Abstract

Discussing the radicalism of religion and global terrorism is a global challenge that is now a worldwide concern, including for the Islamic community in Indonesia. Research in this paper with an analytical descriptive approach using the documentative method. The general purpose of this research is to understand the root causes of terrorism and religious radicalism in Indonesia? What is the solution of Islam to overcome the problem of religious radicalism and global terrorism? The results show: first, the historical roots of global terrorism and religious radicalism is a very complex portrait of social, political, and economic history. Also, the complexity of local, regional and global problems are interconnected with one another. Second, the Islamic solution to overcome this problem with the Islamic approach of peace for all ( rahmatan lil alamin ) which prioritizes the path of dialogue and world peace.

Highlights

  • Post-tragedy 9/11 until now, the talk about global terrorism continues to warm and attract the attention of many academics of social science humanities in various countries, including in Indonesia

  • It is predicted that this issue includes crucial topics as well as homework that need to be thought of the solution early on by all people in Indonesia (Anwar, 2005; Turmudi, 2004; Friedman, 1994; Hefner, 2001)

  • President Jokowi asked the leaders of universities in Indonesia to anticipate the danger of anti-Pancasila movement and negative radicalism that spread among students in this country (Held, 2004; Kersten, 2017; Latif, 2005)

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Introduction

Post-tragedy 9/11 until now, the talk about global terrorism continues to warm and attract the attention of many academics of social science humanities in various countries, including in Indonesia. After the events of suicide in various regions of the world, not least in Indonesia. The phenomenon of religious radicalism and religious fundamentalism is becoming a bad phenomenon in the world (Amstrong, 1991; Azra, 2002). Bellah argues that the tendency of this scripturalist group to see the Qur'an and Sunnah (read: scriptural text) as a perfect entity, and sacred. Those who act like that have made them fundamentalists

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