The Clash of Ijtihad Fundamentalist Versus Liberal Muslims

Judul Tulisan

Contents

Foreword by Garry W. Trompf

Introduction

• Social Demand and the ”Clash of Ijtihad” – Hisanori Kato
• A Constructionst Approach to Current – Hisanori Kato
• Islamic Movements in Indonesia – Hisanori Kato

1. Debates on Islam and Secularism in Indonesia
   • Luthfi Assyaukanie
2. Islam, Humanity, and the Equality for Women
   • Lily Zakiyah Munir
3. The Need for Historical Perspectives in Understanding Islam
   • Abdurrahman Wahid
4. The Concept of Jihad anad Mujahid of Peace
   • Zakiyuddin Baidhawy
5. The Position of Women in Islam : Criticism on the Compilation of Islamic Law in Indonesia
   • Siti Musdah Mulia
6. Homosexuality in Islam : Coming out of the Dark
   • Soffa Ihsan
7. What is Right in Islam?, Ideas of Abu Bakar Ba’asyir
   • An Interview with Abu Bakar Ba’asyir
8. Caliphate Sharia and the Future of Umat
   • M. Ismail Yusanto
9. Ethnic Identity, Nationalism, and Islam
   • Eka Jaya
10. Life From Muslim Women’s Point of View
    • Qothrun Nadaa
11. Islam as Life’s Solution
    • Cecep Firdaus
12. Islam and Pancasila : The Message of a Former Judge
    • Bismar Siregar
13. Progress of the Country with Justice and Prosperity
    • Zulkieflimansyah and Yon Machmudi
14. The Role of Islam in Politics : Struggling for Political Peace, Justice, and Mercy of Islam
    • Andi M. Ramly
15. Islamic Politics and Political Islam : A Standoff between Islam and the State
    • Andi M. Fatwa

On the Affiliations of the Indonesian Authors

Sinopsis

Modern civilization, which has created a distorted and exploitative cycle of relations among people, has reached a sort of dead end. Islamic civilization, together with other civilizations, might offer alternative discourses for the future of our world. For these reasons, we need a more comprehensive understanding of Islam. This book contains extremely useful and rare accounts on Islam contributed by Muslims in Indonesia, which is the most populous Muslim nation in the world.

Prof. Yoshimichi Someya, President of The Japan Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations

Indonesia is proud of diverse cultural heritage in areas including religion. Islam in Indonesia is one such well-spring of wisdom. This book proves it. The present volume also presents a unique sociological analysis of “the gap” within umat by Dr Kato.

Mohamad Sobary, Writer and Man of Culture

The diversity of convictions in the world’s largest Islamic country is well known. But rarely has it been captured in one book, and in the words of religious leaders themselves. Leading Islamic fundamentalists argue that today’s social decadence requires a new political order, with its own pure laws. Not gender emancipation but the welfare of the whole Islamic community should be central. Leading liberals, meanwhile, make the case for secularisation, women’s emancipation, a jihad of peace, and even acceptance of Muslim homosexuality. An insightful editorial introduction makes this an excellent reader on Indonesian Islam.

Dr Gerry van Klinken, Senior Researcher, Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV)

I am very impressed with the selection of writers. Respective subjects are well handled.

Prof. Franz Magnis-Suseno SJ, Sekolah Tinggi Filasafat Driyarkara, Jakarta

Hisanori Kato has spent many years in Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, to do research and to teach. He now teaches at Butsuryo College of Osaka, Japan.