Intellectual, historical and civilizational traditions of Muslim social thought
Mohsen Miri
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A number of liberal Muslim intellectuals and activists founded the Liberal Islam Network (JIL) in Indonesia following the fall of Suharto as a result of the Asian economic crisis of 1997-1998, followed by political openness and ethnoreligious conflict. JIL was both a continuation and a new version of ...
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A number of liberal Muslim intellectuals and activists founded the Liberal Islam Network (JIL) in Indonesia following the fall of Suharto as a result of the Asian economic crisis of 1997-1998, followed by political openness and ethnoreligious conflict. JIL was both a continuation and a new version of the current of liberal Islam, a facilitator of the government's secularist tendencies, and an opponent of recent Islamic currents and discourses that JIL described as "extreme, fundamentalist, and radical." Based on liberal values JIL provided a modern interpretation of Islam that was consistent with issues such as the separation of religion from politics, religious pluralism, freedom in the interpretation of religion, and gender equality and then promoted it in Indonesia and gradually became one of the influential intellectual and cultural currents in Indonesia. The present study aims to analyze and critique the intellectual and practical experience of JIL using a descriptive-analytical methodology and library research. This study focuses first on the social context of JIL's emergence and its concerns. Then, the Network's views and method of understanding Islam, its activities, and reactions are considered, and it is stated that, firstly, JIL's views cannot be accepted due to theoretical weaknesses in the method and content as well as unfavorable practical consequences, and secondly, although JIL had a significant impact on the intellectual climate of Indonesia at the time of its founding, this growth did not continue as a result of its extreme attitude toward the Indonesian government. Currently, JIL has little influence on Indonesian society.
Mohsen Miri
Abstract
AbstractAt some point in history, Indonesia has faced a crisis of violent clashes between followers of different religions and ethnicities, sometimes leading to the death and displacement of significant numbers of citizens. As one of Indonesia's leading cultural elite and thinkers Dr. Nurcholish Madjid ...
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AbstractAt some point in history, Indonesia has faced a crisis of violent clashes between followers of different religions and ethnicities, sometimes leading to the death and displacement of significant numbers of citizens. As one of Indonesia's leading cultural elite and thinkers Dr. Nurcholish Madjid has tried to find a way out of this crisis.This article intends to study and analyze his intellectual experience on religious pluralism with a library and descriptive-analytical method to review his plan, which has been formed by using Islamic principles as well as modern values, and its goal is to end the conflict and realization of peaceful coexistence in Indonesia.This research first examines the historical context of the confrontation and challenge between the followers of religions and sects, especially Muslims and Christians, then, while stating the purpose of Nurcholish Madjid from the religious pluralism idea, deals with the main principles and components of this plan and in the end will analyze and critique these views.
