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unchecked, the consequences will be fatal and there will be secession from the Unitary State
of the Republic of Indonesia.
As a Ulama and statesman K.H. Wahid Hasyim was always involved in complex national
discussions, including when there was a polemic over the formulation of the Jakarta Charter.
Finally, after Moh. Hatta had quite a heated discussion with religious leaders, including KH.
A. Wahid Hasyim, Ki Bagus Hadikusumo, and Teuku Muh. Hasan. There was a long debate
between the figures. This is natural, because formulating the first precepts requires the
intelligence and thought of a person who is religious and also a true statesman.
On the thoughts and suggestions of K.H. A Wahid Hasyim, the sound of the first
point of the Jakarta Charter, hereinafter referred to as Pancasila, was stipulated with the sound:
"Belief in One Almighty God" (Ketuhanan yang Maha Esa). The cleric figure who played a
role in affirming the accommodative concept of Godhead was KH Wahid Hasyim, the young
NU cleric son of KH Hasyim Asy'ari who was also none other than the father of KH
Abdurrahman Wahid, also known as Gus Dur.
Kiai Wahid Hasyim considered that "One God" is the concept of monotheism in Islam.
So that there is no reason or loophole for Muslims to reject this concept in Pancasila. This
means that with this concept, Muslims have the right to practice their religious beliefs without
discriminating against other religious beliefs. It is at this point that implementing Pancasila is
the same as practicing Islamic Sharia teachings in the concept of national and state life. Finally,
there is no intolerance in national life in the name of ethnicity, religion, and others. Of course,
Pancasila, which is accommodative in the context of the precepts of Godhead, embodies a
unique state order in the aspect of the relationship between religion and the state. This has the
meaning that the Indonesian state is neither a secular state nor an Islamic state, but rather a
state that seeks to develop religious and religious life
Apart from being able to describe Pancasila theologically and philosophically against the initial
formulation proposed by Soekarno on June 1, 1945, Kiai Wahid Hasyim also dared to
emphasize that as an Indonesian society, the majority of whom are Muslims, they must show
an attitude of inclusivity towards pluralism that exists in the Unitary State of the Republic of
Indonesia. That is, Pancasila is a representation of the entire Indonesian nation which is the
basis of the state.
It cannot be denied that in explaining Pancasila, Kiai Wahid Hasyim departed from the
traditions and scholarship of the pesantren. So that it can be said that Pancasila is a
crystallization of teachings Ahlussunnah wal Jamaah (Aswaja). According to him, it was at
this point that NU and the entire Indonesian nation were not only obliged to practice it, but also
had to protect Pancasila.

(Adapted from Wahid Hasyim : Brief Biography 1914-1953 by Mohammad, 2017