About
Soon After I started actively blogging, I realised that (a) blog is a powerful tools for everybody to communicate one’s ideas the easiest way; (b) most Indonesian are blogging in Bahasa Indonesia, their native language.
The choice to use one’s own language is natural. However, for those who have a little bit mastery in English I keep encouraging them to use it as their blog lingua franca..
Not only will it benefit them one way or another, but also it would open the window for other cultures to know us–Indonesia as a a people, a nation as well as a country–a lot better.
It is on this regard that I started making a regular review on English speaking blog written by Blogger Indonesia when I was actually a beginner blogger myself back then.
The idea in question–blogging in English–seems to attract some conventional media to interview me or to write about me which makes this campaign even more known and encourage more Blogger Indonesia to do the same. On personal level, non-Indonesian readers who visit this blog frequently email me–I am sure other English-speaking blogger Indonesia got many emails as well– if they have some questions to ask relative to Indonesia. This, among others, is the purpose, the raison d’etre why we, Indonesian, should blog in English.
As a part of blogging spirit and in order to help new blogger to quickly get indexed by Google, I also offer blogrolling to support and promote each other. You may put my URL address in your blog/website (banner link recommended), I’d blogroll you back once your backlink’s identified through Technorati.
Please note, any backlink will be reciprocated in kind if (a) it’s put on the frontpage i.e. on the sidebar, header or footer; NOT in the sub-page or posting; (b) it should be visible, wordpress blogging platform enables us to make the blogroll or a particular link invisible to visitors; (c) it should be a live-link, a dead link such as blogroll in pull-down is not considered as a blogroll. To keep your blogroll space small, consider using drop-down or marquee, a link from both methods is a live link and will get a backlink; (d) it’s NOT a commercial blog (i.e. blog about beasiswa scholarship, lowongan kerja job vacancy, pay to post/review, etc); (e) it’s not porn related blog; (f) You’re not installing anything from rankwidget.com. And no less important is the link of this blog should be easily findable. I’m a bit impatient. When I come to a blog to make sure an existing blogroll to this blog, I’ll look for it a few seconds. When I coudn’t see the link (even if it’s there), I consider my blog link is not there and your blog link won’t be here.
Soon after putting fatihsyuhud.com link into your frontpage blog and after Technorati identifies the backlink to this blog, within one to two weeks you may check your own blog URL in the footer of this blog. The list, in alphabetical order, is based on one’s first and second blog title. The most practical way whether your blog has been linked to by me is by checking through technorati.com the tutorial of which can be found here.
If you are a real newbie and are confused how to blogroll other bloggers, visit here for wordpress and here for blogger.com / blogspot.
Your blog link will be removed if (a) you’re found removing fatihsyuhud.com link from your blog or moving fatihsyuhud.com link into a subpage or a post; (b) your blog is no longer active (no new post) in more than two months.
On Blogger of the Week
Roughly every week, I review Indonesia English-speaking blog which I think good enough to be shown to the world. Many Indonesian bloggers blog in English who are not yet known. If you have an English-speaking blog with original content, please drop the line here in the comment box below or here (recommended) informing me your URL address or email me. Your blog may get reviewed sooner than expected. To know what the advantage for you and your blog after being reviewed, see here.
Well, I am a sort of reticent person; an introvert one especially regarding private matter. That’s why I would rather not to talk about myself. I would prefer someone else talk about me, if any. I feel it’s not comfy to speak of oneself too much. Blowing oneself horn is not my cup of tea. For the sake of clear identity, however, particularly with regard to my writing here in this blog, I need to tell readers something that may be of interests:
First, I am a Muslim, a moderate one. A good Muslim is always a moderate, Islam never allows its followers towards any path of extremity (Quran 2:143). Hatred, fanaticism or diehardism towards anything or anyone, therefore, is unislamic (Quran 4:135; 4:103).
Second, I am NOT affiliated to any polical party both secular or the so-called Islamist. Yet I use my voting right and therefore I have my personal preference. The party which is close to my ideals on justice, prosperity, integrity and honesty (of its workers and the elites) may own my single insignificant vote.
Third, I work with neither companies nor any institution, government or private. I run my own institution which I hope would represent my ideals which I start implementing one at a time.
I have a dream to see Indonesian people prosper, educated and personally independent in its strictest sense of the term; to see them one day as the trend setter, not as a negative trend stupid follower. For this, I start making a sort of mass mobilisation on grass root level giving awareness to the unpriveleged on their potential and their dignity (more on this later).
I have also a dream of seeing many more academician of Master or PhD level to go back to the rural area where 80 percent of the country population reside. To enlighten them, giving them hope and knowledge they mostly need. For I strongly believe that Indonesia will never go to the level of developed country if the 80 percent is not nurtured, nourished and educated by those few academicians and intellectuals.
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On Islam ’rendezvous’ with Others
Many far right non-Muslims think Islam is against living in diversity with others. Consequently they also think or led to believe that Muslim don’t want to live side by side with them and therefore, they argue, to be tolerant a Muslim has to break away from Islamic teaching.
Quran says the opposite. Islam does not believe in homogeneity as it’s unrealistic and is against human nature. It acknowledges the diversity not only of religions but also of cultures, of races and ethnicities (Ar Rum 30:22). Quran even further says that diversity is deliberately ”stage-managed” by Him as a trial and as a way to see humans fairly competing each other for the best achievement possible (Al Maidah 5:48), something impossible in a homogeneous world. Thus, a good Muslim is by default a good member of the world. A Muslim, indeed everyone, who thinks otherwise should take a closer look at the Quran once more to have a closer and more real understanding to Islam through its primary source.
For a closer look at some particular controversial issues repeatedly talked about by some far right wingers. reading Juan Cole good pieces here and here is recommended for further insight . Also, for those who grew up in a non-Muslim countries, especially the West, reading a simple Top Ten Myths about Islam by Huda, a American Muslim woman is recommended.
Lastly, to you, my honorable readers, I’m grateful for taking interest and wasting your time to read all this.
For any queries, email me at fatihsyuhud-at-gmail-dot-com (recommended) or fatih-at-alkhoirot-dot-com
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Oh one more thing, you may consider this page as my personal intro and make the comment box below as an intro for you and your blog URL. It’s ok just to say “Hi!” along with the link of your blog. 
Related Posts:
- Ten Reasons Why We Blog in English
- Bahasa Indonesia and Nationalism
- List of Blogger Indonesia of the Week
- How Blog in English Could Benefit You
- Blog Featured in Tempo Magazine
- About Me in Koran Tempo
- My Second Interview as Blogger
- On Abdurrahman Wahid and Goenawan Mohamad as I told an American Journalist
- Indonesia Blog Directory and Blogger of the Week
- On Bridge Blogging
- PostGlobal: Washington Post Blog
- AGORAVOX The Citizen Media
Terima kasih sdh diberi kesempatan untuk membuat komentar. Karena page ini adalah “about”, maka bagi saya Mas Fatih adalah Guru pertama saya dalam dunia blog. Setiap posting “toturial blog” selalu saya ikuti. Ketika banyak teman blogger yang suka bertanya mengenai blogging, Mas Fatih adalah orang pertama yg saya referensikan. Big thanks for you…(BTW: apakah utk seterusnya anda tinggal di Indonesia?
Saya baru baca postingannya di wp, gagasannya menarik mas, apa bisa bikin halaman statis di blog yang hostingan gratis seperti di blogspot dan wp?
Promosinya disini, gitu?
Ikut donk Om…
Tksh
@AG Syam:
Iya. seterusnya di Indonesia dan karena itu saya membuat pembelaan bagi mereka yg mau tinggal di luar negeri. Kalau saya mau tinggal di LN, berarti pembelaan saya gak kredibel dong.
@Wazeen:
di wordpress.com bisa. kalau di blogspot tidak bisa. ada baiknya wazeen membackup blogspotnya ke wp.com untuk jaga2.
yes it’s about your blog, how about your self? just want to know, he.. he..i’m a new blogger…
i’m sorry i write bad english.huh, it’s too hard for us to write in english, not usually. just write a comment.. too hard, how about write a blog in english? harder.
bos, minta tolong dukung launching Komunitas Blogger Malang dengan memasang banner ini
yang insyaAllah akan dilaksanakan tgl 29 Desember besok.
Thank you for setting up this blog. TQ atas blognya, suka sekali
I really enjoy reading your posts and tidbits about life in Indonesia. Keep up the good work. Selamat blogging!
Helloouu…I am newbie in blogger world..thanks to you honestly…the first time I want to write a blog is because I read your blog few months ago..But finally I made my blog last month
I am already add it hehe, is it ok?:)
Btw how if I want to make link exchange with your Blog?
Anyway I want to have your permission to add your Blog link to my Blog
@Riadi: Thanks for the add
salam kenal ya. your blog address can’t be accessed, was it mispelled?
here is my blog kukuhtw.wordpress.com
Thank about this promotion tool
Im newbie, in blog.
mmmm…is the page can’t displayed? I am already use the US hosting, it should be open outside indonesia
pak, i don’t see any personal info telling who and what you are, your background, etc in your site. although you are very well-known by most of ind blogger, but tetep perlu donk infonya. It’s not about popularity, but how people know closer about.
anyway, sorry if i miss the info in any place, since i’m newbie in blogsphere
n, sudah saya link tuch, boleh dunk, backlink
thanks
Encouraging message….
Thanks a lot
Dear Brother, Nice to note your blog (in English), rather surprised, since I have come across blogs by indonesian people in bahasa indonesia (majority). I appreciate your view that mastering written and spoken English would benefit one and all, since it is the widely spoken language around the world.
Regards,
Usha.
You have very interesting blogs, both Indonesian and the English one. I admire people who can write productively and still produce interesting stories from different point of view. Two thumbs up!
Nice blog
baru ketemu yg saya cari selama ini tentang blog.
Thank,s
I think U have a very good Dream…
ConGRatUlaTIoN…!!!
Wah salut saya mas, blog-nya isinya bagus2 dan menarik. Terutama bahasa Inggrisnya itu lho, siiip banget
Salam
Bayu
“I have a dream to see Indonesian people prosper, educated and personally independent in its strictest sense of the term; to see them one day as the trend setter, not as a negative trend stupid follower.”
WeW! I have the same dream
halo yuki, ini link tutorial memunculkan kotak komentar di Pages / halaman statis -> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/119538 (fatih)
waw, it works now, haha, thanks mas Fatih.
klik az disini tu’ liat produk kami
wah mas dah ganti yah link blognya? thanks ya untuk tutorialnya.
wah bener bgt kt mas AG. Syam, terus terang saya sempet kehilangan link blog mas fatih nih. eh akhirnya ketemu lg.
hello mr fatih, i think u are a good person. Salam, kenal ya dari saya.
Salam….tahniah blog kamu begitu banyak informasi yg update….
http://www.searchyourjob.blogspot.com
nice to see u’r blog
it’s seem just like another blog of most indonesian blogger.
hi mas Fatih….saya uda ngelink blog mas…ini blog saya ya…jangan lupa….
http://www.uniquemalaysianculture.blogspot.com
>Al Maidah 5:48 (Book of Feast) verse:
I used this verse here and nobody seemed to know. Interesting because they are all good Muslims and some are diplomats. And they thanked me for bringing this up to their attention. Amazing.
mas, kapan bahas blogspot lagi ? atau dah gak mau lagi karena “kasus” kemarin.
mas fatih aku pengen juga punya blog berbahasa ingris so bantuin ya
my blog http://eko13.wordpress.com
thanks
gini aja kan cara nya
makasih mas tolongin aku ya walaupun sebagian aku kopi paste
aku cuma pengen bantu guru bimbingan konseling untuk lebih maju
aku kan pengen juga punya blog berbahasa inggris
sukses ya
salam kenal
ditunggu tutorial lainnya
salam kenal mas.
salam kenal dari yogyakarta
salam kenal mas, nama saya yudi
bole tukeran link ya.. fatihsyuhud.com udah tak pasang di blogroll saya.
trims
mas… boleh minta tips nulis bahasa inggris nggak?
om fatih…
saya blogger baru…
kemaren saya bikin kesalahan…
gini ceritanya :
saya sudah punya blog di blogger tapi karena iseng saya bikin lagi dengan email yang sama tapi beda pasword…
ko akhirnya 22nya gak bisa dibuka ya om…
bisakah blog saya sayabuka lagi nantinya???
kalo nggak apakah saya boleh bikin di blogger lagi dengan email yang sama…
coz saya nggak ingin ganti email lagi om…
terima kasih…
gpp. coba buka blogger.com dan login dg user dan password email Anda.
Wah artikel² di blognya om fatih bagus² ya..
lam kenal aja ya om. Makasih infonya tentang http://www.blogcatalog.com
saya udah gabung juga kq disana
wahh mass syuhud,blog nya muanteb nih,isi2 banyak yg berguna buat saya,makasih banyak mas!!
nice blog, i hope you can write more tips to blogging. i miss your tutorial about blogspot
makin keren aja Mas. lama dak kunjung ke sini
hei, nice blog you have here, keep it up n salam kenal dari saya
Supermance
i just found this nice blog, my friend was send me this blog URL. Thanks for nice article that you wrote, waiting for your upcoming article
hai salam kenal; http://www.konsultasihukum.wordpress.com
Salam kenal mas….sy setuju dengan pandangan anda tentang blog dan islam.
Anyway…sy udah add anda di blogroll blog sy.
Semoga kita bs saling berbagi.
Nice to meet you and your blogs. Read your blog is like never ending. Selalu ada yang baru. Kalaupun postingan lama dan pernah dibaca, selalu ada alasan untuk membacanya lagi.
Keep blogging, Sir. Jazakumullahu khairan katsiran…
Salam,
dengan surat ini, kami agency for Intel Indonesia, mengundang anda untuk menghadiri acara lounching terbaru Intel
Tanggal : 6 Agustus 2008
Jam : 18.00 WIB
Tempat : X2, Plaza Senayan, jakarta.
Note: Undangan untuk 2 orang.
mohon kirim alamat lengkap, untuk pengiriman undangan fisik.
Kirim ke tion@matahatipromo.com
Kami tunggu…Terimakasih
Salam,
dengan surat ini, kami agency for Intel Indonesia, mengundang anda untuk menghadiri acara lounching processor terbaru Intel
Tanggal : 6 Agustus 2008
Jam : 18.00 WIB
Tempat : X2, Plaza Senayan, jakarta.
Note: Undangan untuk 2 orang.
mohon kirim alamat lengkap, untuk pengiriman undangan fisik.
Kirim ke tion@matahatipromo.com
Kami tunggu…Terimakasih
mas saya mau donk web berbahasa inggris
tolong ya mas
iptek-indonesia.blogspot.com
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anda adalah inspirasi saya ngeblog
hi fatih, its me fathin,
resemble name yea…
i’ve read all your argue & ur dream, nice and i think you a strugle man…
goodluck hope succes for your brillian dream..
rgds.
fathin.
I knew your blog since in afatih.wordpress.com and afsyuhud.blogspot.com and now you are here (fatihsyuhud.com). But, I do not see my blog (hendrawanonline.blogspot.com) listed here..
Could you please list it, I added your blog already for several months. Thanks for your kind…
#you should see your blog listed here now. blame technorati for this delay since i’ve never seen technorati’s report about your love-link.
Bung Fatih,
I’ve been following your blog for a while since I stumbled upon Blog Indonesia and became its member. It’s a great blog. Indonesia certainly could benefit a lot from dedicated bloggers like you.
I’ve linked your blog and am waiting for your response now. It would be an honor if you could check out the two blogs I’m maintaining:
1. http://jagat-fotografi.blogspot.com/, a blog I dedicate to exploring and understanding photography.
2. http://bandungdailyphoto.com/, a member of your mailing list/group at blog catalog, a photo blog I dedicate to journaling the day to day Bandung and its vicinities.
Wassalam,
Eki
#Dear Eki,
Dont forget to put your english blog in in the comment box here -> http://fatihsyuhud.com/top-blogger-indonesia-of-week/ to remind me once I’d like to review an indonesian english-speaking blog
Semoga tetap istiqomah berdjoeang di ranah Blog.
SELAMAT!!
I am on the way of new bloging construction. It is complicated and involved know-how in writing and technology skill. As i am not the expert of HTML Code, Thanks for sharing the information
Hi there,,
I would like to give a comment to your article,,
I feel that if you are writing in English, you will gain much more profits (it can be money if you are focusing on it) –deleted for spam—
salam kenal mas…
Keep on writing mas…
mas kalau mw tukeran link blog gmn tuh? ga ngerti bahasa inggris nih aku..
Yg lowongan kerja ga boleh? blog ku http://www.m4s73r.com
assalamualaikum, salam kenal yach !
pengennya siy punya blog yang bagus en keren, but…
still in the learning process nich;
pelan-pelan, step by step, hopefully I can write the whole package in good English ya, mas !
Ok, tetap S’mangat & met berjuang;
Happy Fasting, joega & Idul Fitri Mubarak 2008 !!
salam
mas fatih saya gak ngerti nieeh..
kan blog saya da jadi nieh truz koq gk sesuai templete yang saya pilih…huuhuhuuu malu deh gk ngerti…
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salam kenal bang..
saya teman Hendrawan, kami sama-sama mengurus blog Xpresi Riau Pos.
Gimana cara tukaran link?