Ulumuna

245-278

Authors: Slamet Mulyono

Shia-Sunni conflict in Sampang Madura recently, and that happens greased with political strife in Syria to date, suggests that the dynamics of the Shia-Sunni relations is still turbulent. This paper will elaborate aspects of conflict in two major streams in Islam, while also exposing the sides of the similarities between them. There are five issues targeted in this study, namely: the imāmah, the authenticity of the Qur'an, the khilāfah of Abū Bakr, the right to the khilāfah of ‘Ali ibn Abi ╡ālib, and the meaning of ahl al-bayt. The authors conclude that the differences in the two streams in the issues range from highly-diametric, put forward by the extreme sects, to the subtle differences and almost in tune, put forward by a moderate sects

311-346

Authors: Abdul Quddus

The earth inhabited by human now is facing global environmental crisis. To respond to and tackle the crisis, a new awareness to explore the principles of religion has emerged today, which was then called ecotheology, an integral environmental insight based on ethical-theological as well as ethical-anthropological dimensions. This paper is aimed at, on the one hand, exposing principles of Islamic ecotheology that are able to be guiding principles in managing the nature, and on the other hand, comparing them with the principles of modern environmental ethics of the environmentalist/ eco-thinkers. The author argues that there are three principles of Islamic ecotheology that are relevant as the basis of ethical management of nature now days, namely the principle of taw╪id (unity of all creation), the principle of āmanah-khalīfah (trustworthiness-moral leadership), and ākhirah (responsibility).

375-402

Authors: Faizah

The Salafi movement has recently spread so widely in Indonesia that it has reached rural communities. In that context, its contact with local beliefs and practices produces a dynamic and creative tension between them. This paper will explore the contact dynamics by photographing wrestle of Salafi’s theological movement and beliefs in the mainstream of theological beliefs of local Sasak society of Lombok. The authors found that local knowledge that expressed through practicing several ceremonies associated with the human life-cycle from moment of human birth to death events considered by the Salafi as unauthentic element of Islam called heretic to which the Salafi has to carry out purification. That potential conflict between the Sasak and Salafis, requiring mutual respect and tolerance among them.

443-464

Authors: Siti Raudhatul Jannah

The relationship between Hindu and Muslim communities in Bali has been recorded in the long trajectory of history of both communities. As a human relationship, the relationship sometimes becomes strength, but at the other hand, as the adherents of different religions, it becomes challenge to them. The challenge is how the Muslim community in Bali can respect and honor Hindu religious traditions, and how the Hindu community can do the same to the Muslim community. The article aims to elaborate further about it. The author presents three cases as examples of how Muslims practice their religion in Bali context. Tolerance is the key word how to mingle in the social, moral principles, religious law and social ethics.

21-40

Authors: Moh. Lutfi Nurcahyono

The shifting of islamic law/fiqh thought from orthodoxy-truth-based paradigm to social-meaning-based one, or from a “black-white” character to be a “nuanced” as well as rich perspective describes the flexibility of progress experienced by Islamic law. Such a change (al-tagayyur) is a necessity and a logical consequence of its flexibility character. Further consequence is the necessity of continuing efforts to do the excavation, discovery, customization, and filtering of the change. This article aims to explore one of the efforts, namely the renewing of method of Islamic law invention, especially in this era, in the form of an integrated approach to Islamic law and social sciences.

71-102

Authors: Zaenuddin Mansyur

In order to answer a variety of issues faced by human being in the current era, such as human rights abuses, social disintegration, and terrorism, the renewal of Islamic law in the level of theoretical and practical aspects is very urgent. This paper aims to examine one of the Islamic legal reform efforts, namely to build a more technical understanding of the concept of ma╣la╪ah contained in the maqā╣īd sharī‘ah, called the al-kulliyat al-khamsah. Therefore, the concept of ma╣la╪ah in ╪if╬ al-dīn is technically defined as al-╪urriyah al-i‘tiqād (freedom of religion and schools); in ╪if╬ al-nafs as al-karamat al-insān (human being breeding); in ╪if╬ al-nasl as ╪if╬ al-usrah (wholeness and harmony of the family); in ╪if╬ al-māl as al-ta╨ammun al-insān (social solidarity ), and in ╪if╬ al-‘aql as al-╪uqūq as al-tarbiyāt (increasing human resources quality).

125-142

Authors: Miftahul Huda

By studying The Law Number 41 Year 2004 about Waqf, this paper describes the various methods and trends of waqf legal reform in Indonesia. Variety of methods of waqf legal reform in Indonesia using several methods, such as takh╣ī╣ al-qa╨ā, tahyīr, talfīq, and siyāsah shar‘iyyah. The trends of waqf legal reform in Indonesia leads toward a more comprehensive of understanding the law, the development of a more integrative governance of waqf, and an increase of capacity building of stronger waqf institution. With the methods and trends of waqf legal reform, efforts to create social welfare in Indonesia are possible to realized.

163-188

Authors: Muhammad Ansor

This article is an attempt to analyze the practice of polygamy and women’s resistance in Langsa. It will describe the stand point of the women involved in polygamy in their effort to renegotiate their understanding on the Islamic legal ruling on polygamy through their daily activities. By applying socio-anthropology approach, it found that there are two types of resistance: hidden and opened. Hidden resistance (hidden trancript) is revealed through various expressions, such as tarnishing the good name of the spouse or the second wife, pretending to be obedience while doing other wise, or confronting the spouse’s ruling on handling the household. Opened resistance (public transcript) is carried out in two ways, either by asking a divorce before the second marriage takes place, or after, when the second marriage is carried out without the consent of the first wife. Finally, this article argues that the resistance expression of the women involved in polygamy is in fact part of their resistance effort against the dominant interpretation of the legal ruling of polygamy in Islam.