The reality of the modern world necessitates a Muslim to rethink about how to be a Muslim in the middle of the interdependence of security, politics, social and culture. This makes Abdullah Ahmed al-Na'im, a Sudanese Muslim intellectual, be restless. The provision of international legal guarantees for the implementation of the collective right of every nation to self-determination make Muslims …
Permasalahan seputar universalitas dan partikularitas al-Qur'an menjadi isu sentral yang telah memicu perdebatan serius di kalangan sarjana muslim karena al-Qur'an, sebagai kitab suci, melampaui waktu dan ruang. Selain itu, ia merespon masalah-masalah sosial yang terjadi selama periode kenabian. Artikel ini mengeksplorasi beberapa persoalan mengenai (1) identifikasi akulturasi al-Qur'an dengan …
This article seeks to discuss the issue of inheritance in Indonesia and the solution offered through studying the Quranic verses of inheritance according to Abdullah Saeed. Saeed’s methodological approach is used as a tool of analysis to reconstruct the law of inheritance in Indonesia. On the one hand, Saeed’s theory of ‘value hierarchy’ is formulated in order to maintain the principle …
Indonesia is a country which has so many ethnicities, tribes, cultures,languages, and relegions, Such diversity is prone to conflict and discord and there fore, there must be a systematic, programmed, itergrated, and sustainable effort to maintain the integrity of the nation and as a multicultural country. A step to be taken to realize it is by planting a multicultural understanding to the soci…
Islam menampakkan karakteristiknya sebagai agama yang sarat dengan pembelaannyaterhadap unsur-unsur kemanusiaan. Secara historis, nilai-nilai tersebut dieksperimentasikan dalam kehidupan sejak awal-awal agama Islam hadir di bumi ini. Persamaan derajat di muka hukum, perlindungan masyarakat dari kedzaliman, serta penjagaan akan hak-hak dasar, merupakan sekelumit goresan sejarah yang tidak terban…
when man has come to the highest level of achievement of the use of ratio, well known as postmodern era, religion is still believed to be the solution of humanistic problems. Evan in hte ultimate level oft he use of ratio, religion becomes an expectation. This expectation will never be a reality unless religion can play its part in our every day life. religion nowadays is understood formally, p…
Tulisan ini menjelaskan pandangan Islam terhadap nasinalisme, yaitu paham politik yang berintikan kesetiaan yang mendalam (supreme loyalty) terhadap negara bangsa (nation-state). Dengan semangat yang partikular itu nasionalisme mengandung potensi ekstrimisme yang destruktif dan memecah belah. Warga dunia sudah menyaksikan faktanya dan terpaksa mendirikan PBB untuk membendung dampakburuknya. Seg…