Secara historis, Perguruan Tinggi Agama Islam [PTAI] yang didirikan secara terpencar-pencar di berbagai daerah, mempunyai misi dakwah. Dalam konteks kekinian, nampaknya misi dakwah ini tidak lagi bisa dipertahankan, karena tidak sesuai dengan perkembangan dan tuntutan jaman. Sebagai lembaga pendidikan tinggi, PTAI harus berkembang menjadi lembaga ilmiah yang berusaha untuk ikut serta mencerdask…
The most important characteristics of Islamic epistemology that makes it different to secular Western epistemology is the presence of the values of religious normative teachings that significantly become the basic principles of Islamic epistemology. Al Qur'an and hadits are believed to have a central role that inspire, direct and dtermine the scope of the goal of Islamic sciences. this concept …
Rased on Muhammad al Ghozali thought that the root of under developed moslem is misunderstanding disinteracting with al Qur'an well. It is starting poin to search the Muhammad al Ghozali Thought about al Qur'an generally [interpretation]. The study consists of two parts. First, talk about method, and second about the kind of classical interpretation. Their part is the basic of scientifical deve…
This paper tries to trace contribution of Aceh in the development of Islamic Law in Indonesia. So far the study on the early development of Islamic Law is rarely carried out. The condition migh be influenced by Scolars' statement that the scholl of though that spread widely in Aceh was Shafi'iyah. The statement seems to be agreed since no study tries to trace the contribution of Aceh in the dev…
Surakarta State Islamic College [STAIN Surakarta] is in trantitional period. Its mean that the choice for alternative changes in the future should be take carefully. This is so because what all we take in present day will determine the form and chance of this college as a whole. Thus, reorientation of Islamic science and knowledge in STAIN Surakarta require to be conducted to find a new paradig…