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Conclusion
Promoting Islam in Cyberspace in Indonesia has many
challenges, but for recommendation, this paper urges

Indonesian government to create National Body of
Cyberspace that can control the using of Internet and
Social Media, with the boundaries of Pancasila as the
firm philosophy for majority moslems in Indonesia.
If it is proven that Cyberspace is used more for
mudharat than for benefits, it is urgent for Indonesian
Ulama’s Council to publish all fatwas, concerning
Cyberspace, for example for love match maker
application, qurban and zakat online, and online
shops, so that majority moslem in Indonesia could

sense the meaning of using Cyberspace is just for the
Highest Almighty Allah, not for egoisme purpose.
Based on Abduh’s modernity thoughts about
everything, Abduh was active in many islamic
organization as being active with other people is part
of being modern, so that if indonesian moslem people
still confuse about the validity of what is written or
what is offering about Islam in Cyberspace, they
should refer to other people more knowleadgeable
about Islamic values, because Cyberspace was
created by a white west people and Abduh ever said
that “I saw West and I see Islam, but they are not
moslems, but I saw East and I see moslems, but they
are not Islam”.