This article discusses critique of Islamic epistemology within applied Islamology. The writer concludes that Islamic epistemology is an episteme which has been originally derived from Islamic doctrines. It can be obtained through a number of methods. The first method is revelation, which has an absolute truth. The second way is reason, which becomes a potency blessed by God to all humankind. Th…
This paper highlights Iqbal’s epistemology which focuses on the question of metaphysic and ontology. To understand the absolute being, Iqbal starts from intuition about human beings’ ego engaged at reality of the absolute ego. Intuition can reveal the absolute reality or the real super ego. The real existence of reality is spiritual. The true reality, according to Iqbal, refers to the exist…
This article discusses the symbols, process, and meaning of ukhuwwah islâmîyah (Islamic brotherhood) within perspective of the followers of the Tarekat Shatârîyah in Tanjunganom Nganjuk East Java. The result of the research indicates that the making process of ukhuwwah islâmîyah has been initiated through bayʻah towards murshid (Guru Wasîtah). To the followers of the Tarekat Shatarîyah…
Ibn Taimiyah was an Islamic philosopher who lived in gloomy era. At the time, Muslims were suffering decline in politics, and ideas or thingking related to Islam got stagnant. His figure was very respectable due to his knowledge and his works. His thinking and fatwas were the breakthrough in the academic world in his era. Because of his progressive and controversial ideas which often offended s…
Tujuan umum dari pendidikan adalah untuk membentuk manusia unggul rnyang berkepribadian baik. Dan jika tujuan mulia tersebut tercapai maka secara tidak langsung akan mewujudkan indonesia menjadi negara yang lebih baik. Tapi dewasa ini, sering kita saksikan fenomina-fenomina yang sering mencederai dunia pendidikan kita. Hal ini memberi signal pada kita bahwa dunia pendidikan kita belum mampu mew…