as a concept derived from different saurces, there is always a debate over its veracity. A part from the fact above, the concept might have good values such as recognition of equality [ egalitarian al musawah] before the law and goverment, freedom of assembly, participation in desicion making [asy syura], justice [al adl], are recognition of pluralism [culture, language, religion, ethnicity, id…
Phenomenology appeared as one of the important approaches to Islam in the early twentieth century. This approach emphasizes on the unveiling of the role and meaning of religion in human life. In this context, phenomenology requires certain attitudes of scholars, such as empathy, epoche and eiditic vision, as well as knowledge of social sciences and humanities. This phenomenological approach wil…
The dichotomy between Islamic studies and non-Islamic studies, or between religious and secular sciences, represents a long debated discourse. It emerged as a result of the misunderstanding conducted by muslim generations of post al Ghazali of the categorisation of science into fard 'ayn and fard kifayah kinds, or 'ulum al din and ulum al dunya. This categorisation has given rise to the backwar…
This paper explores challenges and opportunities for religious and Islamic studies in the opening years of the twenty first centry. It is especially concerned with relationship between the indonesian, Nort American and Global contexts in which the two disciplines are located and the ways in which scholarly discourse can be aenriched by trans-national cooperation and discourse.
Hubungan antara kaum wanita dan Hukum Islam senantiasa menjadi kajian yang menarik. Hukum Islam telah mengangkat harkat kaum wanita yang martabatnya telah diinjak-injak kaum pria pada jaman Jahiliyah. Di berbagai negara berpenduduk majoritas Muslim perlindungan Hukum Islam terhadap kaum wanita terus ditegakkan melalui proses legislasi. Namun, Karena peran kaum pria masih sangat dominan dalam pr…
The aim of this paper is to develop a statistical model for explaining and forecasting the time series that contains Islamic Calendar effect, calendar variation is defined as a periodic and recurrent pattern with variation lenght period that usually caused by cultures and religions of people in a certain area. In Indonesia, the effect of the Eids holiday in many daily activities, such as transp…
This article tries to explain the history of an institution called bank, both convensional and Islamic, and its role in the economic developmentof the country. Based on the historical facts, it can be concluded that the activities of bank has a long history and can be traced since along ago in the earlier of Islam, even some time before. In Islam, what was performed by Muhammad andhis disciples…
Beberapa sarjana Muslim pada perode Islam awal telah mencurahkan perhatian yang cukup besar dalam pengklasifikasian ilmu pengetahuan dengan tujuan mengorganisasikan pengetahuan yang dapat ditransmisikan dengan cara sistemik kepada generasi berikutnya. Upaya pengklasifikasian pengetahuan ini semestinya memberikan kontribusi yang cukup signifikan dalam lingkungan perpustakaan atau pusat informasi…