Cep Deni M 🇮🇩

Penikmat kopi | Milanisti 🔴⚫ | Post Journalist

[Cep Deni M 🇮🇩 @cepdeni_10]

Psti bapak kecewa
Psti anda tak percaya
Psti kamu marah
Psti semua ingin jg tumpah ruah

Utk kt yg tlh lelah dan istiqomah
Menjalankan prokes slma covid-19

Yakin apa yg tlh kt perjuangkan
Akan ada blsn kebaikan

Gak akn sia2 meski kt mengelus dada
Thdp yg sdg berstandar ganda

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.

I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.

1/ Here's what I can share:

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

I am a diplomatic aide in the Sultanate of Oman's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

My job is logistics. When two countries that cannot speak to each other need to speak to each other, I book the rooms. I prepare the briefing materials. I make sure the water glasses are the right distance apart. You would be surprised how much of diplomacy is water glasses. Too close and it feels informal. Too far and it feels like a tribunal. I have a chart.

We had a very good month.

Since January, Oman has been mediating indirect talks between the United States and Iran on Iran's nuclear program. The talks were held in Muscat and in Geneva. The Americans would sit in one room. The Iranians would sit in another room. I would walk between them. My Fitbit says I averaged fourteen thousand steps on negotiation days. The hallway between the two rooms at the Royal Opera House conference center is forty-seven meters. I walked it two hundred and twelve times in February. This is good for my cardiovascular health. It was less good for my knees. Both are in the service of peace.

By mid-February, we had something.

Iran agreed to zero stockpiling of enriched uranium. Not reduced stockpiling. Zero. They agreed to down-blend existing stockpiles to the lowest possible level. They agreed to convert them into irreversible fuel. They agreed to full IAEA verification with potential US inspector access. They agreed, in the Foreign Minister's phrase, to "never, ever" possess nuclear material for a bomb. I have worked in diplomacy for seven years. I have never seen a country agree to this many things this quickly. I made a spreadsheet of the concessions. It had fourteen rows. I color-coded it. Green for confirmed. Yellow for pending. By February 21 the spreadsheet was entirely green. I printed it. It is on my desk in Muscat. It is still green.

That phrase took eleven days. "Never, ever." The Iranians initially offered "not seek to." The Americans wanted "will not under any circumstances." We landed on "never, ever" at 2:14 AM on a Tuesday in Muscat. I typed the final version myself. I used Times New Roman because Geneva prefers it. The document was fourteen pages. I was proud of every comma.

Here is what they said, in the order they said it.

February 24: "We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity." — The Foreign Minister, private briefing to Gulf Cooperation Council ambassadors. I prepared the slide deck. Slide 14 was the implementation timeline. Slide 15 was the signing ceremony logistics. I had reserved the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Room XX. It seats four hundred. We discussed pen brands for the signing. The Iranians preferred Montblanc. The Americans had no preference. I ordered twelve Montblanc Meisterstucks at six hundred and thirty dollars each. They arrive on Tuesday.

February 27, 8:30 AM EST: "The deal is within our reach." — The Foreign Minister, CBS Face the Nation. He sat across from Margaret Brennan. He said broad political terms could be agreed "tomorrow" with ninety days for technical implementation in Vienna. He said, and I wrote this line for the briefing card he carried in his breast pocket: "If we just allow diplomacy the space it needs." He praised the American envoys by name. Steve Witkoff. Jared Kushner. He said both had been constructive.

I watched from the Four Seasons Georgetown. The minibar had cashews. I ate the cashews. They were nineteen dollars. The most expensive cashew I have ever eaten. But it was a good morning and we were within our reach.

February 27, 2:00 PM EST: Meeting with Vice President Vance, Washington. The Foreign Minister presented our progress. Zero stockpiling. Full verification. Irreversible conversion. "Never, ever." The Vice President used the word "encouraging." His aide took notes on an iPad. The aide did not make eye contact for the last nine minutes of the meeting. I noticed this. Noticing things is the only part of my job that is not water glasses.

February 27, 4:00 PM EST: "Not happy with the pace." — President Trump, to reporters.

Not happy with the pace.

We had achieved zero stockpiling. Full IAEA verification. Irreversible fuel conversion. Inspector access. And the phrase "never, ever," which took eleven days and cost me two hundred and twelve trips down a forty-seven-meter hallway.

Every American president since Carter has failed to get Iran to agree to this. Forty-five years.

Not happy with the pace.

February 27, 9:47 PM EST: The Foreign Minister's flight departs Dulles for Muscat. I am in the seat behind him. He is reviewing Slide 14 on his laptop. The implementation timeline. Vienna technical sessions. The signing ceremony. The pens.

I fall asleep over the Atlantic. I dream about water glasses.

February 28, 6:00 AM GST: I wake up to push notifications.

February 28: "The United States has begun major combat operations in Iran." — President Trump.

Operation Epic Fury. Coordinated airstrikes. The United States and Israel. Tehran. Isfahan. Qom. Karaj. Kermanshah. Nuclear facilities. IRGC bases. Sites near the Supreme Leader's office. Israel called their half Operation Roaring Lion. Someone in both governments spent time choosing these names. Epic Fury. Roaring Lion. I spent eleven days on "never, ever." They spent it on branding. The President said Iran had "rejected American calls to halt its nuclear weapons production."

Rejected.

Iran had agreed to zero stockpiling. Iran had agreed to full verification. Iran had agreed to "never, ever." Iran had agreed to everything in a fourteen-page document that I typed in Times New Roman.

The President said they rejected it.

I do not know which document the President was reading. I know which one I typed.

February 28, 18:45 UTC: Iran internet connectivity: four percent. — NetBlocks, confirmed by Cloudflare. Ninety-six percent of a country went dark. You cannot negotiate with a country at four percent connectivity. You cannot negotiate with a country that is being struck. You cannot negotiate. This is not a political opinion. This is a logistics assessment.

February 28: The governor of Minab reported forty girls killed at an elementary school.

I do not have logistics for that. There is no slide for that. The water glass chart does not cover that.

February 28: Lockheed Martin: up. Northrop Grumman: up. RTX: up. Dow futures: down six hundred and twenty-two points. Gold: five thousand two hundred and ninety-six dollars. An analyst at AInvest published a note titled "Iran Strikes: Tactical Plays." The note recommended positions in oil, defense stocks, and gold.

The most expensive cashew I have ever eaten was nineteen dollars. The most expensive pen I have ever ordered was six hundred and thirty dollars. The math suggests I have been working in the wrong industry. Defense stocks do not require water glasses. Defense stocks do not require eleven days. Defense stocks require one morning.

February 28: Israel closed its airspace and its schools. Iran launched retaliatory missiles toward US bases in the Gulf. The Supreme Leader promised a "crushing response." Israel's defense minister declared a permanent state of emergency. Everyone is using words I recognize in an order I do not. I recognize "permanent." I recognize "emergency." I do not recognize them next to each other. In diplomacy, nothing is permanent and everything is an emergency. In war it is the reverse.

February 28: The Foreign Minister has not made a public statement.

The briefing card is still in his breast pocket. It still says "within our reach."

[Anwar Ibrahim @anwaribrahim]

Alhamdulillah, dua negara sahabat ASEAN, Thailand dan Kemboja bersetuju menamatkan persengketaan melalui gencatan senjata mulai tengah malam ini.

Inilah bukti nyata kekuatan diplomasi ASEAN yang berpaksikan muafakat, rundingan dan prinsip kemanusiaan. Malaysia bukan sekadar memimpin, tetapi turut memainkan peranan penting sebagai pemudah cara, tuan rumah dan saksi kepada kejayaan persefahaman bersejarah ini.

Saya merakamkan penghargaan kepada rakan-rakan serantau dan kuasa-kuasa besar yang turut menyokong usaha damai ini.

ASEAN kekal bersatu dan berprinsip. Sama-sama kita doakan rantau ini kekal aman, stabil dan makmur demi masa depan bersama.

#ASEAN
#MalaysiaMADANI
#RancakkanMADANI
#MADANIbekerja

[Anwar Ibrahim @anwaribrahim]

Alhamdulillah, dua negara sahabat ASEAN, Thailand dan Kemboja bersetuju menamatkan persengketaan melalui pelaksanaan gencatan senjata bermula tengah malam ini.

Malaysia, selaku Pengerusi ASEAN, menerima amanah besar bersama rakan-rakan lain untuk memantau pelaksanaan dan pematuhan gencatan senjata ini, atas permintaan kedua-dua pihak.

Pendekatan damai ini mencerminkan semangat Piagam ASEAN berlandaskan hormat-menghormati, penyelesaian secara rundingan, dan penolakan keganasan demi kemanusiaan.

Kita mesti teguh mempertahankan perpaduan ASEAN agar rantau ini kekal sebagai antara wilayah paling aman, stabil dan makmur di dunia. Keamanan adalah asas kepada kemajuan ekonomi dan kesejahteraan rakyat serantau.

Saya merakamkan penghargaan kepada Thailand dan Kemboja atas penyelesaian diplomatik ini, serta kepada Presiden Amerika Syarikat Donald Trump dan Presiden China Xi Jinping atas peranan menyokong usaha damai ini.

ASEAN terus membuktikan kepimpinan berwibawa di pentas antarabangsa berpaksikan dialog, diplomasi dan nilai kemanusiaan.

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Alhamdulillah, two fellow ASEAN nations, Thailand and Cambodia, have agreed to end their hostilities through the implementation of a ceasefire, effective from midnight tonight.

As the rotating Chair of ASEAN, Malaysia has been entrusted with the important responsibility of monitoring the implementation and compliance of this ceasefire at the request of both parties together with our regional partners.

This peaceful resolution reflects the true spirit of the ASEAN Charter, which is rooted in mutual respect, dialogue, and the rejection of violence in favour of humanity. Once again, ASEAN affirms its role as a credible and principled force on the global stage, guided by diplomacy and a shared commitment to human dignity.

I express my sincere appreciation to Thailand and Cambodia for choosing the path of diplomacy, and to President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping for their constructive support in advancing this peace initiative.

#ASEAN
#MalaysiaMADANI
#RancakkanMADANI
#MADANIbekerja

[Zafarul-Islam Khan @khan_zafarul]

Prophet Muhammads letter to Heraclius, the Byzantine Emperor (Eastern Roman Empire), inviting him to Islam—now preserved at the King Hussein Mosque Museum in Amman, Jordan. Many such relics are found in Turkish, Egyptian, Saudi and other museums and collections.

[Nadirsyah Hosen @na_dirs]

Dialog Antar Agama Model Apologetik-Konfrontatif

Nabi Muhammad mewariskan model dakwah yang tidak gegap gempita, tapi penuh kasih dan kebijaksanaan. Saat utusan Nasrani dari Najran datang ke Madinah, beliau menyambut mereka di masjidnya, berdialog tanpa cercaan, bahkan mempersilakan mereka beribadah di tempat yang sama. Ketika berbeda pandangan dengan kaum Yahudi, beliau tak mengobarkan caci maki, melainkan menjawab dengan logika santun dan akhlak membumi. Dakwah beliau tak sekadar menyentuh pikiran, tapi juga melunakkan hati.

Kini, model ini kerap tergantikan oleh suara yang lebih nyaring, tapi kurang teduh. Di ruang-ruang publik muncul gaya apologetik-konfrontatif: mencomot ayat dari kitab suci agama lain, menyandingkannya dengan Qur’an untuk membuktikan bahwa Islam “paling benar.” Tak ada ruang bagi konteks sejarah atau apresiasi terhadap interpretasi yang diwariskan pemuka agama mereka selama berabad-abad. Yang hadir bukan jembatan, melainkan palu godam. Bukan percakapan, tapi penghakiman. Dan penonton puas bertepuk tangan, apalagi kalau ada yg pindah keyakinan akibat “pembuktian” ini.

Model serupa juga dilakukan sebagian pemeluk agama lain terhadap Islam: ayat Qur’an dicomot dengan keluar dari konteks tafsir dan tradisi, dibenturkan, lalu dijadikan seolah sebagai bukti kesalahan Qur’an. Dan ejekan nyaring terdengar.

Inilah wajah dari scriptural literalism—membaca teks secara harfiah, tanpa menyelami kedalaman makna dan tafsir. Ayat suci pun berubah jadi peluru debat, bukan pelita yang membimbing. Yang dikejar bukan pemahaman, tapi kemenangan. Dan yang sering menang, sayangnya, adalah ego—bukan kebenaran.

Islam bukan sekadar agama yang benar, tapi agama yang mengajarkan cara menyampaikan kebenaran dengan adab. Dalam Qur’an, Tuhan melarang mencela sembahan orang lain, agar mereka tidak membalas dengan celaan terhadap Allah karena ketidaktahuan. Ini bukan sekadar etika sosial, tapi pelajaran ruhani: bahwa kebenaran sejati tak perlu menjatuhkan untuk bisa berdiri tegak.

Mari kembali pada teladan Nabi: berdialog dengan hikmah yang mencerdaskan, kelembutan yang memeluk, dan kejujuran yang tak menyakiti. Karena agama ini tak hanya soal benar dan salah, tapi juga soal cinta dan adab.

Tabik,

Nadirsyah Hosen

[Anwar Ibrahim @anwaribrahim]

Selamat menyambut ulang tahun kelahiran yang ke-100 kepada Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. @chedetofficial

Saya dan Azizah mendoakan setulusnya agar Tun terus dikurniakan kesejahteraan, ketenangan jiwa, dan kekuatan tubuh dalam menjalani kehidupan dengan penuh makna. Gaya hidup sihat serta amal bakti yang tidak pernah terhenti menjadi teladan kepada sebuah negara yang sedang menua, namun tetap punya harapan yang tinggi.

Semoga Allah SWT terus merahmati Tun, Insya-Allah.

ANWAR IBRAHIM

[ASEAN FOOTBALL @theaseanball]

🇮🇩 9 Indonesian diaspora players called up for U17 World Cup camp! 🌍🦅

As Indonesia prepares for the FIFA U17 World Cup Qatar 2025, 9 exciting diaspora talents have been called up to join the U17 national team training camp in Bali from July 7–10, 2025! 🔥

#GarudaMuda

[Nadirsyah Hosen @na_dirs]

Salah Paham Terhadap Ayat “Lakum Dīnukum Wa Liyadīn”

Ayat penutup dari Surat al-Kāfirūn ini sering kali terdengar tegas dan final:
لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِيَ دِينِ
“Untukmu agamamu, dan untukku agamaku.”

Sekilas ia terdengar seperti garis batas yang kaku. Namun siapa sangka, di balik redaksi singkat dan padat itu, tersimpan samudra kebijaksanaan Qur’ani yang dalam: tentang kemerdekaan hati, kemurnian iman, dan penghormatan terhadap perbedaan yang tidak berarti permusuhan.

Imam al-Ṭabarī dalam tafsirnya menjelaskan bahwa ayat ini bukanlah pengumuman permusuhan, melainkan penegasan prinsip dengan penuh adab. Ketika kaum Quraisy menawarkan kompromi—mari sesekali engkau menyembah tuhan kami, agar kami pun mau menyembah Tuhanmu—Allah menjawab dengan kalimat yang lugas namun elegan: tidak ada negosiasi dalam hal tauhid. Namun lihatlah, penolakan itu disampaikan tanpa makian, tanpa hasutan, tanpa kebencian.

Al-Qurṭubī menyebut ini sebagai bentuk iqrār bi al-ḥāl, yakni pengakuan terbuka bahwa realitas keberagaman dalam keyakinan adalah sesuatu yang nyata dan tak bisa dihapus dengan paksaan. Ia tidak menyuruh memerangi yang berbeda, tapi menegaskan batas: kamu punya jalanmu, dan aku punya jalanku. Dalam bahasa modern: kita bisa berbeda, tanpa saling meniadakan.

Ibn Kathīr menekankan bahwa ayat ini turun bukan dalam suasana konflik, tapi dalam negosiasi yang menggoda: kompromi ringan demi persatuan. Tapi wahyu menegaskan: agama bukan panggung pencitraan. Bukan wilayah tukar-menukar demi tenar atau diterima. Keyakinan adalah komitmen jiwa, bukan strategi sosial.

Sayyid Quṭb dalam Fi Ẓilāl al-Qur’ān memandang ayat ini sebagai deklarasi kebebasan spiritual dan kejelasan identitas. Ayat ini menunjukkan bahwa seorang Muslim harus berdiri dengan mantap di atas imannya, sembari tetap menebar kasih dalam relasi sosial. Ini bukan ajakan menjauh dari dunia, tapi seruan untuk hadir di dunia dengan jati diri yang utuh.

Namun sayangnya, ayat yang penuh hikmah ini sering disalahpahami. Berikut beberapa bentuk salah kaprah yang cukup sering ditemui:

1. Disangka Seruan Permusuhan

Sebagian orang mengira ayat ini adalah bentuk pengusiran atau permusuhan terhadap non-Muslim. Padahal para mufassir sepakat bahwa ini adalah penolakan terhadap kompromi akidah, bukan penolakan terhadap keberadaan yang berbeda. Ayat ini justru menegaskan bahwa hidup berdampingan bukan berarti harus menyatu dalam keyakinan. Perbedaan itu ada, dan tetap dihormati.

2. Disalahgunakan untuk Melegitimasi Relativisme

Di sisi lain, ada pula yang menyalahgunakan ayat ini untuk membenarkan bahwa semua agama setara dan semua jalan sama benarnya. Padahal sebelumnya, ayat-ayat dalam surat ini menegaskan bahwa tauhid dan syirik adalah dua jalur yang tak bisa dipersatukan. Maka ayat ini bukanlah deklarasi bahwa semua benar, melainkan penegasan bahwa perbedaan itu nyata—dan tetap dihormati, bukan dikaburkan.

3. Dianggap Membatalkan Kewajiban Dakwah

Ada pula yang menyimpulkan bahwa ayat ini adalah akhir dari segala dakwah, seolah Islam hanya perlu membiarkan orang lain dengan agamanya tanpa peduli. Padahal Rasulullah ﷺ tetap berdakwah setelah ayat ini diturunkan. Bahkan lebih lembut, lebih sabar, lebih tulus. Ayat ini bukan akhir dari dakwah, tapi akhir dari ilusi kompromi akidah.

4. Ditarik ke Semua Konteks

Ada yang menggunakannya sebagai pembenaran untuk bersikap pasif dalam hubungan sosial lintas agama. Padahal konteks ayat ini adalah akidah dan ibadah, bukan interaksi sosial. Dalam hal muamalah (perdagangan, tolong-menolong, kerja sama, hidup bertetangga) Islam memerintahkan keadilan dan berbuat baik (ihsan) bahkan kepada yang berbeda iman.

Lanjut ke bawah yah…

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨 Cristiano: “Lamine is going to win a lot of collective and individual titles. He's a phenomenon”.

“He'll have a long career and he's going to win a lot of Nations Leagues”.

“He’s 17… Please, leave him alone. I have to ask you to let him be. He has to be calm”.

[Footy Rankings @FootyRankings]

[FIFA Rankings update]
FIFA World Cup 2026 qualification
🇮🇩 Indonesia 1-0 🇨🇳 China PR

Rankings after match
🇮🇩 117 (⬆️ 6)
🇨🇳 98 (⬇️ 4)

Points after match
🇮🇩 1157.98 (+ 15.05)
🇨🇳 1235.89 (- 15.05)

#FIFARankings  #AsianQualifiers

[ASEAN FOOTBALL @theaseanball]

⏩TRANSFERS ⏩

🇮🇩 Indonesia national team left-back Shane Pattynama set to join Buriram United 🇹🇭

His move to the Thai League will be under the ASEAN player quota.

He is scheduled to undergo a medical check-up tomorrow. If successful, he will officially join Buriram United.

[Footy Rankings @FootyRankings]

Congratulations to Persib Bandung for winning 🇮🇩 Indonesia Liga 1 title back to back and 9th league title overall!

See you in ACL Two play-off!

[Oxford United Academy @AcademyOUFC]

LINO!!!
Marselino makes it two, Kasway picks him out in the box and Lino does the rest, finishing it off with a tidy finish

#OUFC| 🎩0-2🟡 | ‘20

[Eza Hazami - ハザミ。エザ @ezash]

Selamat hari minggu teman2, saatnya tebar racun di timeline 💸

Reply disini GADGET BEKAS kalian kayak HP/Laptop/Part PC pake #KhilafClubApril siapa tau ketemu calon buyer

WAJIB CANTUMIN HASHTAG, HARGA, LOKASI. Atau ga gue hide~

Disclaimer: Buat yg butuh aja ya guys, tq!🔥

[A. Ainur Rohman @ainurohman]

Seorang kasir pada sebuah toko bangunan di Kudus, begitu menyukai bulu tangkis dan serius belajar regulasi badminton. Dia lantas memutuskan mengambil jalan sebagai wasit.

Dia bekerja keras, menjadi satu2nya perempuan di angkatannya yang ikut penataran wasit level kabupaten. Pada uji kompetensi nasional A 2019, dia menjadi ranking 1.

Dua tahun lalu, dia lulus ujian sebagai umpire internasional. Kariernya cepat melesat.

Hari ini, dia memimpin final Kejuaraan Asia 2025.

Farikha Sukrotun, keren!

[The Spectator Index @spectatorindex]

Stock markets today

🇭🇰 Hong Kong: -13.6%
🇹🇼 Taiwan: -9.6%
🇯🇵 Japan: -9.5%
🇮🇹 Italy: -8.4%
🇸🇬 Singapore: -8%
🇸🇪 Sweden: -7%
🇨🇳 China: -7%
🇨🇭 Switzerland: -7%
🇩🇪 Germany: -6.8%
🇪🇸 Spain: -6.4%
🇳🇱 Netherlands: -6.2%
🇦🇺 Australia: -6.2%
🇫🇷 France: -6.1%
🇬🇧 UK: -5.2%
🇲🇾 Malaysia: -4.5%
🇵🇭 Philippines: -4.3%
🇮🇳 India: -4.1%
🇷🇺 Russia: -3.8%
🇸🇦 Saudi: -3.3%
🇹🇷 Turkey: -2.8%

[Masak.TV @MasakTV]

1/ Bayangin: ratusan tahun lalu, di tengah hutan Jawa yang basah oleh embun, sebuah keajaiban lahir dari tangan petani sederhana. Tempe, makanan yang kita anggap biasa menyimpan rahasia besar yang akhirnya goyang dunia. Siap dengar cerita epiknya? Pegang tempe gorengmu, kita mulai!

[Shabnam Parveen @shabnam_774]

12. The languages of the world