Dalam tulisan ini penulis berargumen bahwa tesis Huntington yang mengetengahkan benturan antar peradaban Barat dan islam patut dikaji ulang. Karena peradaban merupakan entitas dinamis yang meniscayakan adanya unsur borrowing dan influence, maka tidak dapat dikatakan bahwa peradaban satu bertentangan vis a vis dengan peradaban lain. Setiap peradaban memiliki karakter unik yang membedakannya deng…
Identitas politik menjadi hal yang penting dalam upaya mengembangkan aktivitas politik dan penemuan teori dari di lingkungan masyarakat atau kelompok social. Lebih jauh lagi identitas politik berhubungan dengan ruang lingkup organisasi seperti ideology atau afiliasi partai politik. tulisan ini secara spesifik melihat tentang banyak fakta yang telah memberikan pelajaran baru bahwa globalisasi te…
Perkembangan peradaban manusia berlangsung begitu cepat, dari pengetahuan mengenai masyarakat primitif, masyarakat agraris, kemudian berubah ke masyarakat industri, lalu kemudian muncul masyarakat industri, dan akhirnya meloncat pada istilah masyarakat informasi, era informasi sudah datang dengan cepat. Dengan era informasi ini, semuanya menjadi serba murah, mudah, cepat, tepat, dan akurat. Nam…
Lingkungan hidup adalah suatu kesatuan runag dengan semua benda, daya, keadaan dan makhluk hidup, termasuk di dalamnya manusia dan perilakunya, yang mempengaruhi kelangsungan perikehidupan dan kesejahteraan manusia serta makhluk hidup lainnya. Saat ini masyarakat Islam sedang mendapat kritik tajam akan terjadinya kerusakan lingkungan, disadari atau tidak kerusakan disebabkan ulah manusia yang o…
This terminology is related to globalization and highly associated with the understanding of the borderless state, liberalization and free trade, world economic integration seems to be a dogma that is believed will lead to the economic progress, poverty reduction, and eliminating of inter-state tyranny. The efforts towards this globalization have been supported by the countries which are alread…
A globalization, which looks like both sides of one coin, has both positive and negative impacts. The globalization inspirednot only by capitalism but also by pragmatism has practically affected the education in Indonesia. The roles of education become practically unfamiliar and faraway from society needs. The globalization takes some issuees such as competence, standardization, and commerce. T…
Globalization with its various tendencies requires the presence of social-cultural dialogue, which of them is through education. Islamic Boarding School [Pesantren] as a form of education in Indonesia has its own potential in responding to global challenges in relation to the preservation of native culture. As the oldest form of education in Indonesia, it is historically proven capable of maint…
Emotional flow cannot be stemmed due to historical critic within Islamic community. As a result of its global phenomenon is self-accelaimed that Islam is the best among others as value and power. This fact drives the thing into afore new perspective along with new themes such as Wahhabism, Salafism, Islamist, Jihadism, etc. The increasing attacks on non Muslim also ahows that religious majority…
Historic reality has proved the universality of the Arabic language for the world, making the Arabic language and literature not only stands alone in his country, but in almost all countries of the Muslims. Until now, the Arabic language is a mixture of various cultures that have already been harmonized into all aspects of cultural life in the world including in Indonesia. The existence of stra…
Moral education is the education of human being morality which is realized and done in the real action. There is a process of forming the value and the conscious attitude on the understanding why the value is done. All morality values which are consciously done have purpose to help human being become perfect persons. The value is a value which helps person become better in life together with ot…