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Promoting Islam in Cyberspace Based on Modern Islamic Thoughts of Syeikh Abduh /313

As 4th President Indonesian, the late Mr.
Abdurrahman Wahid ever said that, “If somebody
insults your religion, but you are not angry, it means

that you already a matured man”.
Abduh modern islamic thought is also still relevant
with promoting Islam in Cyberspace because Abduh
himself is using public space to promote Islamic
values. He was founder of newspaper Al-‘urwat Al-
wutsqa’ in Paris, France. Abduh has several purposes
to create this newspaper, such as: To do Islamic
dakwah, so that moslem people aware of what is
going on, to identify problematic issues in Islamic
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world, to make moslem people united, to spread the
principles of Islamic predecessors, to defend idea that
holding islamic values is in line of being smart, to
share actual political events, and to do diplomacy
among nations, as well as to prosper moslem
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communities.
In Al Quran 41:53 “We will show them Our Signs
on the horizon and in them until it is clear to them that
it is the truth” is one of beautiful words in Al Quran
that embraces the technology. Moslem people must
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be ready for the using of Cyberspace, like Abduh did
in his time of using mass media.

1. Thesis about Abduh, p. 30.
2. Abduh’s idea about Unity of Moslem, had been entitled a
book, “Theology of Unity”.
3. https://www.eramuslim.com/peradaban/quran sunnah/transmisi-
gambar.htm#.Wdi3hlzsS00 that has been downloaded on October
7, 2017 at 15:59 Indonesian West Part time.