Religion does not occur in human life as a single reality, which cannot be separated from historical and cultural realm. It consists achievement of rational and spiritual domain, supporting historical needs of mankind life. Religion presents itself as an inseparable part of human history at various levels of civilizations. When debate of truth claims and salvation becomes a major theme, the the…
This article aims at comprehensively examining Zaki Najib Mahmud's thought on the logic of positivism on the relathionship between religion and science. The study employs literature interpretation method. The study encompasses the logic of positivism of Zaki Najib Mahmud, confirmation map of know-ledge on areas of science and religion, and the dichotomy of science and religion. The study finds …
Islamic religious education or dakwah Islamiyah which has been run well in Indonesia has significantly succeeded to develop the symbols of religiosity. However, when these symbols are not followed by the increasing of moral quality, in fact, it is degenerated. Therefore, the role of religion has been critized as the pillar of the nation morality. There is the education of fundamental value, nam…
Interfaith marriage is factual phenomenon in current Indonesian community even though to prohibition of that marriage is clearly stated in fatwa of the Council of Indonesian Ulama' [MUI] which strongly forbade this kind of marriage. Lekiwise, KHI [islamic law compilation] mentions some similar notions. However, it is interesting academically to observe sociological background in which the fatwa…
Among the Islamic studies; al tafsir, al hadis, al tauhid, al fiqh and tasawuf, the al fiqh is the richest with epistemological approaches. Meanwhile Islamic education does not have at all. This becomes a challenge. Furtheremore Moslem really are facing serious western epistemology that assumed as a universal epistemology so that they ignore the ways to know" through other alternatives. On the …