FDI Cendekia 2022 is an Islamic writing competition organized by the Cadre Division of the Student Executive Board (Dema) of the Faculty of Dirasat Islamiyah (FDI) at UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta. The competition took place from February 5-9, 2022. The aim of this Islamic writing competition is to create scholarly students at FDI who possess the skills to develop and improve their writing abilities. Therefore, FDI Cendekia invites all students to participate in the effort to collect Islamic articles.

The competition featured several themes to choose from, such as Ushuluddin, Sharia, and Language. The articles were required to be written within 600-1000 words. The jury for this competition consisted of FDI alumni who are experts in writing, namely Zahrotun Nafisah and Amien Nurhakim, who were eager to assist with the event.

The event was held during the semester break, and many students enthusiastically participated in the competition. From the 17 submissions, three articles were chosen with the highest scores:

1st Place: Afrian Ulu Millah – Article Title: “Postmodernism and the Degradation of Quranic Interpretation” 2nd Place: Muh. Salahuddin Al-Ayubi – Article Title: “The Meaning of ‘Sustenance is already predetermined’ according to Tafsir Al-Daby al-Ijtima’i” 3rd Place: Komaruddin – Article Title: “Analysis of the Diversity of Arab Dialectics in the Gulf Countries (Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Iraq) on the Smule Application”

The event organizer, Sayyida Naila, mentioned that according to the jury's evaluation, all the written works submitted by the participants were very interesting and substantial. “All the articles were excellent and very substantial according to the judges,” she said. After the competition, all participants received certificates, and the submitted articles will be published on the dirosatuna.com website. (FDI Journalist Team: Nyimas Zulfa Lisamia).