Tulisan ini bermaksud mengkaji ulang wacana demokrai di Indonesia melalui pendekatan sistem politik Islam. Dengan menggunakan pendekatan ini, penulis menyajikan nilai-nilai demokrasi dalam Islam yang muaranya adalah terwujudnya kemaslahatan bagi manusia. Untuk itu, sistem-sistem demokrasi yang telah diterapkan di Indonesia ternyata tidak membawa kemaslahatan. Melihat fenomena tersebut, penulis …
This article attempts at discussing feodalistic attitudes in the pattern of Islamic leadership, particularly in the process of succession. From the begining of Islamic civilization to the modern era, the process of succession leads to dispute among muslims. The rise of Shi'ah, for example, was certainly caused by such a succession. In the era of the prophet and the Khulafa' al Rasidin, the succ…
Pluralism is a God-made reality. No body can reject the reality of pluralism. Pluralism, in turns, develops as a discourse open to receive interpretation as the interpreter whise. Pluralism sometimes can be interpreted as a reality which propts the existence of social problems hindering the integration of society. It can be said that pluralism is adetermining factor contributing to the social c…