Antara Darah dan Hati: Dream Reality English Translation

Chapter 28 Part 9 "Full Independence"

Karim POV

On December 27, 2027, several officials and important figures in the government of the Republic of the United States of Indonesia, including my father, were invited to the Dam Palace in Amsterdam to witness the full handover of Indonesian territorial sovereignty to all the people of the United States of Indonesia by the Prime Minister of the United States of Indonesia, Jusuf Bacharuddin. with the signing of a document containing a statement that this time the Kingdom of the Netherlands really released the entire territory of Indonesia from its part of the commonwealth of territory.

The transfer of sovereignty program was broadcast on all television channels and various YouTube channels in Indonesia because, this event was a historic event for the people of the United States of Indonesia because in the end, after 82 years of the proclamation of Indonesian independence and 78 years of Indonesia becoming part of the Commonwealth of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, finally an area called the Indonesian archipelago got its full independence.

The event of the transfer of sovereignty is also a new chapter in the history of the Indonesian archipelago, which now, with the full independence of Indonesia, I hope that the officials in the government of the United States of Indonesia can design, change and establish new rules without having to refer to the laws of the Netherlands, as well as removing the rules that oppress the Indonesian people.

After the transfer of sovereignty was over, I, my son, my wife and my parents visited the palace where Mevrouw Sofia's parents lived to talk to each other. We also accepted their offer to stay there for two weeks.

Actually we could have gone home earlier but, Mevrouw Sofia misses her parents dearly and wants to spend some time with them. Yes, Mevrouw Sofia's parents are not Muslims, but the Messenger of Allah did not forbid Muslims to do good deeds to their parents who were still unbelievers, he even recommended it, so for that reason my parents agreed to stay for a while in the palace where her parents lived.

We were all treated well in the palace and because we were Muslims, her father ordered the palace servants to provide halal food and drinks for our daily meals and, her father even ordered the palace servants to vacate a large room so that we could use it as a place of worship.

While we were in the palace, we also exchanged stories about what we had experienced while we had not met each other. Sometimes we also discuss about the future relations between Indonesia and the Netherlands and what role Indonesia will play in international politics and international economic activities.

Well, when I was serving the conversation, I was only guessing about the future fate of a fully independent Indonesia in the future but, I hope Indonesia doesn't suffer a setback because of the crime of its officials and politicians because, there are many examples from various third world countries which after their countries got their independence, their countries experienced a setback due to the acts of corruption, collusion and nepotism carried out by the officials in these countries.

In the early hours of the morning on the last night of our stay at the palace, while I was asleep, I woke up to the ringing sound of my smartphone. When I checked my smartphone, I thought it was the sound of the alarm that woke me up but, it turned out to be a ringing sound due to an incoming call coming from my father's smartphone. I picked up the phone then heard my father asking me to come to the worship room, I agreed to his request.

I got up from my bed, walked out of the guest room where me and Mevrouw Sofia slept towards the worship room then when I got there, my father who was sitting cross-legged facing the direction of mecca asked me a question.

"Karim, have you taken your ablution water?"

"Not yet, Father." I said answering the question.

"Then take ablution water first and continue to praythe non-obligatory midnight prayer and the non-obligatory wants & needs prayer, do all of them 12 round each." he said giving his orders.