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Islam, Democracy and Human Rights in Contemporary Indonesia29current social phenomena, including this occasion (MaulidNabi). It is my wish that the change in our view and perspectiveon the current social events unfolding in our country will leadthe way to open fresh and new perspectives, which hopefullycould enrich and broaden the horizon of our thinking in orderto understand the life led by Rasulullah SAW. For us, Muslims,as stated in al-Qur%u2019an, we can follow the good examples ofRasulullah, providing a model for the best attitude for us tolead our daily life.Prophet Muhammad SAW, from historical perspective, isa person living in a period far away from our period of time.He was born in the year 571 and passed away in 632. There isa span of time of 14 centuries between his time and our timetoday. Nevertheless, the long span of time cannot necessarilydiscount our love to him and our loyalty and allegiance to histeachings. We often express our love to him in various forms ofpoem and poetry, which, language wise, is more accommodating than expressing it in the form of prose. This evening, Iam not suggesting to enter to the world of things pertaining toliterature, but proposing to invite you to get the understandingmore about way of life and good examples set out by ProphetMuhammad from the perspective of nowadays, that is, theperspective of our awareness on human rights. It is my hopethat our point of view in the context of human rights, not onlywill treasure our understanding about the teachings of Islam,but also can motivate us to think, do and take action inaccordance with the teaching of Islam handed down by ProphetMuhammad SAW to our generation and us.Since the middle of the twentieth century, human rightsissues have become the focus of attention of humankind on