Event:

Jakarta - Education Minister Muhammad Nuh wonders how pornographic material was included in textbooks for elementary students. All parties involved, may be sanctioned.

"I wonder why this book reached the school. Ought not be," Nuh said at the State Palace, Veteran Street, Jakarta, Thursday (07/11/2013).

Nuh had sent a team in the field to check on how the book can be circulated. Nuh was also surprised by the elementary school principal in Bogor of how he did not selectively choose the books.

"What is clear is that the book should not be circulated. Authors and publishers have responsibilities. Principals have the responsibility, I'll give them sanctions," he said. (detikNews.com, 11 July 2013)

Comments:

Students' textbooks contain destructive ideas and describes prostitute activities are spread at all levels of schools around this country. In this case, the public has protested the contents about pornography in textbooks that have been found in hundreds of schools and become repeated cases. National media has published the same cases at least 5 times during the past six months of this year. There are thousands of destructive books that have been circulated, read and destroyed students' understanding.  But then the education Minister only commented, ‘How can these books are circulated? There would be a sanction for who are involved.'

The one who should be responsible for all aspects related to education actually is the minister, because he is the actual leader of the department. The department should provide correct curriculum for all level of schools, capable headmasters and teachers for each school and also make sure that all facilities including books distributed to school are in line with the goal and curriculum meeting the target. For the one who should receive the first sanction for those cases is the Mister Minister himself. How can he let the case happen and be found many times? Can he be responsible for those students who are the victims of those destructive contents they received?

Moreover, Mister Minister knows better than others that pornography being exposed through television and media has lead to sexual harassment, mass rape, violence and other disgusting acts carried out by teenagers. Will the education department contribute to the number of those disgusting activities instead of generating a devout, piety and qualified generation?

Islam places education as the basic rights for all people to make them devout, educated and capable to have responsibilities as human beings. For the leader-Imam should be responsible for all aspects related to the fulfillment of education rights; not only by general policy but also being responsible for the implementation of the curriculum by means of facilities; books. But today's government is not responsible for all that. They are only responsible in wanting to generate young people capable of earning money so they can pay taxes. That is the reason why the government only paid attention and gave comments when media or public protest in such cases of pornography contents.

It is time for people to realize that Indonesia and all over the world need the implementation of Shariah and the coming of Khilafah "Caliphate" State

Iffah Ainur Rohmah

Spokeswoman of Hizb ut Tahrir Indonesia