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 …
The contact between universality of Islam and lokality of muslim conditions produces what is called local Islam is very colorful in accordance which its local contexts. So, to view local Islam apart from normattive Islam is a misleading way, because all communities of local Islam interprate and base their believe and practices in certain and respectively unique way on normative Islam, the Qur'a…
Tantangan agama di era sekarang bukan saja datang dari agama-agama lain yang acapkali diklaim sebagai saingan keras dalam mengarahkan peradaban manusia, juga bukan saja sains dan teknologi yang kini mulai menyingkirkan peran agama dalam peradaban manusia. Lebih dari yang lain, Hak Asasi Manusia, yang awalnya dideklarasikan PBB, awalnya berasal dari demokrasi kapitalisme global, justru menjadi t…
Dalam konteks umum sekarang ini, pemicu konflik-konflik yang adadi Timur Tengah adalah minyak. Khususnya di Arab Saudi, Irak dan Kuwait, konfliktersebut terutama disebabkan oleh dua hal, yaitu 1)hegemoni tekanan kepentingan dari negara-negara super power Barat, Amerika dan Rusia, dan 2)kompetisi kepentingan [khususnya minyak] antar negara-negara di Timur Tengah, meskipun secara geografis dan em…
Ibn 'Arabi is one of the prominent and authoritative thinkers onIslamic mysticisms. Among his starting and briliant ideasis the unity of religions [wahdah al adyan], one of the fundamental ideas of religious pluralism. The supporters of pluralism expose his opinion on the unity of religions intensely and consider any religions valid and true. This article examines further Ibn 'Arabi's thought o…
In general it is assumed that a primitive community is featured as a group of people with various backwardness, ignarance and even unaquianted with values, religious, spirit and God.Therefore, their civilization and culture are left behind and unquilified both from their sciences and spirituality.They live thier life without norm and ethic that make their life unorganized and inprosperious.
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.