Keberhasilan Rasullah membangun umat bukan lantaran kecanggihan teknologi, kekuatan angkatan perang, dan kecakapan orang-orang terdekatnya, melainkan karena beliau memiliki akhlak yang mlia. Bukankah misi mendasar diutusnya beliau ke muka bumi adalah untuk menyempurnakan akhlak? Begitu pentingnya akhlak, sampai-sampai beliau menegaskan bahwa agama adalah akhlak. Tanpa akhlak, agama menjadi tid…
Pemilihan lokasi toko merupakan keputusan strategis yang sangat krusial dalam kesuksesan bisnis ritel. Menempatkan toko pada kolasi yang tepat dapat menjadi faktor penentu dalam pencapaian sebuah bisnis. Pemilihan lokasi toko pada beberapa usaha di Indonesia selama ini masih belum sepenuhnya optimal. Dalam konteks ini, penting utnuk melakukan peninjauan mendalam terhadap faktor-faktor yang men…
Haji Agus Salim (1884-1954) was an Indonesian Muslim political figure of the Nationalist Era (1908-1945). He was influential in two important associations; Sarekat Islam (SI-Islamic Union) and the Jong Islamieten Bond (JIB-Young Muslim Union). Salim was born into religious family and had a Western education. In 1915 when he joined the Sarekat Islam it was at the height of its popularity. Salim …
This thesis is intended to describe the evolution of Indonesian Islam and the complex role played by the 'ulama' in the modern history of Indonesia and ularly during the Japanese occupation. partic-In contrast to Dutch policy, the Japanese chose the 'ulama' to participate in their administration. The 'ulama' seized this fortuitous opportunity to prepare the Indonesians for the achievement of th…
This thesis is a study of the doctrine of maqämät (stations) and ahwal (states), the crucial doctrine of süfism, as described in two different books, al-Risalah al-Qushayriyah and Kashf al-Mahjüb, by two different masters of Süfism: one Sunni-Shafiri, al-Qushayri, the other Sunni-Hanafi, al-Hujwīrī. After introducing their positions in the history of süfism, the thesis examines their ba…
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, …