Determinist thought with its sui generis view on life, nature and being as a whole is a point of view that could be observed in many different cultures and beliefs. It was thanks to Greek thought that it ceased to be a cultural element and transformed into a systematic cosmology. Schools such as Leucippos, then Democritos and Stoa attempted to integrate the determinist philosophy into ont…
The emergence of contemporary Salafi school in the mainstream Muslims is intended to make the Ahl al-Salaf as the primary models of faith and to return the related problems of faith according to the path taken by the companions and tabi‘in, which had been quoted only from the al-Quran and al-Sunnah. These stances left great influences on their method of interpretations upon the Qurani…
Sunnah has a significant place in fiqh literature, as the basis of fiqh relied upon The Prophet himself who knew and applied the purpose of fiqh best. For this reason, the mujtahid imams applied to the sunnah after the Quran for derivational (istinbat) judgment in religious deeds. However, the mujtahid imams had a divergence of opinion in acknowledging some of the narrations by the Prop…
In 2007 the MUI (Majelis Ulama Indonesia/Indonesian Ulama Council) issued a fatwa on the criteria of aliran sesat (deviant sects). The fatwa contains ten major principles to prohibit any actions, teachings and movements that have ‘exceeded the bounds’ of legitimate dissent and have entered the realm of offence against the sacred according to Islamic doctrines. This legal statement wa…
This research includes illumination on the ideological, intellectual, political and religious foundations of the growing phenomenon of "interceptive Islam", which is active in Arab and Islamic societies, and calls for the application of Islam and its laws in public and private life. These movements have their organizational manifestations, their various concepts, and their intellectua…
Salafism is a transnational Islamic movement that has spread worldwide, including in Indonesia. Etymologically, the term ”salaf” refers to the past or what occurred in previous times (Ma’luf 1986: 346). In addition to ”salaf,” the words ”salafiah” and ”salafi” (plural: ”salafiyun”) are widely used by scholars. ”Salafiah” refers to the teachings of the pious ancesto…
Islamism is a set of ideologies that believe that religion and the state are one (addinu waddaulah) as happened in Aceh, Indonesia. This research aims to find out the variants of Islamism in integrated dayah in Aceh. The phenomenological method was used to reveal the phenomenon of Islamism in six integrated dayah. The findings show that there are three variants of Islamism in integrated day…