Tesis: The Impact Of Colonial Experience On The Religious And Social Thought Of Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan And Ahmad Hassan : a comparison
This thesis studies in a comparative framework the impact of colonial experience on the religious and social thought of two modernists, Ahmad Khan of India and Ahmad Hassan of Indonesia. At the religious level, both modernists were much concerned with the purification of Islam. They called upon the Muslims to return to the Qur'an and hadith, abandon taqlid and to undertake ijtihad. Ahmad Khan, influenced by the natural sciences and rationalism of the West, was also inclined to interpret Islam in a maturalistic and rational manner. Ahmad Hassan, on the other hand, was very much mreoccupied with the purification of Islam and the return to the Qur'an and hadith, and was little influenced by the Western impact through colonialism. At the social level, oth modernists considered education to be the essential means to social betterment. But whereas Ahmad Khan also believed in cooperation with the British, Ahmad Hassan as opposed to the Dutch.
This study concludes by showing that, given the Western colonial experience, mad Khan's socio-religious thought was rational, realistic, liberal and dynamic. hile Ahmad Hassan too lived in a colonial society, his socio-religious thought was itanical, defensive and ideological.
Tesis ini mengkaji secara komparatif dampak pengalaman kolonial terhadap pemikiran keagamaan dan sosial dua tokoh modernis, Ahmad Khan dari India dan Ahmad Hassan dari Indonesia. Pada tingkat keagamaan, kedua tokoh modernis ini sangat memperhatikan pemurnian Islam. Mereka menyerukan umat Islam untuk kembali kepada Al-Qur'an dan hadits, meninggalkan taqlid, dan melakukan ijtihad. Ahmad Khan, yang dipengaruhi oleh ilmu pengetahuan alam dan rasionalisme Barat, juga cenderung menafsirkan Islam secara maturalistik dan rasional. Ahmad Hassan, di sisi lain, sangat terfokus pada pemurnian Islam dan kembali kepada Al-Qur'an dan hadits, dan sedikit dipengaruhi oleh dampak Barat melalui kolonialisme. Pada tingkat sosial, kedua tokoh modernis ini menganggap pendidikan sebagai sarana penting untuk peningkatan kesejahteraan sosial. Namun, Ahmad Khan juga percaya pada kerja sama dengan Inggris, sedangkan Ahmad Hassan menentangnya dengan Belanda.
Studi ini menyimpulkan dengan menunjukkan bahwa, mengingat pengalaman kolonial Barat, pemikiran sosial-keagamaan Ahmad Khan bersifat rasional, realistis, liberal, dan dinamis. Meskipun Ahmad Hassan juga hidup dalam masyarakat kolonial, pemikiran sosial-keagamaannya bersifat itanistik, defensif, dan ideologis.
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