Atas nama modernisasi dan pragmatisme pembangunan yang memunculkan beberapa kebijakan pada tahun 1970-an menimbulkan masalah antara hubungan agama, negara nasional dan ideologi Pancasila. Terlebih lagi pada dekade 1980-an, hubungan tersebut dipandang urgen, “memaksa” umat Islam khususnya kalangan cendekiawan Muslim untuk memberikan klarifikasi dan penegasan sikap baik ke dalam maupun ke luar. Salah seorang cendekiawan muslim […]

Abstract The interest system that developed in conventional banks, as matter of fact, is not relevant with the Islamic mission. According to Islam, the system included the ribawi category that not recognize practically which is haram and halal. The system has produced the uncomfortable condition among the moslems. To solve the problem, the Moslem economists […]

ABSTRAK Pendidikan Islam mengandung berbagai kelemahan sehingga jika dihadapkan dengan era kontemporer, akan terbentur dan tidak mampu menjawab tantangan yang muncul ke permukaan. Kelemahan tersebut sangat kompleks; yaitu berupa persoalan dikotomi pendidikan, kurikulum, tujuan, sumber daya, serta manajemen pendidikan Islam. Selain itu, penggunaan metode pendidikan Islam belum begitu tepat di samping tanggung jawab orang tua […]

Abstract Political communications and power have a very strong relationship. The relationship can have an effect on the power of legitimacy. In the power context, political communications can be done with media. In political communications case of President Soeharto and President Abdurrahman Wahid, it was done with different impact. President Soeharto, as representation of repressive […]

Abstract Ibn Khald?n has promoted a concept related to economic thing. According to him, the property of a state is not based on the quantity of the money that the state has, but based on the capacity to produce the luggages and the needs. The concept at least lead a view how to build the […]

Abstract Zakat in Islamic  teaching has two perspective, ’ib?dah mahdah and social empowering. According to some ulemas, zakat has upgraded the standard of the umat life. In the ’Umar ibn Abd al-’Aziz era, zakatwas formatted as a modal for the poorman. The case of empowering umat became the important issue let alone many of them […]

ABSTRAK Setelah Allah SWT. menciptakan manusia (Adam as sebagai khalifah pertama) di bumi, Ia memberikan pedoman (garis pembimbing ke arah yang benar yaitu wahyu). Untuk menerangkan betapa pentingnya eksistensi wahyu, diutuslah Nabi dan Rasul. Al-Qur’an memandang ke-nabian ini sebagai sebuah fenomena yang bersifat universal, demikian kata Fazlur Rahman dalam bukunya “Major Themes of Al-Qur’an” ketika […]

ABSTRAK Dalam pembahasan filsafat hukum Islam, salah satu bidang yang dianggap sangat urgen oleh pakarnya adalah “prinsip-prinsip hukum Islam”. Prinsip menurut pengertian bahasa adalah permulaan; tempat pemberangkatan; titik tolak; atau al-mabda’. Prinsip dalam buku ini berarti kebenaran universal yang inheren di dalam hukum Islam dan menjadi titik tolak pembinaannya. Prinsip yang membentuk hukum Islam dan […]

Abstract National ethics must be applied in the real life. Indonesia is a meeting place for various ethnic groups, religious and cultural backgrounds. A wide assortment is an inevitable diversity of this nation. Thus, Indonesia, with a diversity of culture, should be developed with ethical awareness so that the existing social structures can be established […]