ISLAMICA: Jurnal Studi Keislaman
ISLAMICA: Journal of Islamic Studies is a biannually published journal in March and September. It covers various issues on the Islamic studies within such number of fields as Islamic education, Islamic thought, Islamic law, political Islam, and Islamic economics from social and cultural perspectives.
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Operasionalisasi Pemikiran Ijtihad Iqbal dalam Bingkai Proposisi Esensialnya Mutahhari
Umi Chaidaroh
Islamica: Jurnal Studi Keislaman Vol. 1 No. 2 (2007): Maret
Publisher : Postgraduate Studies of Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Ampel Surabaya, Indonesia
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DOI: 10.15642/islamica.2007.1.2.190-199
Islam and social change are two different sides of two different coins. They seem forever separable. But Muslims soon realize that they live within particular social context. This certainly has compelled them to consider how they should deal with Islam vis-a-vis the changing reality of human life which is both fast in its quality and massive in its quantity. This paper tries to explore this issue by referring to the thought of Muhammad Iqbal and Murtad Mutahhari.
Al-Suyuti Dan Kontroversi Strata Ijtihad: Telaah atas Klaim Mujtahid Mutlaq al-Suyuti dan Landasan Normatifnya
Ahwan Fanani
Islamica: Jurnal Studi Keislaman Vol. 2 No. 2 (2008): Maret
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DOI: 10.15642/islamica.2008.2.2.109-123
The 6th century of Islam witnessed the first emergence of the new class of ulama that tended to "close" the gate of ijtihad. By the closure of the gate of ijtihad I do not mean that the gate of ijtihad can indeed be closed. At some point of its development, the legal system of various schools of thought of Islam has finally been established, the resultant consequence of which being that some ?ulama felt that ijtihad can only be done on elaborating further the views of the previous ?ulama and not on proposing original views on particular legal issue of Islam. Al-Suyuti emerged during the era where legal system of Islam has already been established. He claims interestingly, that he is a mujtahid mutlaq, that is, some one who has the absolute and independent authority to do ijtihad and to extrapolate rules from the legal sources of Islam. This comes as a sharp contrast to the general belief at the time that no mujtahid mutlaq may any longer emerge. Al-Suyuti wrote al-Radd to legitimize his claim; a claim that inevitably prompted a strong objection from his fellow legalists. Although his claim was not received with enthusiasm from the public, al-Suyuti has nonetheless made a valuable contribution in the field of the study of ijtihad. His works are applauded as a great evaluation on the subject. On various occasions, al-Suyuti wrote that the Muslim intellectuals should not be satisfied with the views of the previous ?ulama (taqlid) and that they should instead exercise their intellectual acumen via ijtihad.
Kontroversi Seputar Tradisi Keagamaan Popular dalam Masyarakat Islam
Hammis Syafaq
Islamica: Jurnal Studi Keislaman Vol. 2 No. 1 (2007): September
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DOI: 10.15642/islamica.2007.2.1.1-15
This paper deals with a controversy concerning a popular religious practice that some ?ulama have been involved in. On this issue, the ?ulama are divided into those who reject it and those who accept it. Those who reject it are associated with the puritan Muslims who generally argue that the popular religious practices are form of bid?ah. Among the puritans are Ibn Taym?yah (d. 1328) and Muhammad ?Abd al-Wahhab (d. 1791) the founding-father of Wahhab?yah school of thought in Najd, Saudi Arabia. Although the two have continuously waged an intellectual war on popular religious practices, these practices have nonetheless survived to this day.This paper proposes an approach that might be useful to the study of popular religious practices. It contends that the controversy on this issue may in fact be used as a framework in which the validity of certain religious tradition may be evaluated. A rejection toward certain religious practices is in fact deemed necessary as long as this is not destructive to the very structure of religion.On further note, the differences in opinion between those who reject and those who accept can actually be reconciled simply because the two have a lot in common in terms of their aims and final goals. They are not contradictive so far as the two are deemed as subjective efforts to understand the real meaning of Islam. On the ground that the two are a form of understanding, the one cannot be said as truer than the other just as the two cannot be said as representing the true teaching of the Qur??n and the Sunnah. Nonetheless, put together the two have indeed gave a more comprehensive picture of what Islam is all about.
Interrelasi Fundamentalisme dan Orientasi Ideologi Gerakan Islam Kontemporer
Ahmad Nur Fuad
Islamica: Jurnal Studi Keislaman Vol. 2 No. 1 (2007): September
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DOI: 10.15642/islamica.2007.2.1.16-26
This article deals with the interrelation between Islamic fundamentalism and other ideological orientations of contemporary Islamist movements, such as Islamism, revivalism, radicalism, salafism, and political Islam. It tries to explore the similarities in their characteristics as well as their differences in the focuses and strategies of the movements. This articles argues that these Islamist movements express their ideological aspirations in different ways: some try to build an Islamic state or even a universal Islamic caliphate (political Islam), while others emphasize much more on the implementation of shari?ah in the level of individuals and society, apart from state (salafis). However, they did not succeed yet in transforming the political landscape of the Muslim world in accordance with their ideological framework.
Al-Ashmawi dan Nalar Kritis Shariat: Menemukan Kembali Dimensi yang Hilang dari Wacana Shariat Islam
Yusuf Hanafi
Islamica: Jurnal Studi Keislaman Vol. 2 No. 2 (2008): Maret
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DOI: 10.15642/islamica.2008.2.2.124-140
Shariah is the heart of Islam because it handles the most fundamental aspects of the religion. Ironically however, Shari?ah is the most misunderstood dimension of Islam. What we currently believe as Shari?ah may not be Shari?ah. And the reverse may be true that what we consider as non-Shari'ah, may in fact be Shari'ah. It is here that reconstructing our understanding concerning the true meaning of Shari?ah becomes a matter of necessity. Having this in mind, we are interested in elaborating the critical views of al-Ashmawi on the notion of Shari?ah hoping that this will help us to discover the missing and yet the true- dimension of Shari'ah. Al-Ashmawi on the whole, is critical against the jargon that only associates the Shari?ah with its formalization and application.
Metode dan Pendekatan dalam Studi Islam: Pembacaan atas Pemikiran Charles J. Adams
Luluk Fikri Zuhriyah
Islamica: Jurnal Studi Keislaman Vol. 2 No. 1 (2007): September
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DOI: 10.15642/islamica.2007.2.1.27-45
Islam has been an interesting object of study for both Muslims and non-Muslims over a long period of time. A number of methods and approaches have also been introduced. In due time, Islam is now no longer understood solely as a doctrine or a set of belief system. Nor is it interpreted merely as an historical process. Islam is a social system comprising of a complex web of human experience. Islam does not only consist of formal codes that individuals should look at and obey. It also contains some cultural, political and economic values. Islam is a civilization. Given the complex nature of Islam it is no longer possible to deal with it from a single point of view. An inter-disciplinary perspective is required.In the West, social and humanities sciences have long been introduced in the study of religion; studies that put a stronger emphasis on what we currently know as the history of religion, psychology of religion, sociology of religion and so on. This kind of approach in turn, is also applied in the Western studies of the Eastern religions and communities.Islam as a religion is also dealt with in this way in the West. It is treated as part of the oriental culture to the extent that?as Muhammad Abdul Raouf has correctly argued?Islamic studies became identical to the oriental studies. By all means, the West preceded the Muslims in studying Islam from modern perspectives; perspective that puts more emphasis on social, cultural, behavioral, political and economic aspects. Among the Western scholars that approach Islam from this angle is Charles Joseph Adams whose thought this research is interested to explore.
Dialektika Gaya Bahasa al-Quran dan Budaya Arab Pra-Islam: Sebuah Kajian Sosiologi Bahasa
Akhmad Muzakki
Islamica: Jurnal Studi Keislaman Vol. 2 No. 1 (2007): September
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DOI: 10.15642/islamica.2007.2.1.55-70
The linguistic style of the Quran is closely associated with the psychological state of the Arabs as well as with their overall civilization. When speaking of the truth?especially the truth that has to do with the unseen?Islam puts into consideration this psychological aspect and conveys this kind of truth in a metaphorical or symbolical language. By this, it is meant that the language of the Qur?an is a product of the dialectical process between what the Qur?an ought to say and the contextual reality. Therefore, the Qur?an must be understood in relation to the contextual reality so as to show its ardent adaptability to a given reality. The linguistic studies have thus far shown that when certain texts are read in isolation from the social constructs in which they are written as well as from their author, the texts will loose their true meaning and their communicative function. A literary work is above all a response to a social condition that takes place in a given time and space.
Pendekatan Fenomenologi dalam Studi Agama Konsep, Kritik dan Aplikasi
Rusli Rusli
Islamica: Jurnal Studi Keislaman Vol. 2 No. 2 (2008): Maret
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DOI: 10.15642/islamica.2008.2.2.141-153
Phenomenological approach to the study of religion has played such a significant role in unraveling mysteries of religious experiences. By bracketing-out (epoch?), a researcher must suspend all of his/her judgments concerning the phenomenon under investigation in order that he/she may gain the real knowledge of the religious phenomena and experience as well as the essence of a religion. However, this approach has been subjugated to many critiques which show that it is vulnerable on the following areas: the continued philosophical viability of the phenomenology of religion, the surreptitious theological assumptions or motives behind this approach, and the public role of scholar in social community under study.
Antara Sabiyah dan Ghulat: Menakar Ekstremitas Sekte-sekte Shiah Melalui Konsep Imamah
Fawaizul Umam
Islamica: Jurnal Studi Keislaman Vol. 2 No. 2 (2008): Maret
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DOI: 10.15642/islamica.2008.2.2.154-164
Extremist discourse is found within the Shi?ite community just as it is also found within the Sunnite group. Within the former, the existence of the sectarian groups ?it may be argued- serves as the raison d??tre of extremism. These groups emerged first and foremost as a result of the diverging and somewhat conflicting views on the notion of Im?mah; a notion that always forms part and parcel of the Shi?i tenet. This is in addition to the fact that they emerge as a logical result of the doctrinal disparity that members of these group hold on various issues. It is out of these differences however, that the modulation of Shi?ism into the moderates and the extremists -that is the right and the misled Shi?ism as it were- comes into being. What this implies is that that kind of modulation is not simply about the classification and social identification of Shi?ism. It is also about the categorical stigmatization of members of the group toward each other. Hence, the competing truth-claim among them ends up in a seemingly endless political conflict. In this, those who are judged misled such as the Shi?ah Sab?iyah, are often called the ?ghulat?. Nonetheless, some scholars argue that the identification of this group as ?ghulat? is not due to its misleading tenet, but because of its doctrinal extremism. The more extreme a group becomes, the more misled it is. To me however, this later view is problematic simply because there is no a standardized measure of who is misled and who is not. Vis-?-vis this problem, this paper is destined to investigate the epistemological significance of the word ?misleading? that the Shi?ah Sab?iyah is associated with, and is also interested to find out to what extent this group may be rightly called extremist. All this will be done through the serious study on the central tenet of Shi?ism, namely im?mah.
Karl Raimund Popper: Problem Neopositivistik dan Teori Kritis Falsifikasi
M. Syamsul Huda
Islamica: Jurnal Studi Keislaman Vol. 2 No. 1 (2007): September
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DOI: 10.15642/islamica.2007.2.1.71-80
Karl Popper once criticizes the positivistic paradigm by means of what he calls the theory of falsification. To him, the positivistic paradigm constitutes a failure simply because it cannot distinguish between science and prude science, that is, between empirical method and non-empirical method. In the scientific knowledge, empirical science, mathematics and logic must be differentiated, something that the positivistic paradigm has failed to do. This paradigm furthermore, did not have a clear picture what logic-based science is, empirical knowledge and psychology of knowledge. It also fails to properly understand knowledge that springs from tradition, emotion, authority and so forth. All positivistic paradigms such as that of Karl Max?s Historicism, Freud?s theory of Psycho Analysis, Adler?s theory of Individual Analysis and Newton?s theory of Gravitation fall into this trap of failure.