MUHAMMADIYAH.OR.ID, JORDAN – Muhammadiyah, through its Department of International Relations and Cooperation (LHKI) and Department of Charity Management (Lazismu), held the “Multicultural Dialogue and Peacebuilding on Palestine” program from 10 to 14 September 2025 in Amman, Jordan.
The program was one of the final stages of the training conducted, in which in the previous year the participants had visited Indonesia and several campuses of Muhammadiyah -‘Aisyiyah universities (PTMA) to maintain relations with the leaders of the Muhammadiyah Organisation.
The training program was an effort to connect the two nations (Indonesia and Palestine) to mutually understand and learn from each other’s national and regional experiences.
“We listenend and observed how they explored their experience as a community that had lived together among Muslims, Christians, and Jewish, especially in the West Bank, but because of the Zionist policy in Israel they became divided (devide et impera), which created distrust among the Palestinian people,” explained Chairperson of Lazismu, Ahmad Imam Mujadid Rais.
Rais hoped that this program would serve as the foundation for building unity and harmony among the Palestinians, as Palestinian independence must be rooted in unity among themselves, across tribes and political parties.
“Hopefully, this program will be useful and ibrah (lesson) for us all to always uphold unity,” Rais explained.
Meanwhile, Yasmi Ardiyansyah, Vice Chairperson of the Department of International Cooperation (LHKI) of PP Muhammadiyah, explained that this program aims to develop the capacity of Palestinian youth, as a part of Muhammadiyah’s mandate to provide more significant, concrete support for Palestinians.
Yasmi also explained that the participants of this activity were Palestinians, especially Palestinian Youth, as well as Palestinian refugees living in Jordan.
As a speaker in the program, she emphasised the importance of strengthening solidarity and encouraged Palestinians to have stronger resilience and cooperation among themselves by learning from Indonesia’s experience.
“Of course, the challenges faced by our brothers and sisters in Palestine are immense, but at least there is a little that we can contribute to them, not only the humanitarian aid that Muhammadiyah has distributed, but also through capacity building in their human resources development, especially for the youth,” added Yasmi.
“We hope for the support of Muhammadiyah members and leaders, to always give the best for them. God willing, this will be a continuous charitable act (amal jariyah) for all of us,” Yasmi concluded.
