PENGALAMAN SEBAGAIMAHASISWA MUSLIM DI
EROPA
MY JOURNEY…
MIMPI
• Dua orang anak SMP …. bermimpi untuk bisa
menjelajah Eropa, meski harus bersusah payah
disana……
BACHELOR DEGREE
5 YEARS WORKING IN STIS
2005
GOT 2 SCHOLARSHIPS: STUNED (NL) & VLIR (BE)
After several times of attempts, and fails
CHAPTER 1: BELGIUM
2005-2007MSC IN APPLIED STATISTICS & MSC IN
BIOSTATISTICS
2005-2007MSC IN APPLIED STATISTICS & MSC IN
BIOSTATISTICS
2007-2011: PHD
CHAPTER 2: SWEDEN
CHAPTER 2: SWEDEN
2011-2014: POSTDOC RESEARCH
HOW TO GET SCHOLARSHIP?
HOW TO GET SCHOLARSHIP?
• Strong Motivation
• Get the Information (procedures, deadline, etc)
• Language Skill
• Documents
• Du’a
HOW TO LIVE AS A MUSLIM THERE?
CHALLENGES
Difficult to have a
place (and time) for
Sholat
CHALLENGES
Difficult to have a
place (and time) for
Sholat
CHALLENGES
Praying time is
different
Shortest Day:
sunrise at 8.44am
sunset at 2.49pm
Longest Day:
sunrise at 3.31am,
sunset at 9.08pm.
CHALLENGES
Difficult to find halal
food
CHALLENGES
Not easy to find a
place to study
Islam
CHALLENGES
Small number of
Muslim & ScatteredPengajian Online
CHALLENGES
Bad stigma
MUSLIM ACTIVITIES
MUSLIM ACTIVITIES
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT THERE?
FOUND NEW FAMILIES
LOVE OUR COUNTRY MORE
LEARNT DIFFERENT CULTURES, BACKGROUND, RACES, RELIGIONS
(MAZHABS), POINT OF VIEWS, ETC…..
SO…
LEARNT HOW TO RESPECT EACH OTHER
WHAT’S NEXT?
NEXT CHAPTER: INDONESIA
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