The Future of Water: Technology, Challenges, and Islamic Perspective

In all parts of the world, water is rapidly becoming an emerging issue. Mature technologies had been established in the water treatment process to overcome the issue. However, the water treatment technology advance does not mean it is not faced with its issues. In fact, it still leaves many problems for humans due to both technical issues and management problems. Understanding the water treatment process's proper perspective is required to achieve sustainable and equitable development for Muslim countries. In the other hand, Islam endeavors comprehensive guidelines on all aspects of human life and manages water resources. This mini-review article will give a brief explanation of some excellent technologies of water treatment and challenges associated with the advancing control over their beneficiation. Therefore, an Islamic perspective will be addressed to emphasize how Islamic-based policy and management can take a leading solution to overcome the fundamental problem for the future of water for the benefit of human life.

Islam and Women’s Involvement in Education (Abu Syuqqah Thought Study in Taḥrīr al-Mar’ah Fī ‘Aṣr al-Risālah)

Islam has a view to put things in everything in a balanced position (tawazun). Islam also places men and women as human beings with the same position. However, there are still many who differentiate the position of men and women as creatures of God. One of these differences can be seen from the minimal contribution of a woman or Muslim woman in the field of education. In fact, education is very important because women are the future mothers of their children. After all, education starts from within the family and that is where the role of women as mothers is very significant. This study aims to reveal Abu Syuqqah's thoughts on Islamic acknowledgment of women's involvement in the field of education, which he produced through an effort to reinterpret religious authoritative texts related to women's activities during the prophetic period. This research is also expected to provide understanding and motivation about the balance of roles and contributions of men and women. This study uses a qualitative approach with library research methods. The data collection technique in this study was based on the main source of the book by Abu Syuqqah entitled Taḥrīr al-Mar'ah Fī 'Aṣr al-Risālah, supported by religious authoritative books and scientific journals relevant to the research theme. The results of the study indicate that the call of Islam regarding the obligation to seek knowledge to its adherents is universal, so that there is no legal distinction for both Muslims and Muslim women. Islam also holds that women have the right to get proper education and good teaching as Muslims get. Based on this, according to Abu Syuqqah, the status of women is not an obstacle for Muslim women to have a high spirit in seeking and developing knowledge. The form of women's involvement in education can be in the form of women as students who receive knowledge, or as female teachers who convey knowledge.

Saylor, Alexander and Lewis’s Curriculum Development Model for Islamic Education in Schools

This study aims to identify the curriculum development model by Saylor, Alexander, and Lewis for Islamic education and its implications in schools. This study applied qualitative approach and literature study methods. The results of this study indicate that the curriculum is in line with the times. The curriculum also develops to meet the demands of current education systems. To achieve a goal in the educational process requires a design in implementation. Therefore, the curriculum is a design in which there are systematically designed programs to set a goal. Saylor, Alexander, and Lewis consider curriculum as the efforts of schools to influence students to learn, both in the classroom, on the schoolyard, and outside the school. Therefore, there are various demands that Islamic education must be able to answer those needs. Islamic Education is a vast subject in schools. It needs to be selected for its material and developed according to the needs and competencies of students and has use of value for students. Systematically, this paper implies that it tries to provide an overview of the Saylor, Alexander, and Lewis curriculum models and can guide carrying out activities and their implementation in Islamic education.

Analysis of Syekh Taqiyuddin An-Nabhani's Idea on Public Assets Privatization

In Indonesia, public asset privatization policy has been valid since the Oil and Gas Law Number 22 the Year 2001. The objectives of this research were: (1) To determine the criteria for public assets according to the idea of Syekh Taqiyuddin An-Nabhani., (2) To find out the Islamic economic analysis of the idea of Syekh Taqiyuddin An-Nabhani on the privatization of public assets. The data source of this research is secondary data, which were taken from literature and books from research correlating to the object of this study and other required data. The data analysis in this research is descriptive. First, various data collected were analyzed using content analysis technique (content analysis), then the study and analysis of the data are carried out to obtain the conclusions. After conducting the research and analysis, it is concluded that (1) Syekh Taqiyuddin An-Nabhani classifies public assets based on the types of ownership, namely public ownership and state ownership, (2) Islam strongly prohibits the management of public assets through privatization. However, it is returned to the State, and its use by the public is permitted by shara'.

The Ibn Sina Perspective on Education Concept

In essence, education wants students besides they have extensive knowledge, they also have noble morals and have skills based on their interests. Of the many figures of Islamic education, this study will focus more on Ibn Sina’s thoughts on education. This study aims to identify education from Ibn Sina’s perspective, especially concerning ideal teachers. The research also is expected to give an alternative solution to all kinds of problems in the education world. This research uses a qualitative approach with a library research method. The data collection technique in this research is based on the information contained in literature sources, both in books and journals relevant to the research theme. The journals used in this study amounted to twenty-one journals from 2014 to 2020. At the same time, the books used in this study amounted to two books spanning 2015 to 2017. The research results indicate that Ibn Sina’s thoughts on the concept of education emphasize the achievement of a perfect human. According to Ibn Sina, there are four main points of educational thought, including educational goals, curriculum concepts, learning methods, and educator concepts. These concepts are still very relevant to current education. Based on this, according to Ibn Sina, the concept of education should be emulated and developed by education practitioners in modern times, especially in the development of Islamic education in Indonesia.

Management of Marine and Fisheries Resources: Cipta Kerja act and Islamic Perspective

The Tenaga Kerja act has been passed. One of the sectors associated with the Tenaga Kerja act is marine and fisheries sector. Therefore, it is important to understand the potential impact of the act on the maritime and fisheries sector. The purpose of this paper was to analyze the potential effect of the Tenaga Kerja act on the marine and fisheries sector. In addition, this paper also offers a new paradigm in optimal and environmentally friendly marine and fisheries resource management based on Islam. We used descriptive analysis method by comparing the Tenaga Kerja act with acts relating to the maritime and fisheries sector. In addition, to understand how Islam manages existing natural resources, the Koran and the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad Shallallahu ‘Alaihi Wa Sallam were used. The results showed that the Tenaga Kerja act opens opportunities for foreigners to exploit marine and fishery resources in Indonesia waters. As a consequence, the interests of the national fishing industry are threatened. In addition, the act created a very strong centralization of authority to the Central Government and weakened the roles of the Technical Ministers and local governments. On the other hand, Islam provides solutions in optimal management of marine and fisheries resources while maintaining their sustainability. Therefore, it is very important to consider Islam in environmental management such as in the marine and fisheries sector.

Secular Perspective on The Islamic Political Discourses in Indonesia: A Critical Analysis

This article aims to critically analyze the secularization perspective on political Islam, focusing on the Indonesian context. The secular perspective has its fundamental doctrine that democracy, separation of State and Religion, and nationalism should be the only system to manage one State. Many people always use kind of argument, even scholars, including in Indonesia, to reject the concept of the Islamic State. This article used descriptive analysis to elaborate the secularization perspective on political Islam in Indonesia and the critical analysis from the Islamic perspective. Furthermore, it also explains the impact of using such a perspective in analyzing the discourse of Political Islam. This article found that the responses of the Muslim figures or people on political Islam in Indonesia are influenced by the secularization perspective instead of using the Islamic perspective. Islamic perspective on political Islam is derived from the Islamic methodology that authoritative scholars have formulated in the past. The secular perspective on politics, as a result, contributed to the decline of the Islamic civilization and colonization from the western power.

The Philosophy and Authentication of Welfare Equalization in the Islamic Economy

The promise of the welfare of the capitalist economic system initiated three centuries ago is only realized for the owners of capital. Even in 2017 in The Great Devide, Joseph E. Stigliz reported increasingly alarming data that the wealth of 1% of the world's population is equivalent to 99% of the world's population. This article aims to describe: (1) The concept and philosophical value of welfare in Islam, and (2) historical authentic evidence of the creation of welfare in Islam. To obtain representative and comprehensive data, this article is compiled based on primary and secondary data. The Central Bureau of Statistics reports economic developments regarding the development of people's welfare in Indonesia and reports from world institutions such as the IMF, World Bank, as a comparison of global economic conditions. The data is then discussed under ideal conditions recorded in the golden history of Islam to find that prosperity in an Islamic economy is capable of being realized. The contribution of articles among scientific studies that discuss welfare is about concrete explanations or clear standards of welfare attainment. Namely, the nominal wealth to be called prosperous, an applicative and systematic method of achievement, and the affirmation that the Islamic economic system has proven to be effective in creating prosperity. Through the presentation of this article, it is hoped that efforts to create prosperity as well as equalize welfare will always be pursued through the application and contextualization of a proven and tested economic system.

Transition to A True Currency: Impact of COVID-19 on The World Currency System

The purpose of this paper is to manifest the unrefined design of the transition of the currency system from centralized fiat money based on the US Dollar to the real currency system that relies on the precious metals-based currency after reviewing the rapid changes from the COVID-19 phenomenon to various sectors of life, including the currency system. This paper used qualitative research with a historical analysis approach or historiography that deals with precious metals-based currency in the pastime, and it is used to produce relevant analyses for the future. First, states that prefer to transition to a precious metals-based currency ought to combine them in a single political institution that can provide a strong bargaining position in politics. Second, they have to withdraw gold reserves from the major central banks by making a trade balance surplus paid only in precious metals. Third, at this transitional stage, the use of oil reserves as a political economy of energy to withdraw gold reserves at the major central banks and the issuance of money is temporary until the state is fully stable and a new wave of gold reserves begin to enter. The underlying study will provide a comprehensive analysis of the currency system scheme in this modern era. Previous works have only focused on the superior aspects of the precious metals-based system and criticisms of the fiat money system, without detailing the steps to supersede the fiat money-based system. This paper used qualitative research with a historical analysis approach or historiography. It attempted to fill this glaring gap and expected to produce a study for implementation within the state scope.

Muhammad Abduh’s Concept about The Implementation of 20th Century Islamic Education

Muhammad Abduh was a leading Islamic reformer in the 20th century. Through his ideas, Muhammad Abduh was able to reconstruct exciting Islamic understanding, both in terms of culture and aqidah, including Islamic education. The reconstruction of Islamic Education cannot be done with the awakening of the ideas and programs of Islamic modernism because it becomes the basic framework behind Islamic modernism as a whole, both modernism in thought and Islamic institutions, which are a prerequisite for the awakening of the Muslims in modern times. Therefore, Islamic thought and institutions, including education, must be modernized or reconstructed following the modernity framework; maintain Islamic institutional thinking; with Muhammad Abduh, who initiated modern education. Abduh's thoughts had a profound influence on the lives of Muslims, both in the country where he was born in Egypt, as well as in other Arab worlds, even to the Muslim world outside the Arab world such as Indonesia. The birth of reform movements, such as Muhammadiyah, Al-Irsyad, and Persatuan Islam (PERSIS), cannot be separated from the influence of Muhammad Abduh's thoughts on modernism and have become many references for western thinkers.