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It is important to revitalize Wasatiyyat, the balance way of life or the moderate way of life that has been the way of Islam especially in current condition where extremism climate is emerging. It was stated by Dr. Muzammil H. Siddiqi, Chairman of Fiqh Council of North America, Chapman Orange University, California to RRI World Service-Voice of Indonesia on the sidelines of High Level Consultation of World Muslim Scholars on Wasatiyyat Islam which takes place in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia from May 1-4, 2018. Muzammil Siddiqi said today there are many people including Muslims who have lost wasatiyyat, the balance. Thus he urged to be united to bring goodness to the humanity.

“Some people have been very liberal, secular they lost the sense of their religion, some have been very conservative, so we Islam bring people together. Muslim should be together, but we are not going together against anybody, we are not coming together against Christians, against Jews, against Hindus, Buddhist, we are to bring goodness to all people because our prophet is rahmatullilalamin,” Muzammil Siddiqi said.

Siddiqi also said Islam emphasizes to pay attention not only to Muslims but to humanity at large, because all human being such as children are humans, so they all are brothers and sisters in humanity. He stressed that Islam has to care for all, and this is the balance way or wasatiyyat. (VOI/DP/AHM)