This article explores the influences of Islam and Hindu traditions on Sundanese culture. This article is a historical analysis with cultural approach. conventional views tell us that the acculturation and assimilation of Hindu and Islam into Sundanese traditions created in such a way through the time runs. In fact, the process is not as simple as what many people say. Sunda and Sunda land have a very long history. Its civilization had already established before the Ice Age melted and separated the land into islands. At that time, Sunda land was the center of civilization with its own religion and belief. The Sundanese Wiwitan is a kind of belief that is quite similar with abrahamic tradition, and it is believed rooted to Adam. So, the process of assimilation of Hindu and Islam runs very smoothly.

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This article informs the ideas of corruption eradication based on hadith perspectives. The prophet Muhammad PBUH really concerned with corruption practices and cursed the corruptors, even for a mantel. He stated that any kind of corruption, even for very small things, will lead the corruptor to the hellfire. Moreover, he stated that alms from wealth gained by any corruption acts are illegal and he refused to offer prayer for corruptor corpses (only his companions who did it.). He also forbade to protect and to hide corruptors.

This article examines how soft power run as diplomatic strategy. The writer takes Indonesia and Egypt as the object of the study. Indonesia used soft power strategy to face some accidents while the Arab Spring happened in Egypt, when some Indonesian students are arrested because they are alleged involved in a forbidden organization. This strategy came into effect without many problems. Meanwhile, Egypt after Gamal Abdel Nasser also tends to use soft power strategy to show their interest, internally and internationally.

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A teacher is one of the figures who will serve as role models in their behaviors, actions and saying by the students either in the classroom, school and even outside the school environment or in society. He/She will always be noticed and become a spotlight by his/her surrounding cormmunities. Teachers not only have a job to teach, but also have a duty to educate their country. It means that their noble task is not only to educate children intellectually an sich, but also to instill the noble values as the role models and guidance in livelihoods, whether it is derived from the religious, customary and cultural values, so that they grow as the next generation with high quality of personality and character. To realize these expectations, the teacher miust have intellectual abilities and good emotional and spiritual character.

There is still prospect for the success of global and national contra-terrorism acts. The leadership of the United States of America in post 11/9 will be significant, but the international cooperation is more important. The biggest hope to do it is to see more widely the causes which lead to terrorism and the factors related to the risks of terrorism in a certain area, multi facet relationship, bases to make effective policies for the apparatus and acts against terrorism. However, on the other hand, the worse condition can create a support for terrorism and the recruitments of new members of terrorism networking.