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Guarding Shariah from Liberalism: a Critical Overview on Liberal Islam Network in Indonesia See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348019487 GUARDING SHARIAH FROM LIBERALISM: A CRITICAL OVERVIEW ON LIBERAL ISLAM NETWORK IN INDONESIA Conference Paper · December 2020 CITATIONS READ 0 1 2 authors: Mualimin Mochammad Sahid Malki Ahmad Nasir USIM | Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia Universitas Islam Bandung 100 PUBLICATIONS 12 CITATIONS 15 PUBLICATIONS 1 CITATION SEE PROFILE SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: article View project Modul Adat Perpatih Patuh Syariah di Malaysia View project All content following this page was uploaded by Mualimin Mochammad Sahid on 31 December 2020. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. The 3rd International Conference of the Postgraduate Students and Academics in Syariah and Law 2020 (INPAC 2020) "Syariah and Law Approach in Solving Contemporary Issues" GUARDING SHARIAH FROM LIBERALISM: A CRITICAL OVERVIEW ON LIBERAL ISLAM NETWORK IN INDONESIA i*Mualimin Mochammad Sahid, iiMalki Ahmad Nasir iFaculty of Syariah and Law, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) iiFaculty of Dakwah, Universitas Islam Bandung (UNISBA) *(Corresponding Author) Email: [email protected] ABSTRACT The history has witnessed different efforts from other parties to go against Islam as a religion of peace. Through its teachings and values, Islam appears as a religion that propagates universal message of mercy and peace for all mankind regardless their race, colour and religion. Shariah as a law containing all guidance for Muslims in their daily life must be put above everything. However, challenges faced by Islam in different parts of the world have been occurring until today such secularism, liberalism, and other concepts and thoughts. This paper aims at explaining how Shariah can be guarded from the threat of liberalism which occurred in Indonesia through the movement called Jaringan Islam Liberal (Liberal Islam Network, abbreviated as JIL). The paper elaborates in details main issues related to the network which include among others: history its emergence, key figures, concepts and activities, as well as its missions and agenda. Based on qualitative method of research using library research referring to primary and secondary resources gathered, the paper analyse the concept and thoughts followed and disseminated by the Liberal Islam Network followers and further study their movement in order to expose the faults and deviations as portrayed by this movement which emerged for the first time in early 2001. Among the results of the research are as follow: The Liberal Islam Network (JIL) was a result of Modernity and its philosophical thought which influenced young Indonesian Muslims. It is funded by Western foundations and disseminates the ideas of Secularization, Westernization, Pluralism, Inclusivism, and Feminism, and Liberalism. Finally, the paper asserts that to guard Shariah from deviated thoughts is to understand Islam from the true interpretation of Islam by reliable Muslim Scholars. Keywords: Shariah, Liberalism, Liberal Islam Network, JIL, overview Introduction Islam is a monotheistic religion and teachings of obedience to Allah SWT and His Messenger, who teaches truth and goodness to humanity. Islam specifically means submission to Allah SWT, but also it includes all forms of goodness and perfection. And since Islam has represented all forms of virtue, then it must also have included the value of freedom, namely freedom in a more appropriate and correct meaning according to its size, not freedom in an unlimited sense, because freedom without limits is certainly only worthy of being possessed by the creator which is not burdened with the gift of reason. Freedom according to Islam is freedom to choose something as long as the choice is still within the scope of the truth, namely the truth desired by Allah SWT as in the guidance of the Qur'an and Sunnah. Muslims are free to choose any role or position in their lives, as long as it is not a role or position that is prohibited by Islam itself, because indeed the diversity of roles or positions within the Muslim body will actually make them complement each other and strengthen each other. So, basically, Muslims themselves already have the basic rights in the form of freedom in choosing their own way of life, which is a way of life under the auspices of Islam. They are always free to choose the various roles available within the scope of Islamic truth. So that, precisely when Islam is imbued with the term liberal, which means 'free', it is precisely at that moment that the meaning of freedom in Islam seems to still have flaws, as if, so far Islam has not been able to free its people from bondage, and as if -the affix is an expression of protest over the imperfection of 108 The 3rd International Conference of the Postgraduate Students and Academics in Syariah and Law 2020 (INPAC 2020) "Syariah and Law Approach in Solving Contemporary Issues" Islam, even though Islam itself has been declared its perfection by Allah SWT. Therefore, when Islam is precisely imbued with such liberal terms, then basically it is not Islam in the true and perfect sense. And in this case, the Liberal Network 'Islam' is a group that imposes that liberal term on Islam. This group consists of people who yearn for 'freedom' within the scope of the Islamic religion. It is a community of freedom lovers who prioritize the use of reason in an effort to interpret the values of Islamic teachings. They believe that any teachings in Islam that are not in accordance with the calculation of human reason will have to be criticized or even have to be replaced with new and different patterns if necessary. it is this group that always prioritizes the rules of reason, even if they have to put aside the basic rules that have been mentioned in the Qur'an and as-Sunnah. The Facts of Liberalism In Indonesia Indonesia is home to the largest Muslim communities in the world. (BPS, 2010) Although 88% of its population is Muslim, Indonesia is not an Islamic state. Moreover, the Indonesian Muslims are well-known for their moderation and being tolerant regardless the existence of local Islamic groups that are involved in the violent religious conflicts in the recent days. These groups insist on the implementation of Islamic law in the post-authoritarian President Soeharto era. After the emergence of global issue (i.e. Modernity) in the West and its diffusion all over the world, including Indonesia and - like other countries was affected by this dangerous idea which many Muslims are not aware of the real agenda and goals behind it. (Effendy, 2003) As a result, the issue of moderation of Islam in Indonesia emerged. This is not merely because of historical factors, but it is also the result of ongoing debates on how to reconcile Islam with modernity, as well as increasing number of young people of Indonesia who are studying in the Western universities, and also who are influenced in which they brought the 'new' ideas when going back to their home land. This paper deals with the Liberal Islam Network (Jaringan Islam Liberal JIL) through discussing the history of its emergence, concepts, deviations propagated by its activists and followers, as well as refutations on these deviations. (Assyaukanie, 2014) The network (JIL) emerged in the middle of 2001 as a forum to disseminate liberal interpretations of Islam. It seems through the name (liberal) and (Islam) that, there is confusion or even wrong understanding when Islam is mixed with liberalism. That is because Islam literally means submission, i.e. the submission to ALLAH's commands; while on the other hand, Liberalism holds the meaning of freedom in everything. It is very unfortunate that The Liberal Islam Network (JIL) has interpreted Islam wrongly due to the limitation of genuine Islamic knowledge of its activists who have been influenced very much by western thoughts and philosophy. In other word, it can simply be said that the followers, participants, and activists of this network do not have enough, good, and proper Islamic knowledge to understand Islam. Or it is due to the influence of western philosophical thought which is usually contradicted to Islam. There are some learned, scholars and activists who demonstrate their arguments in order to show their understanding wrongly or not enough and proper knowledge on Islam, such as (Saifullah, 2018) This wrong and deviated understanding can be seen through their slogans when trying to disseminate the concept of Liberal Islam, as follow: (http://islamlib.com/en/aboutus.php). "-The openness of ijtihad's gates in the entire aspects,- emphasize on the ethical- religious spirit, not the literal meaning of the text, the relative, open, and plural truth, stand behind the minorities and the oppressed,- freedom of belief and faith,- the separation of ukhrawi (heavenly) vis-à-vis duniawi (worldly) authority, and the religious vis-à-vis political authority". The ideas proposed by JIL activists mostly deal with the compatibility of Islam and democracy, interpretation and explanation to these current issues, they are completely adopting Western understanding or affected by western ideology. (Nasir, 2004) Therefore, it is not strange if they are facing a lot of rejections and refusals from conservative Muslims in Indonesia who want to save Islam from any deviation and to rectify wrong understanding towards the teaching of Islam. 109 The 3rd International Conference of the Postgraduate Students and Academics in Syariah and Law 2020 (INPAC 2020) "Syariah and Law Approach in Solving Contemporary Issues" Due to anxiety of many Muslims in Indonesia towards the danger of thoughts brought by The Liberal Islam Network (JIL), it is very important to highlight the issues raised by this network and to explain the right stand how Muslims should know.
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