In the midst of Islam's universalism and its cultural hegemony, actually Islam in its application have variations related with space and time of its people. Therefore, we have a duty to discern our Indonesian. Islam discourse. At one side, Islam have universal dimension, free from local culture influence, and on the other side, Islam have to present at the earth on its spreading and receiving b…
In a plural community, harmony among religious followers is undeniable although in fact there have been many social conflicts with religious nuance in some part of Indonesia. Focus of this research is how the pattern of harmony in Indonesia connected with social dimension does. Finding of this research shows that religious tolerance will grow up when there is a space for dialogue. In social and…
Quality culture of Madrasah [Islamic school] is the description of the organization culture of Madrasah. A strong quality culture is built from four dimension-capability, commitment, cohesion, consistent. In order to develop the quality culture of madrasah, according to the model introduced by Kurt Lewin, can be done in three stages of structural changes 1)initiative, 2)management, and 3)sustai…
The topic of discussion in this article is gender in sociocultural perspective. Unlike the previous studies, this article puts an emphasis on socio cultural construct that results inthe bias of the understandings of the majority of people in the society about gender. Problems of violence experinced by woman can be observed from the phenomena, such as:1, Streotyping that women are secondary clas…
Rurehe [Skipjack Pole and Line] sebagai jenis kapal ikan yang berkembang di tengah masyarakat nelayan sesuai kebutuhan untuk menangkap cakalang mempunyai simbol-simbol khusus dari bagian-bagian konstruksi yang dapat memperlihatkan pola keteraturan dalam mata rantai kegiatan pembuatan rurehe dan penangkapan cakalang dari pengrajin [pembuat Rurehe] dan masnait [anak buah Rurehe]. Selain simbol-si…
Globalization is a historical fact that has significant influence on society's life system.This condition has to face with wise reaction.Islam as religion that have universal and glbal order, certainly have role on solving globalization problem.Its clear from its universality, Islam can have significant role to shape global community.
Gender discourse does present particular problems within Muslim societies mainly for three reasons, 1)the strong presence of patriarchal culture within Muslim society 2)the strong literal tendency in interpreting religious texts, and 3)the strong sense of animosity toward the Western culture. There is a few however among Muslims in Indonesia who are willing to negotiate with gender issues not a…