Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh...

Hamdan Lillah, Sholatan Wa Salaman ala Rosulillah...

La Haula Wa La Quwwata illa Billah amma Ba’du...

Honorable Judges...

Respectabale all of the audiences and everyone here...

First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to Allah The Almighty. It’s because of Him, at the
present time I am standing before you all, joining this english speech contest and it’s such a pride for me.

And as a good moslem, we should always deliver sholawat and salam upon our great prophet
Mohammad, with a hope that we all get his blessing in the next here after life, amin .......

Ladies and Gentlemen....

Let me take your time for a moment to give my speech entitled “ SAVING THE MORALITY OF OUR
YOUNG GENERATION”

We all have known that young people now are the leaders in the future. It was what Imam Syafi’i
had said. And what does it mean ? it means that they are our worthy human resources. It means that
how good and how bad our country will be, depends on our young generation now. That’s why we must
keep and save them from the bad influences of this globalization era.

Why ??? yeah, the question is why ? why must we do it? and why is it the globalization era? What’s
the matter with the globalization era?
 Because in this globalization era, many things such as lifestyles, thoughts from other countries,
from western countries can come easily to our country. They can come through the television,
newspapers, magazines, facebook, twitter, google, youtube and other mass medias. And it is very easy
for our young people now to watch them, to read them and to be influenced by them.

It will be okey, it will be alright as long as it is the dicipline culture of western countries that
influences our young generation. But on the contrary, it will be such a dangerous thing, it will be such a
serious problem for our country if our young people are only influenced by the liberty of western
countries. There will be many young people get addicted to drug, there will be many young people fall
into the juvenile delinquency, there will be many young people adore seculerism, and there will be many
young people prefer the lifestyle of the liberty offered by western countries. And if it happens, what will
our beloved country be in the future ? Of course our country will be a bad ,broken and messed country
since it will be led by the bad young generation whose minds are contaminated by the bad influences of
western countries.

How big and vital is the role of the young generation for the better or the worst country in the
future so that Mr. Soekarno, our first president, said “ Give me ten young men, and I will change the
world with them !! imagine !! only ten young men, yeah only ten young men Mr. Soekarno said, and the
world will change with them !!

Ladies and Gentlemen,

One of the solutions to keep and to save our young generation from the bad effect of the
globalization era is by giving them religious education as much as possible.

And one way to educate them with many lessons of religion is by sending them to Madrasah
Tsanawiyah where they can learn many things about islamic attitudse, islamic laws and everything about
islam as our way of life.

We , however, will never be able to warn, to prevent and to avoid our young people to watch, to
read, and to know other countries’ culture and lifestyle all the time. In this case, Madrasah Tsanawiyah
plays its role. Madrasah Tsanawiyah must educate its students everything that Islam teaches for its
believers. Madrasah Tsanawiyah must teach them about what they should hold in facing and doing this
life, that we can find it in Al-Quran and Al-Hadits. Madrasah Tsanawiyah must teach them about how the
way their attitudes should be that we can find it in Ta’lim Mutaallim. Madrasah Tsanawiyah must teach
them about whom they should follow, and those are our great prophet Mohammad and Ulama.

And if all Madrasah Tsanawiyah do this, the morality and the character of our students will be the
morality and the character of Al-Quran Hadits, will be the morality and the character of our great
prophet Mohammad and Ulama, and will have the attitudes of Ta’lim Mutaallim.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I know and I realize that this sounds too ideal for you all. But at least, with the role of Madrasah
Tsanawiyah as I have said, our students, our young generation can value which one is good and which
one is bad, which one they should do and which one they shouldn’t do, which one they should follow
and which one they shouldn’t follow for themselves in facing this globalization era. So that wherever
they are far away from their parents’ and their teachers’ watch, their morality and their character will
not be poisoned by the bad influences of this globalization era. And if that’s the way our students, our
young generation are, we will have a bright human resources for a better country in the future.

Ladies and Gentlemen, let me close my speech with such a quote

“OUR TRUE CHARACTER IS THAT PERSON WE BECOME WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING“

Thank you....

And finally I say Wassalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh......

As moslems we have the guidance from the holy qur’an that drinking alcoholic drink is forbiden, and it is
bad action, and despicable deed, as Allah Said in the holy qur'an : "ya ayyuhalladzina amanu innamal
khomru walmaysir wal anshob wal azlam rijsummin amalisyton fajtanibuhu laalakum tuflihun." It
means : "oh ye the believers actually alcoholic drink, gambling, and draw destiny is despicable from the
evil’s action so avoid them, may be you will be the pleasure people.(almaidah verse : 90)"