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Episteme: Jurnal Pengembangan Ilmu Keislaman
ISSN : 19077491     EISSN : 25023705     DOI : -
Jurnal Pengembangan Ilmu Keislaman merupakan jurnal akademik multidisipliner yang diterbitkan oleh Pascasarjana Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Tulungagung. Epistemé terbit dua nomor setiap tahunnya, pada bulan Juni dan Desember. Artikel yang diterbitkan meliputi kajian Islam yang ditinjau dari berbagai perspektif, mulai dari komunikasi, antropologi, pendidikan, ekonomi, sosiologi, filologi, pendidikan, filsafat dan lain sebagainya. Jurnal ini didedikasikan kepada akademisi, dan pemerhati bidang kajian studi Islam. Artikel yang diterbitkan harus berupa karya orisinal dan tidak harus sejalan dengan pandangan redaksi.
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SHIFTING DAKWAH METHODS TO MATCH MEDIA TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMATION Murodi Murodi; Muhtadi Muhtadi; Kamarusdiana Kamarusdiana; Deden Mauli Darajat
Epistemé: Jurnal Pengembangan Ilmu Keislaman Vol 18 No 1 (2023)
Publisher : Sayyid Ali Rahmatullah Tulungagung State Islamic University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21274/epis.2023.18.1.93-113

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The advancement of communication technology has sophisticated all aspects of human lives, including Islamic dakwah (preaching) activities, for Muslim communities in Indonesia. As a result, several Islamic organizations in Indonesia try hard to match this advancement by using digital media for their dakwah to reach larger audiences and youth media-savvy generation. This article, by focusing on three Islamic organizations in Indonesia (Nahdlatul Ulama known as NU, Muhammadiyah, and Al Washliyah), addresses the question of how their dakwah activities and strategies respond to advancement of communication technology on a social media platform, YouTube. This study employs digital etnography by collecting the data from YouTube accounts affiliated to the three organizations. By using content analysis for data interpretations, this article finds that each Islamic organization has its own characteristics of virtual dakwah activities and strategies. NU focuses on the teachings of ahlussunnah wal jamaah and religious tolerance, Muhammadiyah emphasizes charity and business, while Al Washliyah aims to strengthen the faith and morals of the society. In addition, their virtual dakwah activities are also in the context of countering transnational Islamic movements that utilize social media for their dakwah.
KHILAFAH STATE VERSUS NATION-STATE Basri Basri; Mohammad Takdir
Epistemé: Jurnal Pengembangan Ilmu Keislaman Vol 18 No 1 (2023)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21274/epis.2023.18.1.51-76

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This article aims to discuss the discourses and debates on Khilafah system in Muslim countries and how it transforms into a nation-state system, specifically in Indonesia. These dicourses and debates include the contestation and trends in the connection between Islam as a religion and Indonesia as a nation-state, which reemerged after the ban of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) in 2017 and The Front of Islamic Defenders (Front Pembela Islam/FPI) in 2020 accordingly under President Jokowi’s administration. This article employs descriptive qualitative analysis to investigate the historical sequences of the discourses and debates on the genealogy, contestation, and relation between the Khilafah system and the nation-state system in Indonesia to uncover the fundamental ideology which underlines the conflicting interests in the debate. It operates the historical-sociological approaches to examine the data collected from books, articles, journals, and newspapers which contain the opinions of the prominent Muslim scholars gearing the dynamic discourses and debates on the nation-state system and Khilafah system. This article, therefore, attempts to demonstrate how Khilafah system idea emerged after the death of the prophet Muhammad and how this idea was contested by Muslim scholars and leaders today. This article suggests that in the struggle of ideology, thought, and movement inside the Muslim countries including Indonesia, the Khilafah system and the system of nation-state came into conflict. Further, the two forms of engagement between Islam and the nation-state are driven by nationalism.
THE MAKING OF SINGLE PARENT RESILIENCE IN POST-COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN INDONESIA Ahmad Muhtadi Anshor
Epistemé: Jurnal Pengembangan Ilmu Keislaman Vol 18 No 1 (2023)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21274/epis.2023.18.1.27-49

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This article discusses the changing role of women in the family household to take full control and responsibility as a single parent due to the death of their husbands in the post-Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia. Based on the Covid-19 pandemic data, the death of husbands is so high in East Java that raised new problems in the family household when a wife must switch her position to take role as the head of the family as a single parent. This article strives to answer the questions of what roles do the women play as the head of the household due to the death of their husbands? How are these roles perceived based on Maqashid Al-Syari’ah, a contemporary Islamic law? These questions aim to understand the transformation of roles between husband and wife in Javanese Muslim family households to portray the gender equality and the construction of the family resilience. The data of this study are collecter through ethnographic fieldwork with participatory observation and in-depth interviews to several married women in eastern parts of Java. This article suggests that mainstreaming the method of Islamic law, Maqashid Al-Syari’ah to build the resilience of single-parent families in East Java is realized by the awareness of single-parent women in meeting the family needs. This awareness is employed through various practices by women in East Java who cover all domestic and public activities for the benefit of the family.
FLEXIBILITY AND UNCERTAINTY: Ambiguity in Pre-Modern Islamic Law in Dialogue with Modern European Culture Maola, Mochammad
Epistemé: Jurnal Pengembangan Ilmu Keislaman Vol 20 No 01 (2025)
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This article deals with the concept of ambiguity in pre-modern Islamic theology and law, highlighting its role in supporting flexibility and adaptation in various social and political contexts. By referring to the works of scholars such as Anver Emon, Wael Hallaq, and Thomas Bauer, this article shows that ambiguity is not a sign of weakness but rather an intellectual strategy that allows Muslim societies to face the complexity of diverse social realities. Through an analysis of classical Islamic thought, this article reveals how uncertainty and probabilistic decision-making became an integral part of the development of Islamic law and theology. This article argues that the pre-modern Islamic world, particularly in the Sunni tradition, adopted a dynamic policy of ambiguity, which promoted social cohesion and inclusiveness. This article also highlights how the concept of ambiguity in the Sunnis’ tradition can contribute to dialogue between Islamic moral traditions and modern European moral culture, by paving the way for deeper understanding and closer cooperation in today’s multicultural and pluralistic societies.
SEEKING JUSTICE IN ISLAMIC LEGAL PLURALISM: The Dispute of Child Best Interests in Marriage Dispensation in Indonesia Rohmawati, Rohmawati
Epistemé: Jurnal Pengembangan Ilmu Keislaman Vol 19 No 02 (2024)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21274/epis.2024.19.02.147-178

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The principle of the best interests of children must be the main consideration in adjudicating applications for marriage dispensation. However, its implementation becomes problematic when faced with provisions on the ability to grant marriage dispensations for urgent reasons. This article examines how the best interests of children are implemented in legal applications for marriage dispensation in religious court. It employs a socio-legal approach with a maqāsid al-syarī'ah cum-mubadalah perspective. This article proposes that the principle of the best interests of children is yet considered by judges effectively in deciding the cases. This does not reflect the protection of the child’s life, heredity, intellect, property, and religion, and does not consider the unique experiences of women both biologically and socially. Judges have a biased perspective in measuring the meaning of maturity and readiness of girls to marry, ignoring children's rights in education and reproductive health, and subordinate women in the spiritual realm.
RELIGIOUS MODERATION FOR INDONESIAN MUSLIMS IN DIASPORA: The Pojok Moderasi Beragama of the Indonesian School in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Shobirin, Ma'as; Rohman, Fathur
Epistemé: Jurnal Pengembangan Ilmu Keislaman Vol 19 No 02 (2024)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21274/epis.2024.19.02.221-247

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This article deals with the establishment of the Pojok Moderasi Beragama at the Indonesian School in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as part of its efforts to promote religious moderation among the Indonesian diaspora in the region. The initiative is driven by concerns over the vulnerability of the diaspora community to radical Islamic ideologies, such as Wahhabism and other transnational Islamic movements prevalent in the Middle East. As such, the establishment of the Pojok Moderasi Beragama at the Indonesian School in Riyadh represents a strategic preventive measure. Employing an Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) approach, this article explores the implementation of “moderate” programs aimed at establishing the Pojok Moderasi Beragama. Initially, all teachers underwent comprehensive training to enhance their understanding of religious moderation and its practical application in the school setting. Simultaneously, mentoring activities facilitated the gradual development of religious moderation, ultimately leading to the creation of the Pojok Moderasi Beragama by leveraging the school’s existing assets. This article argues that teachers have significantly improved their understanding of religious moderation, encompassing pluralism, tolerance, and interfaith dialogue. Furthermore, it captures the progressive development of the Pojok Moderasi Beragama, which effectively utilizes the school’s resources, including the library, school website, and social media platforms.
DEFINING MUSTAHIQ: The Entangled Practice of Zakat and Religious Authority in Contemporary Madura, Indonesia Wahed, Abdul
Epistemé: Jurnal Pengembangan Ilmu Keislaman Vol 19 No 02 (2024)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21274/epis.2024.19.02.197-219

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This article deals with the Islamic legal reasoning behind the designation of Islamic religious leaders (kiai) in Madura as mustahiq zakat, highlighting the negotiation between fiqh, socio-political dynamics, and cultural interests in Indonesia’s evolving Muslim society. The kiai play a central role in both religious and socio-political domains. This article explores the justification for their eligibility to receive zakat and their responses to this designation. Employing a qualitative approach, data were collected through participant observation, in-depth interviews, and document analysis. The findings reveal that kiai have engaged in an internalization process by interpreting the category of fi sabilillah as a legal basis to include themselves as mustahiq zakat. Their interpretation is constructed through three strategies: externalization, objectification, and internalization. Furthermore, as holders of religious authority, kiai expand this interpretation to legitimize their right to zakat within a broader socio-religious framework.
THE FATWAS OF AHMAD KHATIB MINANGKABAU (1860-1916) AND RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY IN INDONESIA J.G. Kaptein, Nico
Epistemé: Jurnal Pengembangan Ilmu Keislaman Vol 19 No 02 (2024)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21274/epis.2024.19.02.179-195

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Ahmad Khatib originated from Minangkabau, West Sumatra and after his settlement in the Holy City of Mecca in 1877, he grew into a scholar in Islamic sciences of great repute and eventually died there in 1916. His written work, educational and other activities have played a vital part in the exchange of religious ideas between Mecca and the Malay-Indonesian archipelago and make him an important person in the history of Islam in Southeast Asia. In my paper I will go in detail into a fatwa he gave on the question of whether or not it was allowed to sell chickens to Chinese. The paper aims to shed light on the mufti-ship of Ahmad Khatib and will look into the wider implications of the issue as far as religious authority is concerned, in particular into its locus.
Piety, Social Pressure, and Riya’: Religious Practices of Yogyakarta Urban Muslim Youth in Digital Media Achfandhy, Mochammad Irfan; Rohmatulloh, Dawam Multazamy
Epistemé: Jurnal Pengembangan Ilmu Keislaman Vol 19 No 02 (2024)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21274/epis.2024.19.02.249-268

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This article examines the relationship between piety, social pressure, and riya’ among urban Muslim youth in Yogyakarta who use social media to express religiousity, and the way the youth negotiate to deal with the contradiction between displayed piousness and religious norms. Employing a phenomenological approach this article explore the negotiation of ambiguity among urban Muslim youth, in particular the urban students actively involved in lecture series branded "Ngaji Filsafat" conducted by Dr. Fahruddin Faiz. This article argue that not only digital media provide space for youth to express their piety, it also offer bigger social pressure to gain social validation for their (digital) existence, in the form of likes and followers, for instance. The social pressure increases ethical ambiguity, where expressions of online piety can be considered as violating a moral principle of religiosity, namely riya’. Finally, this article contributes to debates on the intersection of religion and media, especially on the aspect of individual negotiation space in responding to biases and dilemmas arising from the hybridity of the two.
BACK TO BASICS: Nurturing Religious Moderation through the Co-Parenting Models of Islamic Education in Multicultural Indonesia Jamilah, Jamilah; Walkaromah, Naylul Izzah
Epistemé: Jurnal Pengembangan Ilmu Keislaman Vol 20 No 01 (2025)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21274/epis.2025.20.01.1-27

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This article seeks to discuss the role of co-parenting in shaping Islamic education within families and how this practice contributes to fostering social and religious harmony in a pluralistic society. This article employs a qualitative approach, collecting data through interviews with selected interlocutors to explore the parenting models used by each parent. This article argues that the co-parenting model emphasizes the cooperation of all family members, with effective communication serving as a crucial tool in building a holistic Islamic education that promotes harmony within the family. The article also highlights the importance of incorporating universal Islamic values into family education to shape children’s character and morals, aligning with sharia principles and promoting respect for diversity, thereby contributing to the harmonization of the religious and social spheres. Furthermore, the interviewees expressed a preference for both parents to be actively involved in the Islamic education process within the family environment. This desired involvement not only strengthens family ties but also creates a well-rounded learning experience for children. This study demonstrates that the stability of co-parenting provides a robust theoretical and empirical foundation to support the development of a model that can be applied in various Muslim family contexts, with the ultimate goal of fostering harmony within a broader religious dynamic.