Omar and Osama bin Laden
Media loves controversy because it drives attention from readers. ‘Bad news is a good news’ says the villain in the James Bond’s “Tomorrow Never Dies”. Bad news does not necessarily only means natural disaster, war, collateral damages, terrorism or anything that could easily be comprehended as closely related to blood and death. It could aslo stand for anything that consists of a sort of paradoxical meaning from the perceived understanding of common people about something or someone. That’s why the recent brouhaha of Umar (Omar) bin Laden son of Osama bin Laden who offered to bridge peaceful solution between his father and the West got so much attention from the media, and the readers because it offers the extreme paradox from what the world, particularly the West, perceived with the word “bin Ladin”
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NU Nahdlatul Ulama
A brief history of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) a socio-religious movement in Indonesia and the largest Muslim organisation in the world.
Nahdlatul Ulama (also Nahdatul Ulama or NU) is a traditionalist Sunni Islam group in Indonesia. Its traditionalist nature is evident in the name Ulama, referring to the scholar-preachers of Islam, trained in Qur’anic studies, including the interpretation of the religious laws contained therein.
NU was established on January 31, 1926, who founded by Wahab Chasbullah with supported from Hasyim Asy’ari, the most respected ulema in East Java. Hasyim also sat as the first chairman. NU built up as a reaction to the Muhammadiyah. NU also developed in the other areas of Indonesia, but East Java remain as the central. In 1942, the organisation has 120 branches entire of Java and South Kalimantan. In 1965, the group took sides with the General Suharto-led army and was heavily involved in the mass killings of Indonesian communists. However, the NU later began to oppose Suharto’s regime. In 1984, Abdurrahman Wahid, the grandson of NU founder Hasyim Asy’ari, inherited the leadership from his father, and was later elected President of Indonesia in 1999.[1]
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[1] Wikipedia
