UMJ Adds Three New Doctors

  Muhammadiyah University Jakarta has increased the number of new doctors. They are Ir. Nelfiyanti., ST., M.Eng., Ph.D., (FT Lecturer) Anwar Ilmar Ramadhan, Ph.D., (FT Lecturer) and Dr. Dr. H. Zainal Arif, MA., (FAI Lecturer) officially received his doctorate after an open promotion session was held from two different campuses.

Also read: Deputy Dean III FIP UMJ Receives Doctoral Degree

Ir. Nelfiyanti., ST., M.Eng., Ph.D., earned a doctorate in Manufacturing and Ergonomics, through a dissertation entitled Effect of Quick Response Manufacturing Towards Ergonomics in Automotive Assembly Line . Many assembly workers in Indonesia and Malaysia use humans as the main source of energy for the success of production. Based on observations made on industries in Indonesia and Malaysia, there are several factors that cause workers to experience complaints or pain during the work process because the work process is not ergonomic, causing delays in completing a project. This became the background for Nelfi's dissertation research.

Anwar Ilmar Ramadhan, Ph.D., earned a doctorate in the field of Nanofluids and Heat Transfer through a dissertation entitled Characterization, Experimental and Simulation of Heat Transfer Performance for Al203-Ti02-Si02 Ternary Nanofluid With Insert. The research carried out is a refinement of the results of research that has been carried out while studying at the undergraduate and master's levels.

Through characterization, experiments and simulations, Anwar succeeded in creating a new nanofluid that can be used in the industrial sector, such as car radioators or as a coolant for other things. Anwar also plans to develop his research in collaboration with the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) to improve nuclear reactors.

Ir. Nelfiyanti., ST., M.Eng., Ph.D., and Anwar Ilmar Ramadhan, Ph.D., are lecturers at the UMJ Faculty of Engineering who succeeded in obtaining a doctorate at Universiti Malaysia Pahang with satisfactory results. Both of them also received scholarship assistance from UMP during their postgraduate education.

Meanwhile, Lecturer at the Faculty of Islamic Religion, Dr. Dr. H. Zainal Arif, MA., earned a doctorate in the field of Al-Qur'an Science and Tafsir at the University of Higher Education for Qur'an Sciences (PTIQ), which is the second doctorate he has achieved. Through a dissertation entitled E-Commerce from the perspective of the Al-Qur'an and its implementation and analysis in the economy in Era 4.0, Zainal concluded that E-commerce based on the perspective of the Al-Qur'an does not prohibit any activities carried out in economic activities as long as they remain guided and do not contrary to the principles outlined in the Qur'an and Hadith.

Despite his illness for several months, Zainal remained enthusiastic and completed his doctorate with satisfactory results. In the near future, he also plans to submit a proposal for promotion to Professor level.

"Hopefully this can make us more creative, devoted, and of course more useful for individuals and society, especially religion," said Zainal.

To date, there are 230 lecturers at Muhammadiyah University in Jakarta who have received doctoral degrees. Hopefully in the future more lecturers will achieve doctoral degrees for UMJ to excel.

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Supporting Palestine, LPP AIK UMJ Holds Science Integration Study

  The humanitarian crisis that befell Palestine prompted Muhammadiyah to issue a statement of support for Palestine. In order to support Palestinian independence, the Institute for the Study and Application of Al Islam and Muhammadiyah, Jakarta Muhammadiyah University (LPP AIK U MJ) held a Science Integration Study at the At-Taqwa Mosque, Friday (27/10/2023).

Also read: Halaqah Tarjih LPP-AIK UMJ Discusses Leadership in Islam

This study, which carries the theme Muhammadiyah's Views in Addressing Humanitarian Issues and Palestinian Independence, presents UMJ Postgraduate lecturer Dr. H. Muhammad Hidayat Nur Wahid, Lc., MA., and Drs. Bunyan Saptono, MA.

Responding to the attitude of the Muhammadiyah Central Leadership in supporting Palestine, Hidayat Nur Wahid explained that this attitude showed that Muhammadiyah was continuing the rational interpretation as KH. Ahmad Dahlan interpreting QS Al-Ma'un and teaching it to his students.

According to him, Muhammadiyah uses the Koran and Sunnah as its operational, ideological and action base in responding to everything. NU also issued a fatwa requiring Muslims to defend Palestine.

Therefore, Hidayat invited the congregation to never forget history (red coats), but also green coats, namely never to eliminate the services of the ulama. One of the scholars whose services contributed to supporting Palestinian independence.

The cleric is a Muhammadiyah figure, namely KH. Abdul Kahar Muzakir. "When he was a student in Cairo he was very familiar with the struggle of Arab nations for independence, including Palestine. He participated in an international conference representing mass organizations in Indonesia. "So the historical roots are very strong," he said.

UMJ academic community during a joint prayer for the safety of Palestine in the LPP AIK UMJ Science Integration Study at the At-Taqwa Mosque, Friday (27/10/2023).

Hidayat also appreciated Muhammadiyah's rational interpretation in supporting Palestine by providing aid worth 32 billion. According to him, this is exactly what KH taught. Ahmad Dahlan. Apart from assistance in the form of material, Hidayat explained that support can also be provided by broadcasting to world citizens that Israel is an invader.

“They were so extraordinary in finishing off Gaza. Israel also carries out actions that are not in accordance with academic principles. They hire buzzers to distort facts and truth. This is part of their strategy to poison intellectualism. "From an opinion perspective, we must be part of the effort to fight it," stressed Hidayat.

On social media, Hamas is branded as a cruel and inhumane terrorist. However, according to Hidayat, this issue was refuted by testimony from former Hamas prisoners who admitted that they received very good and humane treatment. The lies that Israel broadcasts via buzzers on social media cannot in fact be proven.  

In line with what Hidayat Nur Wahid said, Drs. Bunyan Saptono, MA., who appealed to the academic community to participate in campaigning support for Palestine via social media. "Please make it viral that Hamas launched the attack because of Israel's long occupation," he said.

Bunyan explained that Muhammadiyah's stance in responding to the Palestinian-Israeli war was based on the guidance of the holy books of the Koran and Sunnah. “Muhammadiyah is a da'wah movement for good and evil. "What is happening in Palestine right now is evil and has gone beyond the limits," he said.

Furthermore, Bunyan reviewed this issue from the perspective of international law and emphasized that Israel had committed international crimes which had an impact on long-term colonialism. Israel's actions range from unarmed aggregation, armed aggregation, ethnic cleansing, genocide, to apartheid politics.

Bunyan emphasized three things in addressing the humanitarian issue in Palestine. “First, we defend Palestine because of the cruel colonialism. Second, the mandate from the constitution that we are anti-colonial. "Third, we must remember our debt of gratitude, Palestine was the first country to recognize Indonesia's independence," he said.

Concluding the study, the congregation prayed together for the safety of the Palestinian people. This study also provides an opportunity for the academic community to channel assistance in the form of donations through Lazismu. The Science Integration Study is a routine program of LPP AIK UMJ which is held once a month with resource persons who have expertise in accordance with the field of science on the issues raised.

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Youth Pledge Restoration; Strong Youth Towards a Powerful Indonesia

  The meaning of youth according to Law Number 48 of 2009 concerning youth. Youth are Indonesian citizens who are entering an important period of growth and development aged 16 (sixteen) to 30 (thirty) years. Youth is various things related to the potential, responsibilities, rights, character, capacity, self-actualization and ideals of youth. That in the history of the struggle of the Indonesian nation since the pioneering of the Indonesian national movement, youth have played an active role as spearheads in delivering an independent, united and sovereign Indonesian nation and state. And of course this is solely to fulfill welfare and prosperity for all Indonesian people .

As a reflection of the strength of young people, we must not forget the period in 1908 as the beginning of the founding of the first youth organization, namely Budi Utomo, we must not forget the period in 1928 as the beginning of the youth oath, we must not forget the period in 1945 as the beginning of the gate. only then has a nation dared to proclaim its independence, we have not forgotten the period in 1966 when the Indonesian Student Action Unit (WE) demanded the old order to take responsibility for a series of problems that hit Indonesia when it was defeated, and we have not forgotten the period in 1998 when A large wave of action combined from various elements of youth, society and workers demanded change to a new order which we later came to know as the reform era. The series of stories above have proven that young people should be more active in taking a role in initiating a change.

This is the importance of the active role of youth in national renewal and development. Youth have a very strategic function and role so they need to develop their potential and role through awareness, empowerment and development as part of national development. And to realize national development goals, young people are needed who have noble character, are healthy, tough, intelligent, independent and professional in their behavior. So, as the young generation and also as the golden generation of the nation, we should maintain and continue the independence that our founding fathers worked so hard to achieve. Don't let us misunderstand this independence, which is planted well with the pouring of sweat and tears, because our attitudes and actions are inversely proportional to what the nation's heroes aspired to, so that as young people, they should be the future successors of the nation who should protect Indonesia. This is to be better and not to become backwards and left behind by other nations out there.

So as our reflection, it is appropriate for us to start with the question, has Indonesia become independent? This is a sentence that we repeatedly ask as the younger generation, the legal owners of this country. A sentence that was also mentioned in the book "We are not yet independent" was written by an academic figure and Indonesian economist observer Ichsanuddin Noorsy.

As a generation that was born far from the colonial era, it is time for us to start opening a new page for the nation's future by writing it down with brilliant Indonesian gold ink, where in fact our rule maps in building the nation should not be like a sailing ship that has lost its direction, hit by a storm. I don't know where to go back. Our glory in the nation and state should not stop at the slogan "Our Indonesia is Free" which is actually ironic in the reality that until now Indonesia's independence has only been enjoyed by a group of people or individuals who think they have power over the authority to regulate the system in this country. both the political system, the economic system and the governance system are clearly hypocritical.

This nation certainly needs a central and active role from young people to guard against all forms of problems that hit our country today, a series of problems that continue to emerge such as the practice of KKN (Collusion, Corruption and Nepotism), human rights violations (Human Rights), and the practice of capitalists who take away the rights of indigenous peoples.

Prof. Dr. Sri Edi Swasono in the introduction to the book "We are not yet independent" written by Ichsanuddin Noorsy in his introductory article said that currently there are two main groups of Indonesian elites. The first elite group are nationalists, national independence patriots who want to maintain independence, where they always maintain as firmly as possible " national sovereignty and territorial integrity of Indonesia" meaning national sovereignty and territorial integrity of Indonesia, those who are always sensitive to rejecting the return of new models of colonialism in the form of whatever. The motto of this group is "once free, always free". Meanwhile, the second elite group are those who favor the return of colonialism, quite a few of whom are in government or close to power. The motto of this group is "nationalism is ancient", while patting his chest admiring the new fiction books and absurdly saying " this is the end of the nation state, the world is borderless and there is no more free lunch, meaning this is the end of the country nations, a world without borders and no more free lunches.”

The commemoration of Youth Pledge Day in 2023 should be able to be a reflection for each of us in the young generation of Indonesia in leading us to the spirit of nation building or participating in building a powerful Indonesian nation. Indonesia is a country that was born and raised because of an agreement on diversity in achieving a framework of unity, meaning that the young people who gathered on 27-28 October 1928 were caused by the emergence of awareness of the same unrest, this unrest was then fostered with the enthusiasm to end oppression. and prolonged violence. The birth of the young people who founded the nation initiated the birth of a consensus that embraced all the differences that we know to this day with the words "youth oath" which was agreed to become a common consensus, in order to achieve a common goal: INDEPENDENT INDONESIA FOR ALL GROUPS .

So is it working as expected? This is what must and indeed needs to be a long, continuous discourse, especially in the last quarter of a century leading up to the centenary of Indonesia's Independence. So as the young generation of the Indonesian nation, it is an obligation for all of us to continue to carry out the noble ideals of the nation's founders. The spirit of the patriot spirit must continue to beat in the blue skies of our motherland, the tears of sweat always wet the fertile soil of our motherland. The Indonesian state is a country that was built on the foundation of sacrifice of all human elements from various ethnic, religious and cultural differences.

Therefore, when explaining the fourth principle, namely the principle of social welfare, Bung Karno emphasized; “There will be no poverty in Independent Indonesia. Do we want an independent Indonesia, where capital is rampant, or where all the people are prosperous, where everyone has enough to eat, enough clothes, lives in prosperity, feels on the lap of Mother Earth who provides sufficient food and clothing for her? Which do we choose, brothers?” said Bung Karno with his stunning rhetoric. So as young Indonesians, it is time for us to dream about a Digdaya or Super Power Indonesia whose country is not robbed of its natural resources, whose human resources are not servants or servants in their own country. So the strong young man referred to here is a young man whose enthusiasm never diminishes with the presence of various problematic attacks in this country, because young people who are said to have iron bones, their minds are as sharp as a keris and have ideas as wide as the ocean, they will not be shaken if they are only shocked by materialistic temptations and offers of positions that can kill our critical reasoning as young people. So only then will we be able to move towards a powerful Indonesia.

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PBSI FIP UMJ Lecturers and Students Participate in the Indonesian Media Language and Literature Festival

  Lecturers and students of Indonesian Language and Literature Education, Faculty of Education, Muhammadiyah University, Jakarta (PBSI FIP UMJ) took part in the 2023 Language and Literature Festival. This activity was organized by Media Indonesia to commemorate Language Month which will take place from 26-27 October 2023, in 2023 Language & Literature Festival Stage, Indonesian Media Office.

Also read: FIP UMJ Holds Workshop for Muhammadiyah Teachers in Kab. Wonosobo

On this occasion, Lecturer at the PBSI FIP UMJ Study Program Khaerunnisa, M.Pd., said that the general public's skeptical perception was that the PBSI study program or Indonesian literature was less popular. This is because the public still has minimal knowledge about the benefits of Indonesian Literature, even though the PBSI study program has enormous employment opportunities. For example, when marketing offers goods or services, if you don't have language skills or process correct and good diction you will certainly find it difficult. "All activities require language and that is something that must be studied further," said Khaerunnisa.

The language and literature festival entitled "Welcoming a Golden Indonesia 2045 Through Literature" also presented other speakers, namely the Head of the PBSI Study Program, State University of Jakarta , Dr. Siti Ansoriyah, M.Pd., and Head of the PBSI Study Program, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, University of Indonesia (FIB UI), M. Umar Muslim, SS, MA, Ph.D.

On the same occasion, Indonesian Language and Literature Education (PBSI) FIP UMJ students also performed literary works in the form of poetry readings. The five students include Muhammad Faisal Ahwan, Randu Satya Kriswinarta, Prananda Hafizh Wibowo, Ali Yassin Akillah, and Muhammad Ilyas.

Indonesian Language and Literature Education (PBSI) FIP UMJ student Muhammad Ilyas reading poetry on the 2023 Language & Literature Festival Stage, Indonesian Media Office, Thursday (26/10/2023).

“At first it was nervous, especially watching it with great people. "But we try to show the best as much as possible," said Ilyas when interviewed. "I hope that today's young people can become more familiar with Indonesian literature and produce other literary works," added Ilyas, conveying his hopes.

Responding to this, Khaerunnisa said that the PBSI FIP UMJ student's performance received a positive response and needed to be appreciated. "This is the first performance for the students. "I hope that my fellow students will continue to be enthusiastic about honing their creativity and sharing with other campuses so that we can learn together," said Khaerunnisa.

"Don't be discouraged. "Even if you lose a match it is normal, but getting up and trying again is extraordinary," he continued.

This festival presents various kinds of literary performances ranging from poetry readings, monologues, short stories and performances of works by the nation's children. Apart from the performance of literary works, this event also provides various types of books by famous writers, one of which is Putu Wijaya and other writers which can be purchased.

Also present were the Editor-in-Chief of Media Indonesia, Ade Alawi, the Director General of Information and Public Communication, Kominfo , Usman Kansong, the Head of the Language Agency of the Ministry of Education and Culture , Aminudin Aziz, and the Head of the National Library of the Republic of Indonesia , Muhammad Syarif Bando.

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Various Food Security on Muhammadiyah Day

  The VII Muhammadiyah Day activities were just held at the At-Taqwa UMJ Mosque, Saturday (28/10/2023). This time the event was led by the Faculty of Agriculture (FTan UMJ) and carried the theme "Muhammadiyah Mobilizes Generations of Achievements to Increase Indonesia's Food Security".

Also read: Spreading Islam with joy on Muhammadiyah Day 6

Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Muhammadiyah University, Jakarta, Dr. Ir. Soelarno, M.Si., in his speech said that there is nothing in life that is not related to the world of agriculture, especially food issues. 

“The food issue is very important. We hope that in the future the Muhammadiyah Association can play a role in thinking about food security issues. "Hopefully holding this activity can bring UMJ, especially the Faculty of Agriculture, to be superior and progressive," said Soelarno.

In line with this, the Chancellor of UMJ Prof. Dr. Ma'mun Murod reminded the importance of implementing Muhammadiyah Day activities as part of strengthening culture in Muhammadiyah. “Food security requires commitment. "If there is no commitment, there will be no food security," said Ma'mun in his speech.

In this activity, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was also signed between UMJ and PT. MUGEN , which will send 2 FTan UMJ students to take part in a work internship program to Japan. A total of 18 FTan UMJ students have passed the selection program and will depart in stages.

Signing of the MoU between Muhammadiyah University Jakarta and PT MUGEN at the VII Bermuhammadiyah Day event at the At-Taqwa UMJ Mosque, Saturday (28/10/2023).

Like previous events, the VII Muhammadiyah Day was also celebrated with various activities. One of them was the Sharring Session which invited several FTan UMJ alumni to share their experiences, namely Ir. Basril Abbas (Researcher at the National Research and Innovation Agency), Suhendar, SP (Secretary of the Bojongsari District Head), Popi Palichan, SP. M.Sc. (Head of MNC News), and Dr. Iim Muharam, M.Sc. (Chair of the Agricultural Area Development Group of the Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture's Planning Bureau).

Apart from that, there were also religious lectures by the Chairman of the Muhammadiyah Central Leadership, Dr. H. Anwar Abbas, MM., M.Ag., who explained "The Role of Muhammadiyah in Mobilizing a Generation of Achievements for Indonesian Food Security".

“Education that takes place in the world of education must be able to improve the mentality of students. "I want when they graduate, these students will become entrepreneurs, not employees," said Anwar Abbas.

He further emphasized that the country must have food independence, not food security. This means that we must be able to produce food independently, not just be consumers. "In the midst of today's extraordinary competition, our task is to produce creative graduates. "For this reason, these children must be encouraged and supported so they can make innovations," said Anwar Abbas. 

Congregants attending the VII Muhammadiyah Day at the At-Taqwa UMJ Mosque, Saturday (28/10/2023).

The whole series of events went lively. Also present were the ranks of the UMJ Vice Chancellor, the entire academic community, and the community within the UMJ environment. Apart from taking part in the event sessions, visitors were seen filling the student bazaar area of ​​the Student Creativity Program (PKM) and Student Entrepreneurship Development Program (P2MW) winners which offered various types of products.

At the end of the event, visitors were distributed free pokchoy vegetables produced from FTan UMJ's hydroponic garden.

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UMJ Chancellor Appointed as IMM Focal General Chair for the 2023-2028 Period

  Chancellor of the UMJ  , was officially appointed as General Chair of the Muhammadiyah Student Association Alumni Family Forum (Fokal IMM) at the Central Leadership Inauguration and Silatnas event on Saturday (28/10/23).

Also read: IMM Focal Study Discusses Muhammadiyah and the 2024 Election.

Previously, Ma'mun in the V Samarinda National Conference (Munas) was included in the list of selected formators along with Yusuf Warsim, Fikri Yasin, Suli Da'im, Hadi Mulyadi, Muhammad Saleh Tjan, Feri Yanthy Burhan, NA Fitri Gayo, Enjang Tedi, Yayat Suyatna , Wahidin Hasan, Edi Agus Yanto, and Andi Nurpati. These 13 names then determine the management structure of FOKAL IMM for the next five years.

In the event held at the Peninsula Hotel, Jakarta, the IMM Focal Central Leadership Management for the 2023-2028 period was inaugurated, which consisted of elements of the advisory board, advisory board, expert board and daily board. Inauguration based on decision letter (SK) Number 01/A-1/I/2023 concerning the appointment and ratification of the IMM Focal, starting from 21 September 2023.

Chairman of PP Muhammadiyah Prof. KH Haedar Nashir, M.Sc., in his speech stated that IMM is the backbone of Muhammadiyah's intellectual-based cadres. Haedar believes that in the future there will be strategic interests that require the support of intellectual cadres in various fields. This is in accordance with Muhammadiyah's vision of excellence and progress.

"I hope that in the future a new wave of Muhammadiyah cadres will be born, both from IMM, IPM, Pemuda, Nasyiatul Asyiyah (NA), and all autonomous organizations with superior quality," hoped Haedar.

The newly appointed Chair of the IMM Focal, Ma'mun Murod, in his speech revealed that the IMM Focal must be able to take strategic steps to build cultural strength by establishing synergistic relationships with various parties, one of which is the political diaspora. According to him, this is in line with what was conveyed by the Chairman of PP Muhammadiyah.

"Fokal as a non-structural organization is expected to strengthen cultural work, especially in efforts to accelerate politics in Muhammadiyah's young generation. "This is not easy work, but of course we have to make an effort," said Ma'mun.

Furthermore, Ma'mun added that Muhammadiyah cadres in fields other than politics were quite good. This encourages IMM Focal to focus on increasing the political diaspora for cadres. Apart from that, this effort is also in line with the event theme "Building Political Synergy to Realize Civilized Politics."

On that occasion, the Minister of Youth and Sports (Menpora), Dito Ariotedjo, was also present, who in his speech emphasized that Muhammadiyah is a large, organized and systematic organization. Therefore, he hopes that Muhammadiyah as an organization can continue to be an inspiration. 

Dito also emphasized that the Ministry of Youth and Sports is ready to collaborate with Muhammadiyah in the youth and sports sectors. Various programs are ready to be synergized to develop the character of young people. 

Apart from the Minister of Youth and Sports, there were also presidential candidates (Bacapres) and (Bawacapres) Vice President who had been officially promoted by their respective coalitions, namely Ganjar Pranowo and Muhaimin Iskandar. Both of them were specially invited to stay in touch with IMM Fokal alumni who attended from various regions and convey ideas.

Muhaimin Iskandar in his speech said that Fokal IMM is a very strategic organization as one of the implementers of realizing Muhammadiyah's goals. Of course, this activity is a means of re-establishing Muhammadiyah values.

"It is natural for IMM to be the successor of history to practice Muhammadiyah values ​​regarding humanity and nationality," explained the politician who is usually called Cak Imin.

In another session, Ganjar Pranowo explained that Muhammadiyah has served the nation and state a lot, especially in the important role of youth. Muhammadiyah's strengths are in the fields of health and education. In front of hundreds of IMM Focal members, Ganjar invited everyone to continue their contribution to making Indonesia Gold 2045 a reality.

“We learn from Muhammadiyah which has independence and self-reliance. "In the fields of health and education, Muhammadiyah has proven its performance," said Ganjar.

The inauguration and National Silat were continued with the IMM Focal National Working Meeting which lasted for two days, Saturday to Sunday (28-29/10/23). The participants in this activity seemed enthusiastic, IMM Focal members from various regions were seen filling the room until the evening.

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