The Nahdlatul ulama [NU] is a dominant Islamic organization in Indonesia which was founded by a number of kiyai [prominent muslims scholar] belonged to the Ahlussunnah wal Jamaah. As an Islamic social organization, NU has undergone many changes in its orientation and tendency, religiously, socially and politically. These shifts, no doubt, has something to organization, such as KH. Hasyim Asy'ar…
This article tries to analize the doctrine and development of tarekat tijaniyah, the existence of which in Indonesia [Especially Java] has prompted to provoke some doubts on the status of its soundness [mu'tabar]. Not until the third congress of NU [Muktamar NU] in 1928 and the sixth in 1931, grand convocation [musyawarah besar] of the experts of mu'tabarah tarekat at Mranggen Semarang [1979] a…
Religion and culture are two entities which always interact each others.Interaction between religion and culture can manifest in form of cohesiveness religion into community culture in the form of plural society.
Bahtsul Masail has authority to answer religious problems faced by members of Nahdlatul Ulama [NU]. During the period 1926-1999, the dominant religious problems in the discussion of Lajnah Bahtsul Masail were fiqh matters. They reached 84.8 persen [428 decisions] out of a total of 505 decisions. While in the field of non-fiqh, they reached 15.2 persen [77 decisions]. To answer the problems aris…
Nahdhatul Ulama, sejak awal berdirinya tidak lepas dari konteks sosial, budaya dan politik yang melingkupinya. Bahkan NU lahir dari respon terhadap tuntutan, tantangan, dan dinamika perkembangan yang terjadi. Untuk itu, maka NU sebagai bagaian dari elemen sistim sosial, dalam kiprahnya menghadapi pilihan-pilihan yang harus dilakukan agar ia tetap eksis dan dapat berperan lebih signifikan. Denga…
Abdurrahman wahid's [Gus Dur's] ideas on reformation are offered and it causes a new atmosphere of thought pattern in Nahdhatul Ulama. Liberalism, democracy, and universalism become the main icons accompanying the thoughts. This character is mixed in the combination of Islamic and cultural concepts. The implemantation of the shari'ah is done using the contextual interpretation not the textual o…
Islam masuk ke pulau Lombok kira-kira sejak abad ke-16, dibawa oleh sunan prapen [sunan giri IV] dari Gresik, yang menaruh perhatian besar pada penyebaran Islam di wilayah Indonesia bagaian timur pada masa itu. Usaha yang dilakukan sunan prapen diawali dengan mengadakan pendekatan kepada raja kerajaan Selaparang sebagai kerajaan terbesar di pulau Lombok pada waktu itu. Setelah raja Selaparang b…