Neil Armstrong Islam? Hoax (Analisis Disertai Bukti)

Neil Armstrong manusia pertama yang menginjak kakinya di bulan, meninggal hari minggu lalu (26/8/2012) pada usia 82 tahun. Misteri keislamannya makin sulit diketahui setelah keluarga memilih mengadakan pemakaman secara tertutup. Dan semakin ragu Neil Armstrong muslim setelah membaca bukti-bukti yang ada. Yuk mari kita lihat bukti yang  di dapatkan.

Hoax Mendengar Adzan Di Bulan

Kisah yang R10 tentang Neil Armstrong masuk Islam kurang lebih seperti ini:

When Neil Armstrong and co. walked on the moon, they heard sounds in a strange language they did not understand. ‘When Neil Armstrong went to Egypt, he heard the adhan, and said, “it was spacey something similar I heard while I was on the moon". Egyptian Friend told him that, it was the sound of Azaan (call for Muslim prayer). And Neil Armstrong immediately became Muslim because of this experience.

Saat Neil Armstrong dan rekannya berjalan di bulan, mereka mendengar bahasa aneh yang tidak mereka mengerti. "Ketika Neil Armstrong pergi ke Mesir, ia mendengar adzan, dan mengatakan, "suara itu mirip dengan suara yang kudengar ketika aku berada di bulan". Teman Mesir-nya kemudian mengatakan bila itu adalah adzan (panggilan shalat untuk muslim). Dan Armstrong segera menjadi muslim setelah pengalaman ini.

Klarifikasi Tidak Benar Neil Armstrong Mendengar Adzan Dan Masuk Islam

Bukti Awal

Transkrip dan Audio Pendaratan Bulan 

Klaim bila kru Apollo 11 mendengar "bahasa aneh yang tidak mereka mengerti" yang kemudian Armstrong mengetahui ini adalah suara adzan ketika di Mesir. NASA melalui situs resminya nasa.gov memperlihatkan bukti berupa transkrip dan audio pendaratan di bulan pada tahun 1969, dan tidak ada bukti yang memperlihatkan kru mendengar bahasa/suara aneh selama misi.

Surat Dari Ajudan Armstrong

Pada tahun 1983, Vivian White, ajudan administrasi Armstrong membantah tuduhan dalam surat kepada Phil Parshall, Director Asian Research Center International Christian Fellowship. Berikut isi suratnya:

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NEIL A. ARMSTRONG

LEBANON, OHIO 45036

July 14,1983

Mr. Phil Parshall Director Asian Research Center International Christian Fellowship 29524 Bobrich Livonia, Michigan 48152

Dear Mr. Parshall:

Mr. Armstrong has asked me to reply to your letter and to thank you for the courtesy of your inquiry.

The reports of his conversion to Islam and of hearing the voice of Adzan on the moon and elsewhere are all untrue. Several publications in Malaysia, Indonesia and other countries have published these reports without verifi- cation. We apologize for any inconvenience that this incompetent journalism may have caused you.

Subsequently, Mr. Armstrong agreed to participate in a telephone interview, reiterating his reaction to these stories. I am enclosing copies of the United States State Department's communications prior to and after that interview.

Sincerely

Vivian White

Administrative Aide

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Surat Dari Departemen Luar Negeri

Surat dari Departemen Luar Negeri Amerika Serikat yang membantah klaim Neil Armstrong muslim juga dilampirkan oleh Vivian White dalam surat di atas. Berikut isi suratnya:


P 04085 0Z MAR 83 ZEX

FM SECSTATE WASHD C TO ALL DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR POSTS PRIORITY BI UNCLAS STATE 056309

FOLLOWING REPEAT SENT ACTION ALL EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC DIPLOMATIC POSTS DTD MAR 02.

QUOTE: UNCLAS STATE 056309 E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: PREL, PGOV, US, ID SUBJECT: ALLEGED CONVERSION OF NEIL ARMSTRONG TO ISLAM

REF: JAKARTA 3281 AND 2374 (NOT ..)

1. FORMER ASTRONAUT NEIL ARMSTRONG, NOW IN PRIVATE BUSINESS, HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF PRESS REPORTS IN EGYPT, MALAYSIA AND INDONESIA (AND PERHAPS ELSEWHERE) ALLEGING HIS CONVERSION TO ISLAM DURING HIS LANDING ON THE MOON IN 1969. AS A RESULT OF SUCH REPORTS, ARMSTRONG HAS RECEIVED COMMUNICATIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, AND A FEELER FROM AT LEAST ONE GOVERNMENT, ABOUT HIS POSSIBLE PARTICIPATION IN ISLAMIC ACTIVITIES.

2. WHILE STRESSING HIS STRONG DESIRE NOT TO OFFEND ANYONE OR SHOW DISRESPECT FOR ANY RELIGION, ARMSTRONG HAS ADVISED DEPARTMENT THAT REPORTS OF HIS CONVERSION TO ISLAM ARE INACCURATE.

3. IF POST RECEIVE QUERIES ON THIS MATTER, ARMSTRONG REQUESTS THAT THEY POLITELY BUT FIRMLY INFORM QUERYING PARTY THAT HE HAS NOT CONVERTED TO ISLAM AND HAS NO CURRENT PLANS OR DESIRE TO TRAVEL OVERSEAS TO PARTICIPATE IN ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES.

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Bukti Dari Armstrong Sendiri

Dalam biografi resminya di tahun 2005, First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong, Armstrong kembali membantah rumor yang menyatakan dirinya masuk Islam.

I have found that many organizations claim me as a member, for which I am not a member, and a lot of different families — Armstrong families and others — make connections, many of which don’t exist. So many people identify with the success of Apollo. The claim about my becoming a Muslim is just an extreme version of people inevitably telling me they know somebody whom I might know.

Global Leadership Forum Q&A Session

Dalam sesi tanya jawab di Global Leadership Forum yang berlangsung di Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Armstrong kembali membantah isu dirinya musllim dan mendengar adzan di bulan.

“The only thing that might be more difficult than the Apollo programme was trying to fake it,” he said during a question-and-answer session at the Global Leadership Forum here yesterday.

Asked by Malaysian astronaut candidate Zaid Zahari, 32, which he considered to be his greatest achievement – landing on the moon or getting back to Earth safely – Armstrong said it was a “superior moment” when he set foot on the moon.
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Armstrong, 75, also denied he had heard the Muslim call to prayer on the moon and had converted to Islam.

Referensi: Wiki Islam & www.catatan-r10.com