Reasoning of Liberal Islam: A Study on Islamic Perspectives in Liberal Islam Network Jakarta

Yusa' Farchan

doi:10.18784/analisa.v1i2.352

Abstract

The renewal of Islamic thinking continuously develops from time to time in Indonesia. This research tries to answer two main problems, they are: how are the reasoning or ideology developed by Liberal Islam Network (LIN)?; and how are LIN’s main ideas and their metamorphoses? The research applies qualitative method with hermeneutic approach. The data is collected by library research or text documentation. The data is collected on August 18th to August 29th 2015. The research finds that the ideas of Liberal Islam Network show significant liberal signs. From the ontology of text, in reading religious text, LIN’s assumptions are “the critics over the truth”. LIN applies humanistic approach in reading the religious texts. This is confirmed by LIN’s defense toward human’s dignity. From the aspect of theoretically analytical tools in reading religious texts, LIN applies social sciences, which are socio-historical analyses. LIN uses symbol or semiotics analyses to read the religious text. The main notions of LIN are: First, Islam changes, it is not static; second, context is the first and history is the latter. Here, in reading a religious text, LIN wants to place context (socio-history) proportionally; third, LIN intends to hold God in our ground and history. The metamorphoses of LIN’s ideas are: firstly is to oppose theocracy; secondly is to endorse democracy; thirdly is to endorse gender equality; fourthly is to contextualize religious doctrines; and fifthly is to support pluralism and freedom of thinking.

Highlights

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From the result of the research, it can be concluded that the reasoning of Liberal Islam Network, has a highly liberal style
Liberal Islam Network (LIN)’s reasoning or ideology, which dissected through ways of thinking or ways of reading religious texts, result in liberally religious thinking

Summary

INTRODUCTION

The renewal of Islamic thinking was happened much earlier before the independence era. In relation to the discourse analysis, the logical consequence of this understanding is that people do not need to know the subjective meanings or values of the underlying statement. This is because what is important is whether the statement was delivered correctly according to the rules of syntax and semantics or not. The critical discourse analysis is used to comprehend how the reasoning of liberal Islam is developed by LIN, and how these ideas represent the power relations between the various actors in it. It equips to understand how the ideology of LIN is. The texts, conversations and other forms of practice are a reflection of ideology or particular ideology

RESEARCH METHOD

AND DISCUSSION Liberal Islam Reasoning

CONCLUSION

11. References

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