There is a hypothesis that a theological school belong to a muslim influences his or her though in usul al fiqh. This paper will focus on Mu'tazila and Asy'ariya. Mu'tazila concept on 'aql or reason is clear that reason can distinguish between good and bad. This concept is a result of their interest in philosophy that may influence their thought. Therefore the Mu'tazilite believe in the ability…
This paper discusses analytically Riffat Hassan's thoughts concerning gender issues. Hassan's ideas on the women creation, the gender equality, and the systems of polygamy and purdah are the main subjects studied therein. Mustaqim tries to find out not only what Hassan views the subjects, but also why she differs in those issues from the majority of Islamic scholars. Using aliterary analysis an…
Tulisan ini mengedepankan bagaimana perkembangan ilmu pengetahuan pasca al Ghazali pada tahun 1058 - 1111 Masehi. Pertanyaan mendasar adalah mengapa pasca al Ghazali?. Alasannya karena pemikir sekaligus sufi ini tergolong kedalam para ahli yang banyak disoroti hasil pemikirannya. Dengan demikian kita perlu tahu al Ghazali, termasuk pemikirannya. Pertanyaan berikutnya untuk memperjelas alur kaji…
The study attempts to convive that Soekarno was not 'sigle-faced'man. The proclamar, whose life was cloaked in mystery and controversy, used to actually has a close relationship with one of the Indonesian Islamic reformers, A. Hasan who himself was the leader of PERSIS. His closeness to the figure had made him become closes to and acquainted with Islam more comprehensively. It had aspecially ha…
Syayed Hussain Nasr is ewell-known as a western graduate scientist who is not only critical to the structure of western civilization but also to muslim society itself. As a traditionalist employing perennial approach, he is a firm believer in the vitality of Islamic tradition. Having based on this paradigm, he holds that the modern west has failed to bring about an improvement for mankind and t…
al Qur'an yang dijadikan petunjuk bagi manusia sangat disadari keglobalannya, hal ini terbukti baik dari gaya dan susunan bahasanya, isi maupun cakupan yang ditunjukinya, dan bahkan Rasulullah sendiri juga menafsirkannya. Terlepas apakah beliau menafsirkan seluruh al Qur'an atau hanya sebagaian, tapi setidaknya fakta tersebut memberikan legalitas yang kuat bahwa untuk mengetahui isyarat bahasa …
This article attempts at elaborating the contemporary trends of the development of Islamic thought in Indonesia. The author assums that the development of intellectualism and mode of though in Islam seems to accelerate more rapidly in the dynamics of this decade. This appearts to be more obvious, among others, with special reference to the increase of human resources and the awareness of develo…
This article tries to elaborate the attempt of selecting and combining several methods have been offered by the muslim intellectuals for overcoming problems of law. Despite the fact that some intlellectual muslims exert to stimulate the potentialities of ijtihad, this attempt is not more than recommendation. Reform on the conceptual or methodological level receives less attention than the produ…
Secara teoritis, pendidikan pembebasan merupakan paradigma pemikiran yang relatif agak usang dalam dunia pendidikan, khususnya dikalangan akademi di Amerika Latin. Namun jika paradigma pendidikan pembebasan tersebut dilihat dari pespektif Islam, ia masih merupakan hal baru yang belum pernah dikaji oleh kalangan ilmuwan muslim, sekalipun pembahasan mengenai teologi pembebasan dalam Islam sudah b…
Ide-ide pembaharuab yang dibawa Ameer Ali itu memang benar mencerminkan Islam rasional. Islam bukan agama yang membawa umatnya kepada kemunduran, sebaliknya membawa kepada kemajuan. Islam itu sendiri adalah agama kemajuan. Dan mensejarah selama kurang lebih 6 abad pada zaman klasik. Terlepas dari semua itu, api Islam yang dibawa Ameer Ali itu mencerminkan adanya semangat utuk terus memperbaharu…