Muhammad [PBUH] is deemed as illiterate [ummi]. The word of ummi and its derivation was stated in the Qur'an six times; two words are in singular [ummi], which refer to Muhammad; and four are in plural [ummiyyun], which indicate to the People of Book [jews] and Arabs. To understand meaning of the word within the Qur'an, we should take its surrounding context into account. Referring ummi to illi…
Kajian tentang eksistensi Tuhan merupakan aspek fundamental dalam setiap agama. Karena setiap agama mengajarkan bahwa eksistensi alam dengan segala realitasnya adalah ciptaan Tuhan. Dalam Islam, khususnya para sufi, yang mengandaikan bahwa segala yang tercipta, fisik atau non fisik, merupakan bentuk Tuhan meng-ada-kan dirinya dalam bentuk lain. Sudut pandang ini pada akhirnya, menyeret pada car…
Drawing on the findings of the survey conducted by Balai Litbang Agama Jakarta in 2007, the author describes the levels of Quran reading and comprehension abilities among the Muslims in the western part of Indonesia. Besides, the aspects of reading frequency and duration are also presented along with the sources from whom the Muslims learned to read the Quran for the first time. One of the inte…
This paper is to study community property [harta bersama] from the genealogy perpective with it's locus to bilateral genealogy as in Java, Sunda and Aceh society. Bilateral system of genealogy choosed in this paper, because a unilateral genealogy [patrilineal and matrilineal], will be marginalized along with the development of era and will be subtituded with bilateral genealogy. In addition, th…
Abdulkarim Soroush is a contemporary Shi'ite thinker whose ideas on religion and the Qur'an is controversial. His ideas is part of his criticism against Islamic regime in iran especially the Iranian clergy. This article is devoted to study his theory, Contraction and Expansion of Religious Knowledge, that discussed about the differences between religion and religious science. The first is divin…
Sabilillah as receiver of zakat, should receive equal attention with other asnaf. The gap that happens, not irrespective of the community who still understand the concept of Sabilillah narrowly. In fact, sabilillah itself can widely interpreted as done by institutions such as zakat YDSF with a view to present a more strategic context, such as teacher training, scholarships, and other religious …
Penyelenggaraan RSBI merupakan salah satu usaha pemerintah untuk meningkatkan mutu pendidikan agar mampu bersaing dengan negara lain. Sejak diselenggarakan tahun 2006, RSBI belum pernah dievaluasi secara komprehensif. Oleh karena itu, perlu dievaluasi PPDB, prestasi, pengelolaan pendanaan, dan sistem tata kelola dan akuntabilitas penyelenggaraannya. Penelitian menggunakan metode campuran kuanti…
Peneyelenggaraan satuan pendidikan menuju bertaraf internasional telah dimulai sejak tahun 2006, yaitu melalui pendirian dan penyelenggaraan Rintisan Sekolah Bertaraf Internasional [RSBI]. Berbagai gugatan, pandangan dan kritik yang bersifat pro kontra dari berbagai lapisan masyarakat terhadap penyelenggaraan RSBI dan sitem pendanaan yang memberatkan oarang tua peserta didik. Tulisan ini merupa…
This paper explores the various views of the Indonesian ulama concerning the idea of bid'ah. It distinguishes between two modes of interpretation as far as this notion is concerned; namely the etimological and terminological. The former understands bid'ah in terms of good bid'ah [bid'ah hasanah] and bad bid'ah [bid'ah sayyi'ah]. The latter in the meantime understands it in terms of earthly bid'…
Sufisme merupakan dimensi batin atau esoteris Islam yang seringkali dibedakan dengan dimensi lahir atau eksoteris Islam yang lebih dikenal dengan syari'ah. Pada masa awal Islam, sufisme tidak dipandang sebagai sisi batin [terdalam] dari ajaran Islam sebagaimana yang terjadi pada masa sekarang. Melainkan ia dipandang sebagai Islam sendiri. Tarekat [sufisme], pada masa awal berdirinya, merupakan …