Randall Collins.
Suzanne J. Konzelmann, Simon Deakin, Marc Fovargue-Davies and Frank Wilkinson.
Gavin Kerr.
Robert S. Rycroft.
The Qur’ân was revealed with justice and equality for human beings regardless of their sex, race, social class and ethnicity, as cardinal principles and intrinsic values in Islamic sharî‘a. If this is the case, modern Muslim society with Islamic law is necessarily of equality and justice. However, their family laws which are grounded on assumptions of past centuries and have little bearin…
Al Qur'an is interpreted in different ways and approaches. Progressive Muslims, for instance, pay attention to three themes, namely social justice, gender equality, and pruralism. They propose their arguments based on the fundamental understading from [al Hijr/15:29 Sad/38:71, and an Nahl/16:90], namely: 1)every human being has the same intrinsic glory, 2)the main mission of human presence in t…
At least there are two main reasons why the existence of Muhammadiyah within the religious pluralism in Yogyakarta is interesting to be studied.The first raeson is related to the character of Muhammadiyah as a religious group which always stresses on the purification of Islamic teachings [from non-Islamic traditon]. Within this organisation it does not result in any problem. However, in a broad…
Throughout the history of indonesia, the concepts of gender and power-relations between men and women have been linked to a shifting and fluctuating idea of what constituates good women, good men, and good gender relationships within the context of indonesia and islam. To analyse these changing attitudes to women's issues in indonesia, we need to pay attention to several points ; the characther…
Gender issue becomes an interesting concern in education for there has been cultural bias and gender inequalities that unconsiously spread out through teaching and learning activities. Some learning materials, especially in elementary and secondary schools, still show gender bias on occupation of women in general. This article will describe some pictures and illistrations in learning materials …
Paulo Freire tokoh yang sangat iconic bagi gerakan pendidikan pembebasan. Suatu pendekatan yang menekankan kepada proses pendidikan yang menempatkan manusia sebagai human being sejati yang memiliki kebebasan tanpa dihantui oleh mitos-mitos imajiner tentang system pendidikan, sekolah, kurikulum. Gagasan Freire telah merambah berbagai ranah. Gagasannya tumbuh subur pada komunitastertindas oleh be…