RELIGIA
Vol 25 No 2 (2022): Author geographical coverage: Indonesia

Islamic Moderation of Ibn Rushd’s Thoughts to Counter Radicalism in Indonesia

Mamdukh Budiman (Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang)
Mirza Mahbub Wijaya (UIN Walisongo)



Article Info

Publish Date
13 Nov 2022

Abstract

This paper discusses the moderation attitude to counter radicalism in Indonesia. Why is this research interesting to discuss? Fundamentalism is dammed by education and understanding of diversity. Therefore, the author offers the thoughts and personality of Ibn Rushd. In historical records, Ibn Rushd is a scholar who never attacks personally and accuses his opponents of infidelity. The moderation attitude showed by Ibn Rushd can be used as a model for character building for Muslims today. In terms of methodology, this article is of library research type. Furthermore, the writer digs up data from Ibn Rushd’s books and uses a philosophical approach with content analysis or hermeneutics. According to Ibn Rushd, a scholar must have several essential moderation personalities. There are three parts: before, in, and after thinking. Before thinking, a scholar must have an open, honest, curious, sceptical, courageous, and patient personality. Scholars’ personality in thinking is speculative, willing to be guided by experience and reason, willing to accept, ready to face mistakes and dare to make decisions. Furthermore, the personality, after thinking, are tolerant and forgiving

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Journal Info

Abbrev

Religia

Publisher

Subject

Religion Humanities Education

Description

Religia is a periodical scientific journal with ISSN Print: 1411-1632; Online: 2527-5992 published by the Faculty of Ushuluddin, Adab and Da'wah IAIN Pekalongan. This journal specializes in the study of Islamic sciences (Islamic Theology, Philosophy and Islamic thought, Tafsir-Hadith, Science of ...