffness / formalities of the institution.
The relevance of the above prologue before entering the subject of this paper. Former Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court Jimly Asshidiqie spoke of the phenomenon of the decreasing percentage of the Muslim population in Indonesia. According to him, it is influenced by the development of propagation that is not proportional between that of Islamic religious institutions with other religions. "The numbers (people) are rising, but the procession is decreasing, because the productivity of da'wah from other faiths is more effective," he said. Jimly hopes, information about the declining percentage of Muslim population in Indonesia today can be an evaluation material. Thus, he said, the leaders and leaders of Islam can think of a formulation of da'wah in order to spread the teachings of Islam more effective for the people of Indonesia.
Earlier, Chairman of the Aji Dd Peneleh Foundation Dedi Mulawarman said, as the number of Islamic followers globally rose significantly, in Indonesia, which is the country with the largest Muslim population in the world, it actually declined. "Muslims (in Indonesia) from 95 percent to 85 percent, there are anomalies within the Islamic center of the archipelago," Aji said. According to him, Muslims from time to time seemed powerless. In politics, for example, the trend of Muslim political voice tends to decrease. He pointed to the agenda of liberalism, individualism, deislamisation, and depoliticization that made people increasingly marginalized. He pointed out, when the Islamic Party will be enlarged, there is a systematic force that destroys it. Meanwhile, other Islamic parties do not have massive structures and cadres that can not develop. "In the year 2024, Muslims in Indonesia as the symbol of the Muslim world will be like what? The number 24 becomes important in consolidating the people not to become foam," said Aji. He believes, there is a hadith related to a 100 year reformer, in which the ummah will rise up in the 2024 elections if consolidation begins now. He said the Messenger of Allah was born in 624, Yazid 724, Al Ma'mun 824, Sabrang Lor and Trenggono 1524, Diponegoro 1824, and Tjokroaminoto 1924. "The 100-year cycle, every change always Prog Dr. Yusril Ihza Mahendra said, Muslims should be recognized as a guest in their own country. In fact, he said, the first vice-president of the Republic of Indonesia, Moh Hatta, has banned foreigners from becoming president and owning land in Indonesia. "Because they did not fight because the Dutch colonial period, Japan they help," said Yusril. Currently, he continued, as much as 74 percent of land in Indonesia owned large corporations, such as Ciputra and Podomoro which they also control the plantation. "This is different from what Moh Hatta wants, if this land should not be owned by a foreign east," said the former secretary of state. So according to the author, structurally, the deterioration of ownership of economic assets contributes to the marginal and the reduced number of Muslims.
Chairman of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) 2014 Center Din Syamsuddin. shows the statistics of growth of Indonesian Muslims. In the 1990 population census the number of Muslims only reached 87.6 percent. This figure then increased to 88.2 percent in the 2000 population census. Of concern, Din said, the annual growth rate of Muslims is only 1.2 percent. While Christianity doubled, ie 2.4 percent per year. If it is lowered again to the provincial level, it will be even more worrisome. Din cites data of a writer Leo Suryadinata who mentions the largest Christian growth rate is in Riau Islands Province which reaches eight percent per year. Below, there are three provinces whose Christian growth rate reaches seven percent. They are West Sumatra, West Java and Yogyakarta Special Region (DIY). "In West Java it is in Sukabumi area, Southern Cianjur. The mode they rent a house, then used for the place to learn, play basketball, play volly, then do activities of apostasy, "said Din. In the 80s Muslim population in Indonesia was still more than 90 percent, then in 2000 the Muslim population fell to 88.2 percent and in 2010 it fell again to 85.1 percent.
In Indonesia, the growth of Islam is decreasing drastically, as the data below:
Based on the research of the Al Atsar Al-Islam Foundation (Magelang) and in the series of investigations it is found that from 1999-2000 Christian and Catholicism in Central Java has increased from 1-5 percent in early 1990, now drastically 20-25 percent from total population of Indonesia.2. From the Research report Dep. Documentation and Information of the Religious Council of the Indonesian Guardians, since the 1980s each year the growth rate of Catholics: 4.6 percent, Protestant 4.5 percent, Hinduism 3.3 percent, Buddhism 3.1 percent and Islam only 2.75 percent .
In the book of Church and Reformation of Yakoma PGI (1999) by Pastor Yewanggoe, the number of Christians in Indonesia (of Research) is more than 20 percent. Meanwhile, according to Global Evangelization Movement data has recorded the growth of Christians in Indonesia has reached more 40. 000. 000 people (19 percent of total 210 population of Indonesia)
BPS (Badan Pusat Statistik) Indonesia reported a decrease in the number of Muslims in Indonesia. For example in Southeast Sulawesi it fell to 1.88 percent (within 10 years). Similarly in Central Java, NTT and other parts of Indonesia.
In Garut Kibla June 26, 2012, Minister of Religious Affairs of Indonesia, Suryadharma Ali said, from year to year the number of Muslims in Indonesia continues to decline. Yet on the other hand, the population of Indonesia continues to grow. Initially, the number of Muslims in Indonesia reached 95 percent of the total number of Indonesians. It gradually declined to 92 per cent, down 90 per cent, then to 87 per cent, and now drops to 85 per cent.
According to Mercy Mission data, as many as 2 million Indonesian Muslims fall away and convert to Christianity every year. If this continues, estimated by 2035, the number of Indonesian Christians is equal to the number of Muslims. In that year, Indonesia will no longer be referred to as a country with a Muslim majority population. Will we Muslims be silent, allowing the Muslim population to be eroded by time due to the actions of Muslims themselves.
Get up! Wali Songo preaching to the corners of the archipelago by showing the public that Islam is truly the religion of rahmatan lil alamin as introduced by Rasulullah SAW. The actions of some Islamic groups that often introduce their religion with violence and terrorism could be the cause of the decreasing Muslim population in the world, including in Indonesia. Islamophobia appears everywhere, especially in the West. This is as a result of the acts of violence and terror they perpetually perpetrated in the name of Islam. Until the religion that brought the Prophet Muhammad was eventually identified with the teachings of violence and terror. Islam is a religion that is feared and even hated, even Muslims themselves leave a religion that has been hereditary dianutnya only for reasons of security, work and looking for face, position and asylum. The population of Muslims is also threatened increasingly diminished. In Indonesia, an irrefutable past record of the majority of Muslims. In fact, the archipelago is recognized as the country with the largest Muslim population in the world, it could be a memory.
Referring to the Seminar of Forum of Gathering of Kyai Muda in Al Anwar 3 Sarang Rembang Regency themed Building Pesantren and Reviving Values History and Civilization Built by Ancestor ", October 25, 2016, opened DR A Jayadi Director of Pedepontren Kemenag, DR H Abu Hafsin Chairman of PWNU Central Java, resource persons DR A Ghafur Maemun Zuber and Gus Baha, confirmed again in December 2016 meeting author with Gus Baha conveys the importance of reviving the spirit of da'wah Wali Songo to the archipelago. In the forum, the authors mention a little wali songo strategy, among others, advancing Islamic education,