Reformasi and the Decline of Liberal Islam

2019 ◽  
pp. 117-134
Author(s):  
Greg Fealy
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Political Reform ◽  
New Order ◽  
Islamic Movement ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
The Face ◽  
Muslim Intellectuals ◽  
The Way

This chapter explains how liberal Muslim intellectuals and activists have drawn on religious teachings to popularize and validate political reform and human rights agendas from the late 1980s. This prepared the way for Indonesia's majority Islamic community to embrace democracy as an alternative to authoritarianism. The wealth of progressive Islamic thought and action that marked those decades, has, however, fallen victim to the illiberal aspects of reformasi. One of the paradoxes of democratization is that the progressive Islamic movement quickly became a casualty of the increasing dominance of conservative Islamic forces. The chapter concludes that while liberal Islam flourished in New Order Indonesia because it had the support of the regime, it was unable to leverage that success in the face of broader religiocultural and political changes from the early 2000s, which have been driven by, and favored, conservative Islamist forces.

scholarly journals Konsep pemikiran Mohammed Arkoun dalam aina huwa alfikr al-islāmiy al-mu’āshir

HUMANIKA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-55
Author(s):  
Ruslan Rasyid ◽  
Hilman Djafar
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Religious Language ◽  
Scientific Methodology ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
Muslim Intellectuals ◽  
Historical Methodology ◽  
Perceived Impact ◽  
Islamic Society ◽  
Opening Up

Mohammed Arkoun's thought in his monumental work, "aina huwa al-fikr al-islāmiy"was inspired by two famous Muslim intellectuals, Imam Ghazali and Ibn Rusyd. Arkoun'swork is an idea that spurs the spirit of contemporary Muslims to think ahead by using all thepotential they have so that it can make Islam a religion that can adapt to the development ofthe times or in a religious language called shālihun likulli makānin wa shālihun likulli zamānin.In addition, the concept of thought in the work is aimed primarily at opening up broaderhorizons of Arabic Islamic thought and can be used as a method of understandingcontemporary social science based on Islamic views. One effort undertaken by MohammedArkoun is to consolidate modern historical methodology with classical Islamic thought,because for Arkoun that is the only way to achieve a scientific understanding of the historicalthe reality of Islamic society. The perceived impact is the disappearance of all disputes, bothracial and religious. Some of the directions of his thinking are as follows: 1) Arkoun's way ofperceiving himself; 2) Agendas that must be implemented include building an appliedIslamology / islāmiỹāt tathbȉqhiỹah by trying to apply scientific methodology to the Koran;3) The Western way (alGharb) knows Islam; 4) Return to the starting point; 5) Secularismand Islam; 6) Islam, Science, and Philosophy; 7) Islam and Human Rights; 8) Sufism;9) European nationalism; 10) Think openly.

scholarly journals LIBERAL ISLAM AND ITS INFLUENCES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF QURANIC EXEGESIS IN INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 137
Author(s):  
Ahmad Syaifuddin Amin ◽  
Maisyatusy Syarifah Syarifah
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Main Method ◽  
Islamic Movements ◽  
Islamic Movement ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
Hermeneutic Approach ◽  
And Gender

Liberal Islamic movements in Indonesia and Malaysia are still active in voicing their thoughts although they have been strongly rejected by some local religious authorities. Even though it is no longer as massive as it used to be, its influence in the development of interpretations of the Qur'an is still very pronounced today. This study examines the influence of Liberal Islamic thought on the development of Quranic exegesis in Indonesia and Malaysia and focuses on Jaringan Islam Liberal (JIL) and Sisters in Islam (SIS), which are the most influential Liberal Islamic movements in Southeast Asia, especially in Indonesia and Malaysia. The data were collected from literature references with textual analysis as the main method. The results of this study indicate that the influence of JIL in the development of Quranic exegesis in Indonesia: first, the influence on the authority of interpretation by urging the Al-Quran. Second, the influence on the methodology of interpretation. Although JIL was not the initiator, JIL has a significant influence in bringing the flow of contextual methodology, maqāṣid approaches, hermeneutics, and other contemporary methods to Indonesia. Third, the influence on the popularization of new interpretive issues, such as human rights and gender. Meanwhile, SIS does not have a significant influence on the interpretation of the Quran in Malaysia like JIL, because: first, the hermeneutic approach used by SIS in the interpretation of the Quran is Amina Wadud's hermeneutics, so she is more famous than SIS itself. Second, the liberal Islamic movement in Malaysia is strongly opposed by the Malaysian kingdom.Keywords: JIL, SIS, Quranic exegesis, Contextual, Hermeneutic

scholarly journals Legislative Construction of the Post Amendment In Restoring Indonesian Democracy

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Asep Syarifuddin Hidayat
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
New Order ◽  
Constitutional Amendments ◽  
The Real ◽  
The People ◽  
The Face ◽  
Legislative Structure

Abstract.Restoring the face of Indonesian Democracy is complicated.Long phases in any case are needed until the real of Indonesian democracy is obtained. Constitutional amendments were also carried out to restore the meaning of democracy to achieve the benefits of democracy itself. As a result of the constitution being considered sacred and cannot be touched by the idea of change during the New Order, amendments became the only unavoidable alternative. The amendments were undergone in an effort to touch on the elements that are considered as the joint foundation of the establishment of democracy in this country. The things done in the amendments also relate to strengthening the contents of the institution which is the mandate of the constitution. Legislative construction is considered as the base of the joint which is the estuary of the concept of pure democracy. The addition of the DPD organs as a new institution in the Indonesian constitutional legislative structure is part of an effort to restore democracy in Indonesia. Therefore this construction effort has an impact on the opening of access to democracy so that it is no longer distant from the people, guaranteed individual and group freedom, upholding human rights, and opening the space for freedom for the press.Keywords: Construction, Legislative Institution, Indonesian DemocracyAbstrak.Melakukan restorasi wajah Demokrasi Indonesia tidaklah mudah. Setidaknya dibutuhkan fase-fase yang panjang hingga akhirnya didapatkan demokrasi Indonesia yang sesungguhnya. Amandemen konstitusi pun dilakukan untuk mengembalikan makna demokrasi guna mencapai manfaat dari demokrasi itu sendiri. Akibat konstitusi dianggap sakral dan tidak dapat disentuh oleh ide perubahan pada masa orde baru, maka amandemen pun menjadi satu-satunya alternatif yang tidak dapat dihindari. Amandemen dilakukan dalam upaya menyentuh unsur-unsur yang dianggap sebagai pangkal sendi dari tegaknya demokrasi di negara ini. Hal yang dilakukan dalam amandemen juga berkaitan dengan penguatan isi lembaga yang merupakan amanat konstitusi. Konstruksi legislatif dianggap sebagai pangkal sendi yang menjadi muara konsep demokrasi murni.  Penambahan organ DPD sebagai Lembaga baru dalam struktur legislatif ketatanegaraan Indonesia merupakan  bagian dari usaha merestorasi demokrasi di Indonesia. Karenanya upaya kontruksi ini berdampak pada terbukalah akses demokrasi sehingga tidak lagi berjarak dengan rakyat, terjaminnya kebebasan individu dan kelompok, tegaknya hak asasi manusia, serta terbukanya ruang kebebasan bagi pers.Kata Kunci: Kontruksi, Lembaga legislatif, Demokrasi Indonesia

scholarly journals Pencarian Otentisitas Islam Liberal Di Indonesia

ULUMUNA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-154
Author(s):  
Masnun Tahir
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Individual Autonomy ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Sociological Approach ◽  
Islamic Movement ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
Freedom Of Thought

In the contemporary Islamic discourse in Indonesia, an Islamic movement initiated by a group of young muslim intelectuals emerged which offered a new paradigm in comprehending Islamic doctrines. The movement naming itself Jaringan Islam Liberal (JIL) carrys some jargons of modern life like pluralism, tolerance, inclussivism, freedom of thought, and human rights. Through sociological approach, this article shows that JIL has played a significant role in dinamizing Islamic discouse in Indonesia. JIL proposed the “individualism” of Islamic thought; it is called “individual autonomy” in Berger and Luckman’s term, and “Islamic liberalism” in Binder and Kurzman’s one. Some methodologies applied by JIL in promoting its ideas are ijtihad freedom, hermeneutics, reactualization of Islamic doctrines, and “al-muhâfazhah ‘alâ al-qadîm al-shâlih wa al-akhdzu bi al-jadîd al-ashlah”.

New Prospects—The Structure of Sea Lanes

1976 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 350-357
Author(s):  
R. B. Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Marine Environment ◽  
Considerable Progress ◽  
New Order ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Self Help ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Learned Societies ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Way

There has been considerable progress within the last three years in the evolution of various traffic procedures in coastal and waterway areas. Society at last seems to be awakening to the need for some order and conformity as a means of protecting the marine environment. And sea people have accepted that communications—like steam—have altered the face of the Earth. Learned societies and professional institutions have each played their part on the new frontiers of sea affairs and we have between us not been backward in promoting our ideas as to what the new order could be. We begin to acknowledge that we belong to our times.We have used the bones of Torrey Canyon and her more recent successors in the Dover, Magellan and Malacca Straits to climb out of an age of obstinate rejection into one of enlightened self-help. Modern life does not tarry with yesterday, and the headlines of past accidents are not necessarily the right titles for future remedies. But they are very useful pointers along the way. Perhaps at last we have understood the nature of the traffic question and can now begin to seek the answers with a broader base of consensus.

Ukraine, Protracted Conflicts and the osce

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Remler
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Conflict ◽  
Double Standard ◽  
Hybrid Warfare ◽  
Conflict Mediation ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Face ◽  
Ukraine Crisis ◽  
The Way

Aspects of the Ukraine crisis present enormous problems for the future of osce and other international conflict mediation. Annexation, “hybrid” warfare, the proliferation of non-recognized separatist polities, the absence of a shared baseline of facts and, therefore, the sharp divergence of narratives, and perhaps most of all, the development of fortress mentalities – all of these have challenged the “Helsinki acquis” on which the osce is based. Developments in the protracted conflicts – greater Russian control over three of the separatist polities to the point of crypto-annexation and the spread of the idea that democracy and human rights are no more than tools of Western imperialist domination – affect the way in which the osce and its mediators are perceived. The cycle of Russian assertiveness and Western response has created a self-reinforcing spiral that consolidates alliances among those who share a fortress mentality, is used to justify past actions, discourages “weakness” in the face of pressure, and encourages ever more aggressive responses to it. In the face of this discouraging picture, osce mediators should build on the remaining areas of co-operation – especially on the Karabakh conflict – and emphasize osce impartiality. The osce has always been a “big tent,” a forum of diverse equals, none of whom has a perfect record on democracy and human rights. Criticizing and being criticized is not, therefore, a “double standard,” but a dialogue that enriches all participating States.

RELASI ISLAM DAN NASIONALISME DALAM SEJARAH BANGSA INDONESIA

ALQALAM ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 563
Author(s):  
Suhaimi Suhaimi
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Nationalism ◽  
Early Growth ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
New Order ◽  
Japanese Colonial ◽  
Muslim Intellectuals ◽  
Colonization Period ◽  
The Times ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Governance Reforms

In line with the times demand, nationlism changes as a dynamic of dialectics proceeds with changes in social, political, and ekonomic in the country and global levels. Based on a review of historical chronology, this paper analyzed descriptively the relationship between Islam and nationalism in Indonesia. Since the early growth of nationalism and the Dutch colonization period in Indonesia, Islam became the spirit of sacrifice of lives and property of the Indonesian people's fighting to get independence and on the Japanese colonial period and the early days of independence, Islam through the muslim leaders founction as base of departure and developer awareness of nasionalism, patriotism and unity to defend the independence. Despite the authoritarian New Order ruler cope with Islam through the establishment of the Association of Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals (ICMI), but awareness of national Muslim leaders to build Indonesia managed to push governance reforms. And in this era of reform, the spirit of nationalism and the spirit of sacrifice of the Indonesian leaders increasingly eroded by corruption. Key words: proto-nationalism, political nationalism, cultural nationalism.

Deconstructing Turkey’s “Open Door” Policy towards Refugees from Syria

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Burcu Togral Koca
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil War ◽  
Border Studies ◽  
Open Door ◽  
Open Door Policy ◽  
Security Framework ◽  
Liberal Policy ◽  
The Way

Turkey has followed an “open door” policy towards refugees from Syria since the March 2011 outbreak of the devastating civil war in Syria. This “liberal” policy has been accompanied by a “humanitarian discourse” regarding the admission and accommodation of the refugees. In such a context, it is widely claimed that Turkey has not adopted a securitization strategy in its dealings with the refugees. However, this article argues that the stated “open door” approach and its limitations have gone largely unexamined. The assertion is, here, refugees fleeing Syria have been integrated into a security framework embedding exclusionary, militarized and technologized border practices. Drawing on the critical border studies, the article deconstructs these practices and the way they are violating the principle of non-refoulement in particular and human rights of refugees in general. 

Óscar Romero and the Politics of Sainthood

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-291
Author(s):  
Manuel A. Vasquez ◽  
Anna L. Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil War ◽  
El Salvador ◽  
The Other ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Holy See ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Face ◽  
Crisis Of Modernity ◽  
The One

In this article, we explore the debates surrounding the proposed canonization of Archbishop Oscar Romero, an outspoken defender of human rights and the poor during the civil war in El Salvador, who was assassinated in March 1980 by paramilitary death squads while saying Mass. More specifically, we examine the tension between, on the one hand, local and popular understandings of Romero’s life and legacy and, on the other hand, transnational and institutional interpretations. We argue that the reluctance of the Vatican to advance Romero’s canonization process has to do with the need to domesticate and “privatize” his image. This depoliticization of Romero’s work and teachings is a part of a larger agenda of neo-Romanization, an attempt by the Holy See to redeploy a post-colonial and transnational Catholic regime in the face of the crisis of modernity and the advent of postmodern relativism. This redeployment is based on the control of local religious expressions, particularly those that advocate for a more participatory church, which have proliferated with contemporary globalization

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