Education budget

It’s really great news that the education budget will be increased by 20 percent (The Jakarta Post, July 10). But on April 19, the Post reported that Rp 4.6 trillion (US$516.85 million) disappeared from the 2006 education budget.
So, will the extra funds be allocated for the improvement of severely under funded schools or [...]

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Keturunan Rasulullah dan Habaib

Assalamu’alaikum wr. Wb
Ustadz yang insya Alloh senantiasa diridhoi Alloh, saya mau tanya tentang keturunan rasululloh. Dalam bukuThe true love Muhammad “Khadijah” ada ungkapan bahwa keturunan rasululloh dapat ditemukan dengan mudah saat ini.
Dansejak dulu khususnya dikalangan betawi bahwa para habaib diyakini sebagai keturunan rasululloh, sementara saya pernah mendengar bahwa keturunan rasululloh telah berakhir sampai dengan [...]

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Komentar Kesaksian Mati Suri dalam Temu Alumni ESQ

Assalamu’alaikum wr.wb.,

Setelah menerima email yang sama dari beberapa orang, saya ingin berkomentar tentang isinya. Bila ada orang yang ingin meyakini kesaksian tersebut, silahkan saja.
Menurut kesaksian itu, ada seorang wanita yang wafat dan ruhnya dibawa jalan-jalan oleh dua malaikat. Tetapi bukannya setelah mati ruh kita akan ditahan di kuburan? Kok malah bisa jalan-jalan [...]

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Dua Bab Pertama (Indonesia dan Inggris)

Assalamu’alaikum wr.wb.,

Sekarang, dua bab pertama dari buku saya sudah ada di Blog dalam bahasa Indonesia dan bahasa Inggris. Kedua Bab ini sudah direvisi juga dan ada banyak paragraf baru di Bab 2.
Insya Allah buku pertama ini akan diselesaikan dalam 2 bulan lagi.
Semoga bermanfaat.

Wassalamu’alaikum wr.wb.,
Gene

Mencari Tuhan, Menemukan Allah (belum terbit)
Bab 1: Saya
http://genenetto.blogspot.com/2006/04/saya.html [...]

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1 About Me

Assalamu’alaikum wr.wb.,
This is the First Chapter of my book “Searching for God, and Finding Allah”. I am still writing and hope to be finished in the next few months. It is also available on my Blog in Indonesian language with the title: Mencari Tuhan, Menemukan Allah.
The book has grown so long that I have [...]

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About Me

Assalamu’alaikum wr.wb.,
This is the First Chapter of my book “Searching for God, and Finding Allah”. I am still writing and hope to be finished in the next few months. It is already available on my Blog in Indonesian language with the title: Mencari Tuhan, Menemukan Allah.
I originally started writing the book in Indonesian but have [...]

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2 Wanting To See God

Assalamu’alaikum wr.wb.,
This is the Second Chapter of my book “Searching for God, and Finding Allah”. I am still writing and hope to be finished in the next few months. It is already available on my Blog in Indonesian language with the title: Mencari Tuhan, Menemukan Allah.
The book has grown so long that I [...]

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Wanting To See God

Assalamu’alaikum wr.wb.,
This is the Second Chapter of my book “Searching for God, and Finding Allah”. I am still writing and hope to be finished in the next few months. It is already available on my Blog in Indonesian language with the title: Mencari Tuhan, Menemukan Allah.
I originally started writing the book in Indonesian but have [...]

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Blog: Being Mom

Assalamu’alaikum wr.wb.,

Barangkali Blog ini bermanfaat untuk para Ibu.

http://beingmom.org/

Wassalamu’alaikum wr.wb.,
Gene

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Kalla blames teachers

Letter to Jakarta Post

We are fortunate that Vice President Jusuf Kalla pays such close attention to education issues. While addressing hundreds of teachers at a seminar, he said, “In the past you used to make all students graduate, leading the country to a national dumbing down of the system.”

So, according to Kalla’s theory, [...]

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