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Pemuda Gua Al Kahfi

12 Friday Mar 2010

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Amman, Islam, Jordan, Qur'an

Sebuah kunjungan yang sudah lama sekali terjadi ke tempat yang disebut Gua Kahfi. Letaknya tidak jauh dari ibu kota Jordania, Amman. Konon di tempat inilah para pemuda yang digambarkan oleh Al Quran untuk mempertahankan imannya bersembunyi di sebuah gua.

Kemudian muncul pertanyaan bertapa lama mereka tertidur dan ditidurkan disana.Di dalam Al-Quran ada mengisahkan perihal dan kisah mengenai Ashabul Kahfi yang mana kesannya masa terdapat di sebuah tempat yang bernama Sahab di Amman.

Dari Wikipedia Profesor Muhammad Taisir Dhabyan dalam bukunya ‘Penemuan Besar Abad 20 : 7 Petidur Tiga Abad’ menyatakan gua tersebut terletak di 7 km tenggara bandar baru Amman, Jordan.

Peristiwa Ashabul Kahfi begitu istimewa sehingga surah dinamakan al Kahfi.Kisah mereka dipaparkan dalam Surat Al Kahdi 9-26 yang disebutkan ditidurkan 309 tahun karena dikejar-kejar oleh raja yang lalim dari Roma.

Raja Daqyanus menganut agama berhala dan memusuhi agama Nasrani (Nabi Isa).Saat itu Kerajaan Roma membawahi Liga Decapolis yang berpusat di Philadelphia (kini dikenali sebagai Amman) di mana Raja Daqyanus atau Decius memerintah pada ketika itu.

Meskipun sudah lebih dari satu dasa warsa kunjungan ini merupakan sebuah perjalanan bersejarah karena dari sanalah keyakinan bertambah. Bahwa kisah Al Kahfi nyata ada dan nyata ada di bumi yang tak lain di Jordania sekarang.

Kalau berkunjung ke Amman jangan lupa menengok tempat ini.Bagi para backpacker mungkin ini tempat yang bisa dijelajah karena dari sana tidak jauh ada tempat bersejarah yang disebut Laut Mati.

Konon laut yang bisa mengambangkan kita saat berkenang karena berat jenisnya lebih tinggi belum bisa dicek sampai dasar laut. Konon pula dekat tempat ini umat Nabi Luth dikubur karena sudah melakukan perbuatan hubungan sejenis. Wallahu’alam bishawab.

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Gerakan Shalat Khusyu'

11 Thursday Mar 2010

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Allah, Islam, Religion and Spirituality, Ritual, Shalat Khusyu

Ibadah shalat khusyu bagi seorang Muslim merupakankan sebuah kegiatan harian yang sangat penting. Sejak bangun tidur sampai kemudian tidur lagi shalat berlangsung lima kali sehari. Bagi orang yang melihatnya lima kali melakukan ibadah ini mungkin seperti berlebihan.

Apalagi di era modern ini dimana waktu berjalan sengat cepat, kesibukan bertumpuk dan agenda sambung menyambung silih berganti tiada henti. Dalam kondisi ini shalat seperti sebuah ritual yang menghambat.Kesadaran seperti kemungkinan banyak menghinggapi manusi perkotaan yang dilanda banyak kesibukan.

Namun kalau dipahamkan Allah soal bobot shalat ini niscaya kita ingin bersimpuh lama dalam shalat ini. Seolah-olah sebuah kenikmatan tiada tara dalam pencerahan ruhani.Dan ini juga merupakan kunci mendapatkan kesejukan di tengah kegersangan ruhani. Tidak mengherankan jika perintah shalat ini Allah memirajkan Rasulullah.(bersambung)

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American Urban Politics in a Global Age

11 Thursday Mar 2010

Posted by Setiawan in Archives, Global Politics

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New Urbanism, politics, Social Sciences, United States, Urban planning

GlobalAmerican Urban Politics in a Global AgeThe Reader5th EditionPaul Kantor, Dennis JuddApr 2007, Paperback, 416 pagesIn this thoroughly revised reader, two leading scholars bring together a collection of readings that highlight the most important trends in urban scholarship today. The engaging selections incorporated into American Urban Politics in the Global Era are arranged and presented within a clear thematic structure and with commentaries by the editors.In addition to the political economy perspective emphasized in previous editions of the reader, this new edition highlights the impact of globalization on urban politics and policy today. The historical and contemporary readings reveal how the interaction of local, national, and international forces is reshaping the political landscape of urban America.topContentsIntroductory Essay: Governing the Metropolis in the Global EraPART 1: GLOBALIZATION AND THE ECONOMIC IMPERATIVEChapter 1. The Politics of Urban DevelopmentEditors’ Essay. Entrepreneurial Cities1 Paul E. Peterson, The Imperative of Growth2 Clarence N. Stone, Urban Regimes3 Richard C. Wade, The Urban Frontier4 [NEW] Mark Alan Lowes, Indy Dreams and Urban NightmaresChapter 2. Cities in the International MarketplaceEditors’ Essay. The New Urban Economy5 [NEW] H.V. Savitch and Paul Kantor, The Great Transformation and Local Choices6 Richard Foglesong, When Disney Comes to Town7 Paul Kantor and H.V. Savitch, Can Politicians Bargain with Business?Chapter 3. The Political Economy of Urban CultureEditors’ Essay. Cultural Strategies of Urban Development8 [NEW] Richard Florida, The Power of Place: The Creative Class9 Elizabeth Strom, Culture, Art, and Downtown Development10 [NEW] Alison Isenberg, Downtown CulturePART 2: GOVERNING THE MULTI-ETHNIC METROPOLISChapter 4. The Cities: The Politics of Space, Race, and EthnicityEditors’ Essay. The Cities: Confrontation and Accommodation11 Thomas J. Sugrue, Racial Confrontation in Post-War Detroit12 Reuel Rogers, Minority Groups and Coalitional Politics13 Harvey K. Newman, Race and the Tourist BubbleChapter 5. The Suburbs: The Politics of Space, Race, and EthnicityEditors’ Essay. Immigration and Seclusion in the New Suburbia14 [NEW] Andrew Ross, Kinder, Gentler Government?15 Rosalyn Baxandall and Elizabeth Ewen, New Immigrants in Suburbia16 [NEW] Eric Avila, Fear and Fantasy in Suburban Los Angeles17 Dolores Hayden, Planning Suburban Development: The Rise of the MallChapter 6. The New Politics of SpaceEditors’ Essay. Fear and the Privatization of Urban Space18 Mike Davis, Fortress Los Angeles19 [NEW] Margaret Kohn, The Mauling of Public Space20 [NEW] Peter Marcuse, Life in the Cities After September 11, 200121 [NEW] Dennis R. Judd, Visitors and Spatial Ecology of the CityPART 3: GOVERNING THE FRACTURED METROPOLISChapter 7. Sprawl, Regionalism and the New UrbanismEditors’ Essay. Governing the Sprawled Metropolis22 Myron Orfield, Building Consensus23 [NEW] David Rusk, Growth Management: The Core Regional Issue24 Fred Siegel, Is Urban Sprawl a Problem?25 Dolores Hayden, The New UrbanismChapter 8. Federal-City Relations and the Capacity to GovernEditors’ Essay. City Politics in a Decentralized Federal System26 Peter Eisenger, City Politics in the Era of Devolution27 Pietro S. Nivola, Federal Prescriptions and City Problems28 [NEW] Stephen D. Stehr, The Political Economy of Disaster AssistancetopFeatures* Each chapter is introduced by an editor’s essay that places the readings into context and highlights their central ideas and findings.* Division into three historical periods emphasizes both the changes and continuities in American urban politics over time.* The reader is the perfect complement for Judd & Swanstrom’s City Politics: The Political Economy of Urban American, 6/e, also available in a new edition.From http://www.pearsoned.co.uk/Bookshop/detail.asp?item=100000000252386

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