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SEPAK TERJANG SNOUCK HURGRONJE SEBAGAI PENASIHAT PEMERINTAH KOLONIAL BELANDA

Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje dilahirkan pada tanggal 8 Februari 1857 di Oosterhout. Setelah tamat Hogere Burgerschool (Sekolah Menengah Lima Tahun, penerjemah) di Breda dan setelah menempuh ujian negara, ia kuliah di Universitas Leiden. Di sana ia menempuh ujian kandidat dalam mata kuliah teologi, setelah itu ia menempuh ujian dalam ilmu sastra Samiyah. Continue reading

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DI BAWAH NAUNGAN LENTERA

Ketika aku belia betapa terkesima membaca kitab Rihlah karya Ibnu Bathutah bahwa dia berlayar ke Quanzhou menumpang kapal dagang milik Sultan Malik Az-Zahir dari Kesultanan Samudera Pasai. Membaca uraian Ibnu Bathutah bahwa di sana bendera Kesultanan Samudera Pasai berkibar pada Kapal-kapal dagang dari Pasai memenuhi Bandar yang dijuluki “Zaitun” oleh pedagang Arab itu membuat aku semakin terkesima. Continue reading

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ADAT PELANTIKAN PEMAHKOTAAN PENABALAN SULTAN ACEH DARUSALAM

Pelantikan pemahkotaan dan penabalan Sultan Alaiddin Mahmud Syah II merupakan penaubatan Sultan Aceh yang terakhir dapat dilakukan secara sempurna menurut adat. Pada tahun 1873 Belanda menyerang Kesultanan Aceh, meski dapat dipukul mundur pada percobaan pertama pada agresi militer kedua pasukan Belanda dapat merebut Istana Kesultanan Aceh Darussalam dengan cara licik yaitu menyebar bibit penyakit kolera. Continue reading

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SEJARAH TAK BERPIHAK KEPADA KITA

Tahun 1629. Kapal induk armada Kesultanan Aceh telah tiba di gerbang kota Malaka yang dikuasai Portugis. Kapal itu bernama Cakradonya dan orang-orang Portugis menyebutnya dengan nama “Espanto del Mundo” atau teror dunia. Continue reading

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PROSA ALAM GAYO LUES

Puncak Ise-Ise, Gayo Lues tengah tahun 2022. Hari masih pagi, kabut mengantung di depan, di antara pepohonan di bawah dan melayang atas tepi-tepi jurang yang hijau. Disana, dalam jam-jam tenang dan sejuk setelah sang fajar naik sepenggalah, hujan rintik-rintik sudah sedari tadi menyiram pelan-pelan. Sejauh pandang mata yang dapat dituju, yang terlihat adalah bayang-bayang berkabut. Continue reading

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KING NEAR GOD AWAY

Lilawangsa replied nonchalantly, “King Near God Far!” The Frenchman, named de Beaulieu, recorded Lilawangsa’s words, later this sentence would appear in the memoirs of his trip to Aceh, rewritten by Denys Lombard in a book entitled “The Kingdom of Aceh at the Age of Sultan Iskandar Muda.” Continue reading

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ODE OF AN EAGLE

Eagle, king of birds. Your legend is vague now. Your self-worth has been torn apart by time. Take you to this cage. Your beak forgets the fresh blood of your prey alive. Now, only human compassion is the source of your livelihood. Continue reading

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A CUP OF COFFEE FROM ACEH

A cup of coffee from Aceh reminds us of him, as the last will he said. Coffee is mysterious as well as captivating, it is slowly becoming something that reaches the masses. In cities that are growing, trade is booming, and people’s lives are becoming more open. Coffee made relationships more egalitarian, and spending free time together grew to be popular. Continue reading

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THE STORY OF A SMALL COUNTRY AGAINST AMERICAN CAPITALISM

The United States as a country is still a merchant selling its own corporate products. No, even though we are a small country that doesn’t know where but we have to fight their capitalism, gently of course. Continue reading

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WHY IS HISTORY IMPORTANT TO LEARN?

Every human being is a newborn in this world. Not knowing what happens before we are born means (we) are always children. How many years can humans live? And what is the meaning of life? Unless (our) life is intertwined with the lives of the ancestors. It’s all through historical records. Continue reading

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