Dalia Mogahed: What it's like to be Muslim in America
Dalia Mogahed: Apa yang Anda pikirkan ketika melihat saya?
Researcher and pollster Dalia Mogahed is an author, advisor and consultant who studies Muslim communities. Full bio
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ketika melihat saya?
antrian panjang di pemeriksaan bandara.
I don't really blame you.
saya tak begitu menyalahkan Anda.
has been portraying
about Islam and Muslims is negative.
Islam dan Muslim bernada negatif.
say that most don't know a Muslim.
orang Amerika tak mengenal seorang Muslim.
to their Uber drivers.
dengan sopir Uber mereka.
who have never met a Muslim,
dengan seorang Muslim,
pada Anda.
yang fanatik kebugaran.
because baby, I wasn't born this way.
karena saya tidak lahir seperti ini.
untuk membuka diri saya pada dunia.
like some of my friends,
seperti beberapa teman saya,
the hijab, my head covering.
penutup kepala saya.
a feminist declaration of independence
deklarasi kemerdekaan feminis saya
usia 17 tahun,
and unattainable standard of beauty.
yang sempurna dan tidak terhingga.
the faith of my parents.
agama orang tua saya.
and questioned and doubted
dan meragukan
it was not love at first sight.
bukanlah cinta pada pandangan pertama.
penyerahan diri perlahan
reading of the Quran.
membaca Quran.
sometimes moves me to tears.
kadang membuat saya menitikkan air mata.
I feel that God knows me.
Saya merasakan Tuhan mengenal saya.
completely understands you
melihat Anda, dan memahami Anda sepenuhnya
orang Mesir yang baik,
after getting married,
the Egyptian-American dream.
warga Amerika berdarah Mesir.
of September, 2001.
September 2001 itu terjadi.
exactly where you were that morning.
di mana Anda pagi itu.
finishing breakfast,
hampir selesai sarapan,
and see the words "Breaking News."
tulisan "Breaking News."
airplanes flying into buildings,
menjadi kemarahan.
had turned me from a citizen
dari seorang warga negara
across Middle America
melalui Amerika Tengah
to start grad school.
memulai kuliah pasca sarjana.
in the passenger seat
di kursi saya,
afraid for anyone to know I was a Muslim.
takut jika orang tahu saya seorang Muslim.
that night in a new town
di kota baru malam itu,
a completely different world.
yang sama sekali berbeda.
and seeing and reading
Muslim organizations
"Be alert," "Be aware,"
"Hati-hati,"
"Don't congregate."
"Jangan berkumpul."
congregate for worship.
untuk sholat Jumat.
"Don't go that first Friday,
"Jangan datang pada Jumat minggu pertama,
wall-to-wall coverage.
liputannya sangat detil.
about attacks on Muslims,
terhadap orang Muslim,
to be Muslim, being pulled out
kita tinggal di rumah saja.
who attacked our country
negara kita
at the terrorists.
orang-orang marah pada teroris.
all the time isn't easy.
diri saya setiap saat.
Saya suka pertanyaan.
saying things like,
and it's called Muslims.
dan itu disebut Muslim.
and close down mosques.
dan menutup masjid.
kind of like we're a tumor
seolah-olah kami ini tumor
are we malignant or benign?
kami tumor ganas atau jinak?
you extract altogether,
you just keep under surveillance.
(dimata-matai).
because it's the wrong question.
karena itu pertanyaan yang salah.
aren't a tumor in the body of America,
bukanlah tumor di tubuh negara ini,
going to make America safer?
Amerika lebih aman?
beberapa tempat parkir kosong,
is actually linked
sebenarnya terkait
of people of other faiths
lebih toleran terhadap penganut agama lain
di masyarakat.
in the Washington, DC area
area Washington, DC
get radicalized at mosques.
di masjid-masjid.
or bedroom, in front of a computer.
ruang tidur, dan di depan komputer mereka.
about the radicalization process
from their community,
dari masyarakat,
can brainwash them
mencuci otak mereka
the terrorists, are the true Muslims,
adalah Muslim yang sebenarnya,
their behavior and ideology
perilaku dan ideologi mereka
mencegah radikalisasi,
going to the mosque.
Islam is a violent religion.
bahwa Islam adalah agama yang bengis.
bases its brutality on the Quran.
mendasarkan kebrutalan mereka atas Quran.
as a human being,
sebagai manusia, saya pikir kita perlu
to stop a group like ISIS.
menghentikan kelompok seperti ISIS.
to their narrative
of a faith of 1.6 billion people.
representasi dari agama 1,6 milyar orang.
with Christianity.
their ideology on their holy book.
ideologi mereka atas kitab suci mereka.
they're not motivated
mereka tidak termotivasi
read these things into the scripture.
menyalah artikan kitab suci.
told me a story that really took me aback.
menceritakan satu cerita mengejutkan.
of going to join ISIS.
with a radical religious leader?
dengan pemimpin agama yang radikal?
was quite the opposite,
talked to had shut her down
mengindahkannya,
her sense of injustice in the world,
rasa ketidak-adilan yang ia rasakan
and make sense of this anger,
dan menyalurkan kemarahannya,
menjanjikannya solusi.
back to God and to her community.
ke (jalan) Tuhan dan ke dalam komunitas.
instead, he gave her constructive ways
-- tapi memberi solusi konstruktif
prevented her from going to join ISIS.
dari bergabung dengan ISIS.
affects me and my family.
saya dan keluarga saya.
bagi orang Amerika kebanyakan?
affect the health of our democracy,
24 jam/hari terhadap kesehatan demokrasi,
several studies in neuroscience --
di bidang neurosains --
at least three things happen.
paling tidak ada 3 hal yang terjadi.
of authoritarianism,
otoritarianisme,
were exposed to news stories
dihadapkan pada
of military attacks on Muslim countries
serangan militer terhadap negara Muslim
of American Muslims.
hak-hak warga muslim Amerika.
anti-Muslim sentiment spiked
sentimen anti-Muslim mencuat
and during two election cycles.
selama dua periode pemilu.
the natural response to Muslim terrorism
terhadap terorisme Muslim
of public manipulation,
alat manipulasi publik,
of a free society,
masyarakat bebas,
and well-informed citizens.
dan berpengetahuan luas.
in the coal mine.
pendeteksi bahaya.
is harming us all.
membahayakan kita semua.
to explain yourself all the time.
Anda setiap saat.
were a young married couple
pasangan muda yang tinggal
talented, promising ...
menjanjikan ...
that he was the sweetest,
adalah orang yang terbaik,
and he showed her his resume,
Deah menunjukkan resumenya,
become such an accomplished young man?"
jadi pemuda hebat seperti ini?"
to her brother and his new wife,
Suzanne ke adik dan istrinya,
who was visiting for the afternoon,
sedang berkunjung siang itu,
on his Facebook page.
di halaman Facebooknya.
it can even be lethal.
tidak hanya jahat, ia juga mematikan.
or did we play it safe and stay home?
dan tinggal di rumah?
a small decision, but to us,
keputusan kecil, namun bagi kami,
we wanted to leave for our kids:
akan kita wariskan pada anak-anak kita:
mengontrol warganya
our religion freely.
agama dengan bebas.
intensely, to the mosque.
ke masjid dalam diam dan ketegangan.
I walked into the prayer hall
berjalan ke ruang sholat,
Buddhists, atheists,
Buddha, dan atheis,
but to stand in solidarity with us.
namun datang karena rasa solidaritas.
courage and compassion
memilih keberanian dan kasih sayang
at this time of fear and bigotry?
ketakutan dan bigot sekarang ini?
yang mengatakan
you seem to have struck a chord.
Anda telah menggugah emosi.
who might argue
yang berargumen
tak seperti Muslim kebanyakan.
jangan terpengaruh oleh panggung ini,
don't let this stage distract you,
around the world --
di seluruh dunia --
studi terbesar yang pernah dibuat
the largest study ever done
bagi keluarganya,
berbeda dari kebanyakan,
like an exception to the rule,
yang salah,
Dalia Mogahed.
Dalia Mogahed.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dalia Mogahed - Muslim studies scholarResearcher and pollster Dalia Mogahed is an author, advisor and consultant who studies Muslim communities.
Why you should listen
As director of research at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, Dalia Mogahed keeps her finger on the pulse of the Muslim world. She served on Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships in 2009, advising the president on how faith-based organizations can help government solve persistent social problems.
Mogahed is a former director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, where her surveys of Muslim opinion skewered myths and stereotypes while illuminating the varied attitudes of Muslims toward politics, religion, and gender issues. Her 2008 book with John Esposito, Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think, outlines these surprising findings.
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