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A Muslim family has decided to join a demonstration against an anti Islam Fitna film held on Wednesday before the compound of the Netherlands embassy in Jakarta. The film was launched by its producer, Greet Wilders, a Dutch lawmaker on March 27. Some Koran verses were quoted by the film along with, among other things, the terrorist act in the U.S back in 2001 and a punishment against a gay lover.

The protesters demanded the Dutch government ban the film and Wilders apologize to Muslims for inciting hatred.

The reasons behind the demonstration were the film did not portray the true face of Islam which taught peace, it failed to elaborate that terror act could be committed by anyone from any religions, and the Dutch government did not do enough effort to prevent the film from being published on the Internet.

“We want to show to the world that someone could not just produce a film that incited hatred against Islam. We, Muslims, held the protest peacefully to prove that the film, which stated Islam teaches violence, was wrong,” Muhammad Basri, a protester, said.

The Netherlands embassy in Jakarta released a statement, saying that they respected the protest. It emphasized Wilder’s Fitna was not part of the Dutch policy on Islam.

The Dutch government has said its prosecutors would investigate whether the film caused violence once the film was available to the public.

New SGU Student Organization President Has Been Elected

Fahd Aditya Oscar – Trusti Pratiwi finally elected as a President and vice president of Student Organization (SO) The Swiss German University, Friday (18/04).

The elected pair won with 173 votes out of 412 electors. 149 votes were obtained by the couple Maria Yunita – Inez Karina, while Dimas Baskoro – Maria Regina has received only 90 votes.

“We would like to say thank you to all SGU students who have given their vote for us. It is a brilliant opportunity for us to have the chance to lead the SGU SO for this year period”, declare Fahd Aditya Oscar , the new SO president.

As a new SO president and vice president, Fahd Aditya Oscar from the faculty of Business Administration and his partner Trusti Pratiwi from the department of Communication and Public Relations are ready to bring SGU to the outsider community in order to be known as a qualified international university both in academic and non-academic substance.

They have set three main programs in running the organization. The first program is to create an internal magazine to give the latest update to the SGU member on what is going on in the university as well as outside the university. Secondly, they are planning to make an advertisement for the university’s promotion through flyers, video, banners, as well as posters which will involve all SGU students. As a third program, they arranged to make a competition week of sports, music, traditional dances, photography, and also cinematography competition in which they will invite other universities as well as Senior High Schools to participate the program.

“We are optimistic that our programs will be a gateway for SGU to the outsider community. Internally, we hope that SO will be a place for students to express their aspirations in enhancing the organization’s activities”, said the new vice president, Trusti Pratiwi.

The pair will be able to execute the programs after the inauguration on Monday 21. As an overall expectation, the SGU students hope that they will be able to do their responsibilities during their duty.

The Booming Of Ayat-Ayat Cinta

Ayat Ayat Cinta movie amazes millions of people

Millions of people in the country have watched Ayat Ayat Cinta (Verses of Love) movie produced by director Hanung Bramantyo.

Student Lounge’s Prices Increase

The increasing price of Student Lounge’s foods this semester does not bring any significant impacts on total visitors and sells.

Telecommuting, Jakartans dreaming job

A switch to working at home liberates employees from the frustration of commuting one or few hours each way on average in Jakarta to reach the office. Telecommuters, now also called..

A Colorfull Student Presidential Campaign In SGU

Let’s make a deal! You vote us, we make it real. This is one of the candidate’s slogans, written in a standing banner in front of the lift at The Swiss German University (SGU) campus.

A red poster with a photo of a couple candidate and written – MARINEZ vote for us – could be seen in the student boards.

We also can find a black and white photo with a..

SGU Election Day 2008 Coming Soon

The committee of the student presidential election of the Swiss German University (SGU) announced Election Day will be held on 14^th April 2008 at the SGU campus.

Three couple candidates will struggle to reach the position. Fahd Aditya Oscar – Trusti Pratiwi, Dimas Baskoro – Maria Regina, and Maria Yunita – Inez Karina are ready to be..