Terima kasih Tuhan. Terima kasih karena manusia diberi mata. Mata secara fisik maupun mata hati. Mata, salah itu indra yang sangat berharga ini sering tidak difungsikan secara maksimal.
Sejak bangun pagi aku bersyukur karena kembali melihat cerah pagi. Itulah kasih Tuhan yang bisa kita nikmati setiap pagi.
Nah, setelah ke kantor saya langsung membaca dua koran yaitu Jakarta Post dan Kompas. Dengan mata saya pun membaca berbagai informasi, opini dan cerita mengenai manusia dengan segala perilaku dan tabiatnya, mengenai alam, mengenai kekonyolan orang-orang di republik yang sakit ini. Namun saya harus bersyukur karena masih bisa tersenyum walaupun akan kekonyolan diriku dan negeri ini.
Islamophobia: Who is to blame for bad image?
Mohammad Yazid
Jakarta
Muslim will find it wiser to respond to this negative impression by looking within themselves
An honest attitude will off-set all these misunderstandings. There is no need to be ashamed of acknowledging that amid the waves of globalization, Muslims have fallen far behind in promoting the modern ethical values long practiced by non-muslims. These value include democracy and the ethos of diligence and discipline, all of which improve human existence.
The bad image of muslims is understandable, but it can be avoided if they show tolerance on the basis of strong fraternity.
Non-Muslim would also be wise to avoid being trapped by the kind of unreasonable fear. If they fail to face this challenge, the words of Hidayat Nur Wahid, Speaker of the People`s Consultative Assembly, will prove true: That Islam-phobia is no emerging, under the exact meaning of the word “phobia” in Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary: “inexplicable and illogical Fear”.
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Bank Indonesia Inaugurates New Credit Information Bureau
The Jakarta post
Jakarta
Banks and credit card issuer are obliged to send information on borrowers to the bureau. In the case of other financial institutions outside the banking sector, the sending of information to the bureau, while not compulsory, is strongly recommended.
He said that he expected the bureau would in the future come to be running the bureau by 2010.
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Pertamina to increase fuel prices to industry
Leony Aurora and Grace Nirang
Bloomberg/Jakarta
PT Pertamina, Indonesia’s state-owned oil price of oil company, will increase price of oil products sold to miners and factories by as much as a weakening rupiah makes it more expensive to import the fuel.
The price of gasoline sold to industries will rise 5.3 percent next month from Rp 6,174 a liter in June, Ahmad Faisal, director of trading and marketing, said Thursday. The fuel oil price the smallest gain, from Rp 3,745 a liter.
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Terima kasih untuk Leny yang mengetik beberapa kutipan berita dari Jakarta Post 30 Juni 2006. Jakarta Post adalah salah surat kabar. **********