Islamic Book and Islam in Indonesia: a Historical Perspective

Alongside the advance of Islamic reformism in the early twentieth century, one central element to pay attention is the rise of printed media, Islamic book, which enhanced the shaping of the reformist Muslims. Written in Malay with Rumi script, the books with Islamic substance first appeared as part of Islamic reform movement. Nearly all the authors were the leading activists of reformist organizations. This trend continued to develop, leading the books to emerge as an important pillar in the formation of Islamic intellectual discourses. This study focuses on the historical study of the Islamic books development and progression, with strong emphasis given to the ideas behind their rising in the courses of Indonesian history. Based on the classical theory of discourse of Michel Foucault, as well as the one of post-linguistic turn historiography, this article demonstrates, in reference to the three time periods which each presented a specific mode of intellectual thinking, the growing importance of Islamic books in the making of print-based religious life, which paved the way for the strengthening of socio-religious plurality in modern Indonesia. Firstly, Islamic Book as the voice of Islamic reform, secondly, Islamic Books in 1950s-1960s, and lastly, Islamic Books in contemporary Indonesia.

Menciptakan Suasana Perjumpaan Antar-Agama: Refleksi Filosofis Etika Global Hans Küng

Indonesia faces the problem of differences for many year ago until now. Even though, Pancasila symbolizes the unity but mostly in religious relationship have a cliff between ''us’’ and ‘’them’’ for many reasons recently. Another problem emerges in area of Religious pluralism, makes the situation more difficult. The reality of religious diversity is isolated by misleading and shallow interpretations. The space for dialogue is insulated by religious formalism and theological claims of truth. The dialogue of agreement, both inclusivism and pluralism, has not been able to knit religious plurality. Traditions, symbols, rituals, ethical dimensions and universal core in religious dialogue as a precondition do not find space. In this context, the author is trying to offer the idea of "Global Ethics" by Hans Küng as a new understanding of religious dialogue. === Indonesia menghadapi masalah perbedaan selama bertahun-tahun yang lalu hingga sekarang. Meskipun Pancasila melambangkan persatuan, tetapi sebagian besar dalam hubungan agama memiliki jurang antara '' kami 'dan' mereka 'karena banyak alasan baru-baru ini. Masalah lain muncul di bidang pluralisme agama, membuat situasi lebih sulit. Realitas keragaman agama diisolasi dengan interpretasi yang menyesatkan dan dangkal. Ruang untuk dialog terisolasi oleh formalisme agama dan klaim kebenaran teologis. Dialog kesepakatan, baik inklusivisme dan pluralisme, belum mampu merajut pluralitas agama. Tradisi, simbol, ritual, dimensi etis, dan inti universal dalam dialog keagamaan sebagai prasyarat tidak menemukan ruang. Dalam konteks ini, penulis menawarkan ide "Global Ethics" oleh Hans Küng sebagai pemahaman baru tentang dialog agama.

Study of History of Al-Bukhari on the Differences and the Relevance of the Role of Islamic Education Institutions with Building Religious Plurality in Indonesia

This article discusses the Hadith of Al-Bukhari's history about the differences and relevance of the role of Islamic educational institutions in building religious plurality in Indonesia. Indonesia is a country that has the motto bhinneka tunggal ika. The plurality of plurality is highly upheld and respected. This study was written using a qualitative method with a literature study as an approach. The type of data in this article is in the form of written narratives or documents contained in the publication of Hadith History of Al-Bukhari about the differences and related scientific works that have been published. The technique of collecting data is by tracing some related scientific publications. The analysis technique used is through the use of the takhrīj al-hadīth application which is followed by sharh al-hadīth, both al-turathi and al-mu'āsir. This article describes that the Hadith of Al-Bukhari's history regarding differences is seen as relevant to the role of Islamic educational institutions in building religious plurality in Indonesia.

Reflections on prevention of violent radicalization processes in the school context: An intercultural and critical approach

The article discusses the issue of the prevention of violent radicalization processes (Khosrokhavar, 2014) in schools, in the Italian context, focusing on their jihadist-type declination, and it intends to propose an interpretation based on the intercultural approach (Schiavinato & Mantovani 2005; Mantovani, 2008; Schiavinato 2015) to the difference management in public contexts (Rhazzali, 2016). This perspective allows us to move the scientific debate away from the predominantly securitarian and emergency perspective, widely adopted by public policies, that removes from the political agenda the issue of an effective and fair management of cultural and religious plurality in the society and in the public space, by adopting an approach which is defined in the literature as "policed multiculturalism" (Ragazzi, 2015). Moreover, the securitarian discourse is a leading argument of some political parties and, encouraged by the mass media, is still dominant in common sense discourses. The intercultural perspective, on the other hand, proposes a more complex interpretation that includes not only the issue of immigration, but also allows to question the changes affecting society and everyone lives, in relation to the interconnections and exchanges that characterise the current era. It therefore considers personal and individual experience within a web of relationships co-constructed in everyday interactions, that are in turn situated in a wider social and cultural framework, which gives sense and influences them and, at the same time, is signified and influenced by them. The intercultural approach, in this respect, does not renounce taking a position of criticism and questioning of exclusion or inferiorisation dynamics, that operate both on interpersonal level and in everyday relationships, and on the broader level of the social processes that frame them.

PEMAHAMAN PLURALISTAS ULAMA DAYAH DAN DAMPAKNYA TERHADAP PEMIKIRAN ISLAM DI ACEH

Plurality is understood as religious diversity in a society that is increasingly disturbing and undergoing friction. The Dayah clerics in Aceh view plurality as sunnatullah, but the plurality that is recognized is only limited to religious tolerance in the eyes of the syafii school. The research method in this study is field research with a qualitative approach. Data was collected by interviewing Tengku Dayah and campus intellectuals. In addition, data support was also carried out in the form of a literature study on the basis of the thoughts of figures related to Ulama Dayah and Islamic thinkers in Aceh. The results of the study concluded that the majority of Ulama Dayah rejected the plurality of sects more than the rejection of religious plurality. The Ulama Dayah contradicted and even forbade the congregation and their students from studying Islamic Thought. As a result, the treasures of Islamic thought in Aceh are hampered and can only be lived within the academic scope of the campus. If Islamic thinkers appear among the dayah, then they must contextualize according to the understanding and pattern of the Sunnah, otherwise Islamic thinkers will be rejected and even expelled from the majority congregation in Aceh.

Negotiating Democracy and Religious Pluralism

Negotiating Democracy and Religious Pluralism examines the relationship between the functioning of democracy and the prior existence of religious plurality in three societies outside the West: India, Pakistan, and Turkey. In the introduction, editors Karen Barkey, Sudipta Kaviraj, and Vatsal Naresh frame the theoretical and historical context of each country’s transition from imperial statehood to modern democratic regime. In the subsequent chapters, contributors examine various trajectories of political thought, state policy, and the exercise of social power during and following a transition to democracy, and, reflexively, the political categories that shape our understanding of these concepts in South Asia and Turkey.

Konsep “Pluralisme Agama” Dalam Al-Quran (Aplikasi Semiotika Roland Barthes Terhadap Qs. Al-Baqarah [2]: 62)

This article discusses to the concept of “religion pluralism”in the Qurán which is found Q.S Al-Baqarah [2]: 62. This paper aims to answer several questions about how the application of Roland Barthes’ semiotics to the concept of “religious pluralism”in the Koran, display the message that the verse is trying to convey, the ideology he built and does the Koran admit the axistence of religious pluralism. The purpose of this paper is to seek knowledge about the structure of the text in Koran Al-Baqarah [2]: 62 and the message contained in the verse using Roland Barthes’ semiotic theori approach. The writing of this research uses a qualitative method based on a literature review. The results obtained in the verse are that Q.S Al-Baqarah [2]: 62 according to the linguistic sytem it is defined as adherents of heavenly religion and the only religion that will survive after tha prophet Muhammad was sent is Islam. While the mythological sytem is that the Koran acknowledges the existence of religious plurality, but does not recogniz the axistence of religious pluralism. The ideology is builds is religious exclusivity in the context of its interactions with other religious.

Relevansi Pendekatan Kultural Linguistik Dengan Pluralitas Agama di Indonesia

Indonesia is a plural state. Not only ethnicity, race and group, but also plural in religion where religious plurality is also a separate problem. The problem of religious plurality raises many problems that cause friction in life together. The linguistic cultural approach offered by George A. Lindbeck provides an alternative for relations for believers of diverse religion. Lindbeck's offer consistently provides space for the identity of the believer's faith without having to equate with the faith of other religions. Likewise, consistently provide space for appreciation for other religious faiths. Abstrak: Indonesia merupakan Negara yang sangat plural. Tidak hanya suku, ras dan golongan tetapi plural juga dalam agama dimana pluralitas agama juga menjadi persolan tersendiri. Persoalan pluralitas agama tersebut menimbulkan banyak permasalahan yang menimbulkan gesekan dalam kehidupan bersama. Pendekatan kultural linguistik yang ditawarkan George A Lindbeck memberikan alternatif bagi relasi bagi pemeluk agama yang sangat majemuk tersebut. Tawaran Lindbeck tersebut tetap memberikan ruang bagi identitas iman umat, tanpa harus menyamakan iman pribadi dengan iman liyan. Pun, tetap memberikan ruang apresiasi bagi iman agama yang lain.