This article explores Jamal al Banna's view on the realtion between religion and state, particularly his views on the relation system between Islam and state, and the related issues such as democracy, pluralism, and secularism. The article, therefore, describes issues on the concept of ummah in Islam, democracy within Islamic governmental system, and Islam's view on secularism and pluralism. Th…
This article aims at comprehensively examining Zaki Najib Mahmud's thought on the logic of positivism on the relathionship between religion and science. The study employs literature interpretation method. The study encompasses the logic of positivism of Zaki Najib Mahmud, confirmation map of know-ledge on areas of science and religion, and the dichotomy of science and religion. The study finds …
The verse lâ ikrâh fî al-dîn has been one of the most contested verses with regard to its meaning and definition by the ‘ulama (religious scholars) from the past to the present. Basing on this verse, progressive ‘ulama maintain that the idea of freedom of religion introduced by modern society does not contradict the Qur’ân. For them, freedom of religion includes not only freedom to c…
Religion Playys an importan role in a family life.As a family, we should continuously apply islamic values as a foundation in pursuing the family life. Thiis foundation as a guidance and direction for them to solve the problems of life so that peaceful (sakinah) family can be achived. When religious values are well implemented in the family life, the following conditions will be attained: every…
The presentation of religious and spiritual issues is a common occurance in counselling. Are counselors competent to address this issue?This paper will address this issue. An exploration of the ways religion coming up in counseling will be discussed along with suggestions for its practices. The discussion will pay attention on the issue of educational counselor and the preparation for counselor…
The curriculum of Islamic education applied in private senior high schools is not the same from one to another because they are permitted to implement the curriculum legalized by the Ministry of National Education on one hand, and local curriculum [the curriculum issued by their own foundations] on the other; and the curriculum of each school has its own characteristics. The main purpose of thi…
The purpose of this study is to investigate the development and the implementation of religious education curriculum developed by senior high schools [SMA] under religious foundations. This is a case study of SMA Muhammadiyah I Palangkaraya. Research design applied in this study is Stufflebeam's CIPP [Context, Input, Process, Product]. The result how: 1)SMA Muhammadiyah I Palangkaraya develops …
The activities of religious proselytizing are associated with various elements. They do not only involve religious proselytizer and those who are being invited to this call only, but also elements of the environment surrounding the proselytizing activity. Religious activity as a system contains many components such as input, conversion, output, feedback, and environment which all of them influe…
Religion is considered as the essential value that controls behavior of each individual of society. Functionalism says that superstructure of ideology is the main standard which affects the framework in social structure and infra-structure. To understand religiosity of a certain society depens on how we deeply know the life style of them. Later, it also depens on their social structure. In this…