Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, volume 365 2nd International Conference on Strategic and Global Studies (ICSGS 2018) Understanding Terrorism, Peace, and Tolerance from the Institute for the Study of Islam and Civilizations (INSISTS) Activists in Indonesia Yanuardi Syukur Department of Anthropology, FISIP Universitas Indonesia Depok, Indonesia
[email protected] Abstract—Although known as an anti-liberalism Islamic was later considered a terrorist entity by the USA because of organization, the activists of the Institute for the Study of Islam emergent differences in views—although the two had and Civilizations (INSISTS) also have positions related to previously been united when fighting Russia. terrorism, peace, and tolerance. This paper seeks to explore the perspectives of INSISTS activists on these three issues, which In human history, the issue of peace is one that is never are later discussed in Indonesian national discourse by resolved. Where there are humans, there are conflicts, from Indonesian and foreign writers. INSISTS activists are deeply small conflicts between people, households, ethnicities, inspired by the thought of Syed Al-Attas, which holds that the communities, to conflicts between countries. To manage problem of the Islamic world—even the world in general—is conflict, people make peace by various means such as the “loss of adab.” The contestation of discourse deployed by binding agreements, or through various diplomatic methods. INSISTS activists is inseparable from their worldview related Since Samuel Huntington (1993) wrote about “the clash of to the Islam taught by Syed Al-Attas, and efforts to create an civilizations,” followed by conflicts involving Islam versus Islamic civilization with a moderate approach.