Dalam artikel ini, penulis bermaksud memaparkan wajah Islam dalam konfigurasi politik nasional pasca Sidang Umum MPR 1999. Melalui pendekatan historis, penulis menengarai bahwa reformasi yang saat ini masih terus bergulir membuka kemungkinan-kemungkinan perubahan bahkan menggeser wacana politik yang sebelumnya boleh dibilang mustahul diartikulasikan. Utamanya bagi dinamika politik Islam, perges…
The lately shift of power in Indonesia has brought a new atmosphere to yhe system and tradition of muslim politics as a starting point towards the departure of new paradigm is investigating the current political Islam. The political rumble among the muslim community which is mostly enrolled by two main forces, substantialist Islam and symbolist Islam, indicates a positive change; this change ha…
Fondamentalism is, in the present day, an interpetable word. Its meaning depends on standpoint utilized. From the westerm's point of view, fundamentalism, which invariably identifies as radicalism, extremism, even terorism, is always viewed in a negative way, especially it refers to the muslims who strictly grasp and implement Islamic teachings, Its existence is so dangerous for western interes…
This article examines the relationship between the ruler and the ruled that are involved become main factors actor of socio-political life of a nation. In it, the writer explains the dinamic of Islamic political thought and its consequent deeds in historical process of Islamic civilization both during pre-modern and modern. Based, on this research, the writer concluds that there a gap in the re…