The article scrutinizes the role of the actor of Tlasih 87 community in coping with social problems and his efforts to create harmony and peace among interreligious adherents in Sumbergirang village of Mojokerto East Java. The writer puts emphasis on the discussion about the methods employed by the actor to achieve his goals. In addition, the form of teaching proposed by the actor to Sumbergira…
The article asserts that plurality—particularly with respect to religious understanding—is a certainty and an avoidable matter, which should be wisely addressed. This is a pivotal issue as the fact shows us that Indonesia, naturally and culturally, consists of various different ethnic groups. Bhinneka Tuggal Ika—as national watchword—affirms that Indonesia is founded on diversity and di…
This article aims to analyze the construction of identity in the case study of Middle-Class Muslim in Indonesia. The term “Popular Islam” is part of an academic term to mention of make Islam as an identity for the Middle-Class Muslim in Indonesia. This term can be interpreted into two premises are popular Islam as a commoditization of Islamic value and Islam as part of celebration Islamic d…
This article discusses critique of Islamic epistemology within applied Islamology. The writer concludes that Islamic epistemology is an episteme which has been originally derived from Islamic doctrines. It can be obtained through a number of methods. The first method is revelation, which has an absolute truth. The second way is reason, which becomes a potency blessed by God to all humankind. Th…
This paper highlights Iqbal’s epistemology which focuses on the question of metaphysic and ontology. To understand the absolute being, Iqbal starts from intuition about human beings’ ego engaged at reality of the absolute ego. Intuition can reveal the absolute reality or the real super ego. The real existence of reality is spiritual. The true reality, according to Iqbal, refers to the exist…
This article discusses the symbols, process, and meaning of ukhuwwah islâmîyah (Islamic brotherhood) within perspective of the followers of the Tarekat Shatârîyah in Tanjunganom Nganjuk East Java. The result of the research indicates that the making process of ukhuwwah islâmîyah has been initiated through bayʻah towards murshid (Guru Wasîtah). To the followers of the Tarekat Shatarîyah…