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Jihad is nowadays often misunderstood and misused, especially bymilitant Moslems translating it as fight againts unbelievers in order to destroythem and/or to convert them to Islam. Such a view has reduced the real meaning of jihad. In the time of Muhammad, jihad was not nessessarily acted as a fight againts the enemy" of God or the holy war as it is being widely understood today.It was applied…
Nowadays, in the modern era, we can obviously witness some groups of moslems still commit some terrors action to other religion and/or to out-group-moslems just because of different understanding of Islamic dogma. These radical groups of moslem claim that their actions are on behalf of religious belief.But, since the very beginning of revelation, Islam ask its followers to spread peace, harmony…
The precise meaning of jihad is confusing to even moslem themselves and, let alone, nonmoslem. Many conceive jihad as a sort of physical war againts enemies. Jihad also means conquering and subjugating nonmuslims and forcingthem to convert to Islamic faith as their religion. But, if we look at in detailthe Quranic verses and the hadith, we shall underline that jihad could also be meant as any k…
Some moslems perceive the concept of jihad simply on the perspective of political ideology. Jihad is understood as fight againts external enemies. This leads to the meaning of jihad as a struggle using the power of weapon [war] againts the enemy of Islam. This makes it contraproductive for Indonesian moslems who live in pluralistic society. Therefore, reinterpretation of the meaning of jihad is…
Tulisan ini menjelaskan salah satu kelompok Islam yang dalam beberapa hal dikaitkan dengan terorism di Indonesia, yaitu Laskar Jihad [LJ]. Ia merupakan bagian kelompok militan yang terlibat dalam konflik sektarian di Ambon dan poso di era 1990-an. LJ didirikan pada bulan Januari 2000 sebagai respon ketidakmampuan pemerintah Indonesia dalam mengatasi konflik di Ambon. Kelompok ini juga tampil ke…
The term jihad fi sabil allah is often used to refer to physical war in the path of God. The word, as it is derived from the Qs. al Tawbah [9]:60, in fact connotes specific and general meanings. The specific meaning of it coomonly found in classical ulema's interpretation is related to the war. This interpretation is based on historical evidence and supported by the literal meaningof Qur'an and…
In the contemporary Islamic discource in Indonesia, an Islamic movement initiated by a group of young muslim intelectuals emerged which offered a new paradigm in comprehending Islmic doctrines. the movement naming itself Jaringan Islam Liberal [JIL] carrys some jargons of modern life like pluralism, tolerance, inclussivism, freedom of thought, and human rights. Through sociologicalapproach, thi…
Ibn 'Arabi is one of the prominent and authoritative thinkers onIslamic mysticisms. Among his starting and briliant ideasis the unity of religions [wahdah al adyan], one of the fundamental ideas of religious pluralism. The supporters of pluralism expose his opinion on the unity of religions intensely and consider any religions valid and true. This article examines further Ibn 'Arabi's thought o…