Idul Fitri, Our Words and Us
Idul Fitri is the sacred moment of transforming our personal piety, which we have trained for a full month, into a public force for good. One implementation is ensuring the presence of social cohesiveness.
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Worshippers perform Idul Fitri prayers in Senen Market, Jakarta, on Friday (17/7/2015).
For me, one major sign that our fasting is accepted by Allah is our ability to “restrain” our words and be careful in our speech. Idul Fitri is the sacred moment of transforming our personal piety, which we have trained for a full month, into a public force for good. One implementation is ensuring the presence of social cohesiveness. Egoistic desires fade away and are replaced with a spirit of collectiveness.
Such a message is important to be contemplated in these years of politics, when people are polarized. The pro and antigovernment camps seem to have rejected each other. More than just using abusive words on social media, on some occasions they have also resorted to persecution and physical violence.