The Army Chief of Staff meant that studying religion too deeply would lead to deviations, without a teacher.
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — The Head of the Army Information Service (Kadispenad), Brigadier General (Brigjen) Tatang Subarna, clarified and corrected the statement by the Army Chief of Staff (KSAD) General Dudung Abdurachman while giving a Fajr lecture at the Nurul Amin Mosque, Jayapura City. , Papua Province in mid-November 2021.
In the video uploaded to the previous Dispenad account, Dudung advised the congregation not to delve too deeply into religion. Tatang also explained the purpose of the Army Chief of Staff’s lecture.
“The meaning of KSAD is that studying religion too deeply will lead to deviation, if there is no teacher,” said Tatang in a statement in Jakarta, Sunday (5/12).
Dudung fills a Subuh lecture on the sidelines of a working visit to Kodam XVII/Cenderawasih, Jayapura, Tuesday (23/12). Dudung was accompanied by Habib Husein bin Hasyim bin Toha Baagil while filling out the tausiyah.
Dudung also gave Fajr lectures as well as providing assistance to mosque administrators. In the video uploaded to the Dispenad account, Dudung mentions the implementation of gratitude that has been created by Allah SWT for his servants to perform prayers. Sitting also mentions about ilmana as the level of faith of Muslims.
“Faith in taklid, there is faith in science, there is faith in yes, there is faith in truth (haqul yaqiin), and faith in essence. Therefore, many Muslims are often influenced by this hadith, he said, the Prophet Muhammad SAW. It’s too deep, don’t study religion too much,” said Dudung, who was wearing a white koko shirt and a black cap on the pulpit of the mosque Republic from the TNI AD’s official Youtube, Sunday (5/12).
For the Fajr prayer congregation, according to Dudung, the impact of studying religion too much is deviation. “Finally there were deviations. Like the Soldier’s Oath, the Sapta Marga, and 8 mandatory TNI, if you soldiers don’t understand, you don’t understand the meaning of Sapta Marga, Soldier Oath, and 8 mandatory TNI,” said the former Kostrad commander.
Dudung visits the XVII/Cenderawasih Military Command Headquarters in Jayapura, Papua, Tuesday (23/11). Previously, he went to Manokwari to visit the Military Command Headquarters XVIII/Kasuari. Dudung also took time to Timika, Mimika Regency to meet soldiers from Battalion Raider 754/ENK20/3 Kostrad.
Dudung also advised TNI AD soldiers who served in Papua to love the local community. He asked TNI AD soldiers to never hurt people’s hearts.
“Don’t even think about killing. You have to love the people and you have to show compassion to the Papuan people. You have to be kind to the Papuan people, don’t hurt them,” said Dudung at the Battalion Raider 754, Timika, Tuesday.
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