UNS — Another national-level achievement was accomplished by Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta student. Salman Al Farisi from the Historical Science Faculty of Cultural Studies (FIB) won a national microblog competition. The competition was held by Syiar Kegiatan Islam (SKI) Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science (FMIPA) UNS with the Islamic Festival as the theme.
Salman said that in his work, he discussed the relationship between Islam and science because people often contradicted both and stated that religion inhibits science development and vice versa; the development of science contradicts religion, while that is not correct. Islam is a universal value system and perfects that never contradicts science development, science, and technology.
“Both in Islam is a means to achieve development and benefit the mankind,” Salman stated on Saturday (18/12/2021).
He added that scientific culture is upheld in Islam with many Al Quran verses that encourage humans to study. He also explained that Islamic civilization in Abbasiyah time was once the mecca for global science development.
“Although many said it was because the leaders were liberal and progressive, but according to my references, at the time, there was no discourse between Islam and science. Curiosity based on faith brought the Muslim community to achieve their peak of intellectualism as a believer,” he added.
In the competition participated by students from various universities, Salman said that he was delighted to win the 1st position in his first experience participating in a microblog competition. He explained that initially, he was interested in participating in a poster competition but later decided to participate in a microblog competition instead.
Through this achievement, the final semester student hoped that it could encourage him to participate in other similar competitions. He also hoped that the Muslim community could learn from Islamic glory in the Abbasiyah Caliphate era with its advanced science. Humas UNS
Reporter: Bayu Aji Prasetya
Editor: Dwi Hastuti