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Rasa aman, tentram dan damai bagai ungkapan 'sampai ketemu nanti'. Perang tak pernah benar-benar mengucapkan selamat tinggal dari tempat itu.  Ibarat menjelajahi wahana di Dufan yang tidak ada habis-puasnya. Belum lagi perang NIIS yang punya franchise di Indonesia. Well , sebelum membaca tulisan ini, kita sepakati dulu kalau ada korelasi positif antara sejarah dan yang akan menjadi sejarah. Untuk lebih jelasnya tentang ini nanti bisa ditanyakan ke ahli penyakit dalam (baca:filsuf). Kita sepakati saja dulu dan saya akan cerita. Konon, kala melacak sejarah asal-usul konflik di timur tengah, sumber yang paling sering dikutip para peneliti adalah catatan Ibn Jubayr (antara 1183-1185) berjudul Rilah. Seorang politisi yang kurang populer, Ronald Broadhurst, menerjemahkan catatan itu menjadi The Travels of Ibn Jubayr . Diceritakan, dibagian utara Damaskus (sekarang Suriah) menjulang Gunung Qasiyoun setinggi 1.151 mdpl. Di tempat ini, terjadi pembunuhan manusia yang perta...

China dirundung masalah. Sudah jatuh tertimpa tangga pula. Belum selesai dengan gejolak demonstrasi Hongkong, pemblokiran 5G Huawei, cyber war , perang dagang, hingga provokasi muslim Uighur, kini merebak virus korona tipe baru. Yang disebut terakhir menostalgia kembali wabah SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) pada tahun 2003 dan H5N1 atau flu burung yang menjangkiti peternak ayam di China. Baik SARS maupun H5N1 adalah endemi yang juga bermula dari negeri tirai bambu itu. Setelah ditelusuri, ternyata virus korona terbaru ini punya skala genosida sepuluh kali lebih besar ketimbang SARS, kata ahli virologi Universitas Hong Kong, Guan Yi, seperti dikutip Media Indonesia. Namun dilihat dari asalnya, untuk sementara belum diketahui pasti. Para ahli masih bergelut di laboratorium. Disisi lain, Komisi Kesehatan Guangxi bekerja sama dengan Universitas Niangbo serta Natural Science Foundation melaporkan, bahwa virus ini bersumber dari ular kobra atau disebut juga ular Naja A...

Grand design M-Tower, Mamuju. Recently, the public has been faced by notion of Mamuju's iconic construction plan Manakarra Tower (referred to M-Tower) in the municipality. Argument split into two perspectives, those who agree with and doesn't is like two sides of coin. Moreover, the pros and cons evoked a resistance between supporter and repellent with various analysis. A specific trigger is the fact that this infrastructure will spend tens of billions money. A likely explanation of M-Tower's supporter views point out that the building could be an iconic value for the city, which will look stylistic features for tourists and the locals. Like an Eiffel Tower did that was attracting anyone to go there for example. Still, it has been commonly assumed the presence of M-Tower will encourage profitable revenue for the resident around it. Simply put, street vendors and micro enterprises nearby the district will be overwhelmed by buyers. However, what the main conc...

Child involved in political campaigns brought by their parent. March 28th, early morning on Thursday. A number of areas in Mamuju municipality were crowded and the joint forces were arranging traffic jam. Some road sections closed. Party's supporters marched together to the Ahmad Kirang field for deliberately campaigning of both presidential and vice presidential candidates. In that day, not only adults participated but pupils, who must not join a campaign, also involved in. I assumed most were still in elementary school. Some of child walked with their parents while others followed party's group, even wearing campaign attributes and jostling underneath the sun. The children participation matter in campaigns is often considered as a normal thing by their parents, whereas at odds with Indonesia's constitution, number 35/2014 Article 15, arguing children should not be involved in political activities including campaigns. Therefore, pupils have a right to be protect...