Abstract
Islam got a negative precedent by some particular people because of radicalism and terrorism issues. This study aims at identifying some prominent Islamic figures' opinions towards those issues and how the literature explains them. This study is a phenomenology research. The researcher collected the data of the study through interviews and documentation. Then, the collected data were analyzed qualitatively using an interactive model analysis. The results of the study show that: (1) the informants believe that radicalism and terrorism are caused by misunderstanding the concept of jihad by some particular people, and that misunderstanding brings negative precedent towards Islam; and (2) based on the explanation in several kinds of literature, Islam never teaches people to be radical or terrorists. People need to study the real meaning of the jihad concept. Besides, Islam is not rigid and does not depend on form. People can implement it within any framework of virtue and in any time dimension. Showing the face of Islam that rahmatan lil 'alamin will prevent Muslims from Huntington's trap so that Islam is not seen as radical and terrorist.
Highlights
Radicalism has become a developed issue in recent years
The purpose of this study focuses on exploring some Islamic figures in the city of Medan and the literature explanation on the jihad concept
Radicalism and terrorism are caused by misunderstanding the jihad concept by some particular people, that misunderstanding brings negative image on Islam
Summary
Radicalism has become a developed issue in recent years. It is still a contested term for scholars (Schuurman & Taylor, 2018). Radicalism comes from the Latin radix, which means root (Birdsall & Collins, 2017). The point is to think deeply about something to its roots. People used this term at the end of the 18th century to support radical movements that fail to understand that radical means pursuing knowledge and learning (SabicEl-Rayess, 2020). Radicalism is an understanding that requires a change, turnover and penetrating of a system in society at its root. Radicalism is an understanding that requires a change, turnover and penetrating of a system in society at its root. Fedotovaa & Nikolaeva (2015) distinguish the word radicalism into two semantic connotations: 1) it is as a concept that secures the changing views about cognitive capacities, conditions, and factors forming human exposure that indicates the system of pedagogical measures and decisions; and 2) an uncompromising commitment to achieve real transformation following the views on the development of socio-political, ideological, and economic spheres
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