Iislam changed Majapahit emperium by merchant? Yes it is, but it is not 100% correct

Submitted by Lady (Indonesia), Jan 27, 2010 at 14:34

I mentioned that "Why nobody study properly on why Majapahit emperium suddenly became islam emperium?" The living pedigree of those last Majapahit emperium members still survive in Bali island, they still remember what their ancients told them what was happening? Also some "LONTAR" or script written 500 years ago still exist in some places (personal belonging and museum). It was not exposed openly as it will cause problem to those balinese people to open up that case.

Islam enter majapahit kingdom by merchant? Yes... true by merchant who accepted peacefully by the host Majapahit people... then those merchant slowly will vuild mosques and muslim community who put barrier for themself against non muslim. For example, those muslims merchant never want to buy food from non muslim. Also by merried... muslims never allow to get merried with non muslim.... and muslim never change their religion. You see how this muslims force is too strong to bear by free and tolerant community. In the end those host people become marginalized to be a minority community and become strangers to those muslims community. I guess that what Swizz people scared about to ban and retsrict the movement of what we called the forcefull ISLAM religion to conguer the world exactly with similar tactic as happened in Indonesia (500 years ago in Majapahit).

Now in Indonesia, compare to old time, in some places with strong muslim community (islamist), there is a tendency where very difficult to get permit to build churches and temples in muslim places. We can ask christians people how they must even do worship in private house, often attack by islamist. While muslim community very easy to build mosques in non muslim places. The case of Pontionak in West Borneo and Molluca were the example on how the clash of muslim and non muslim happened just because the muslim community does not TOLERANT to non muslims even in non muslim places! Nobody can argue, this exactly happening like The Majapahit Emperium to let those merchant settle in the new places....

Nobody can deny that why those last member of the Majapahit emperium in the end must RUN AWAY (nto volunterely go, but RUN AWAY) from their own land. Those silence ancient thombs still exist which 500 years ago laid in their mother temple of BESAKIH where all Balinese visited its time to time.

Anyway, but thanks God seems central government of Indonesia still has a godo will to preserve the secularism state of Indonesia founded by Soekarno (the first presidetn of Indonesia) who his mother is a Balinese. I guess thats why Soekarno did not accept "Piagam Jakarta" which stated Indonesia under islamic law.

I am writing this here not to try to stir a problem within muslimc community in Indonesia. Because Indonesia muslims currently is much more tolerant then the others, compare to for example Malaysia or Bruney or even Pakistan. Non muslims have similar right in Indonesia in front of the state law. So nothing to worry about the past problem on how majapahit emperium change to be islamic kingdom. What we worry about is, what about if those fanatic muslims again and again try to repeat the history to be a forcefull community to force all people just to abide islam law? Not it i snot happening yet in Indonesia, but oneday when the fanatism is growing bigger and bigger, particularly when Middle east trend is imported to Indonesia for the secodn time... then.. chaos will become Indonesians breakfast, lunch and dinner everyday.... Exactly like in Somalia, Afghanistan, Ex Yugoslavia, Lebanon Middle east, where religion become a major factor of differences to bring it to big friction what we called a WAR!!!

So my poitn of view, I guess everybody who we called Earth member must keep the believe in God (religions) personal only as far as their houses only and NOT BRING it out to use it to govern member of a state who have different believes in one land. Thank you

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