The COVID-19 pandemic should be seen as an opportunity for all students of UNU to implement the three missions of universities in solving the nation’s problemsJakarta (ANTARA) - Vice President Ma’ruf Amin has urged the civitas academica to use the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to implement the three missions of universities (Tri Dharma Perguruan Tinggi) to help resolve the nation's problems.
“The COVID-19 pandemic should be seen as an opportunity for all students of UNU (Nahdlatul Ulama University, Surabaya) to implement the three missions of universities in solving the nation’s problems,” he said while joining an online press conference for the UNU’s Studium Generale from this official residence here on Saturday. Academicians— students, lecturers, and researchers -- in the heath sector should take part in activities to bolster COVID-19 handling, he stressed.
“They can get involved in disseminating information on COVID-19 handling, volunteering for health workers, assisting vaccinators, and fund-raising for aiding the COVID-19-affected-community, and partaking in recovering from the pandemic’s impacts at the community level,” he expounded.
COVID-19 handling cannot only be focused on the health sector, but also the religious affairs sector, according to the Vice President.
“The COVID-19 handling, including vaccination and its treatment, relate to soul protection, which is a part of ‘maqasid syariah’ (ultimate objectives of sharia) and it is obligatory,” he pointed out.
Referring to preacher Syekh Nawawi Al Bantani, Amin had said during some events, it is mandatory to take care of oneself and prevent an epidemic.
“Hence, the COVID-19 handling is a religious issue, in accordance with sharia law to protect and maintain oneself,” he remarked.
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