Progressive Thought Research Articles

Kha Dahlabn's Progressive Thought towards a Progressive Indonesia Interconnective Approach – Socio-Historical

Studi Weber berkenaan dengan Etika Protestan dan Spirit Kapitalisme di awal abad 19 M membuktikan adanya pertautan akan teologi yang diyakini (calvisme) dengan tindakan / aktifitas individual dan sosial dan bahkan doktrin calvisnme sebagai faham teologi protestan telah melahirkan semangat bagi pemeluknya, untuk bekerja keras sebagai panggilan ibadah kepada Tuhan, hidup hemat dan terus menabung serta melakukan investasi serentak sehingga kelak menginspirasi terciptanya masyarakat kapitalis serta pertumbuhan ekonomi yang ditopang oleh madzhab ekonomi kapitalis, yang kemudian menjadikan Eropa (Barat) mampu membangun industri, pabrikasi dan manufaktur sehingga sampai saat ini masih memimpin peradabann global, yang tentunya tumbuh semangat dalam mengembangkan ilmu pengetahuan, sains dan teknologi. Teologi al-Maun—dalam Teologi Islam— yang digagas dan dikembangkan oleh K.H. Ahmad Dahlan, pendiri Muhammadiyah, dipandang oleh warga Muhammadiyah dan dinilai oleh sebagian peneliti, seperti Deliar Noer dan Achmad Jainuri, berhasil membawa warga gerakan modern ini gigih dan bersemangat untuk bebaskan mustad’afin dari ketertindasannya. Wujud konkret dari gerakan mereka adalah pendirian beberapa panti asuhan, rumah sakit, dan lembaga pendidikan.

Plant biodiversity and people’s behavior on environmental conservation in Pabelan Islamic Boarding School, Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia

Abstract. Nazar IA, Sutarno, Mudofir, Sunarto. 2024. Plant biodiversity and people’s behavior on environmental conservation in Pabelan Islamic Boarding School, Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 25: 232-239. Pabelan Islamic Boarding School is a modern educational institution committed to religious-based environmental education. The landscape of this Islamic boarding school is designed to contribute to the preservation of the surrounding environment. This study aims to determine plant diversity and behavioral patterns in environmental conservation in Pabelan Islamic Boarding School, Magelang District, Central Java, Indonesia. Vegetation analysis was conducted by inventory of tree species planted in the area of the school. Analysis of the behavior patterns was carried out using observation, interviews with the clerics (kiai), teacher (ustaz) and staff, and questionnaires to students. The result of vegetation analysis showed that Pabelan Islamic boarding school has a moderate level of flora diversity with a Shannon-Wiener index (H’: 2.597). This is because the management of the school has a unique way of maintaining flora biodiversity by requiring every new student to bring unique or rare plant seeds from their hometown. The Kiai and teacher at the school have progressive thoughts about the human's relationship with God and nature. Human is God's representative who is obliged to maintain the environment and natural elements including biodiversity. The students generally have adequate awareness and concern for the environment and sustainability which is largely influenced by the figure of the Kiai. The findings of this study imply that Islamic boarding school (pesantren) can play essential role in practicing and raising awareness of sustainable environmental management and biodiversity conservation.

বঙ্গবন্ধুর রাষ্ট্রচিন্তায় নারী উন্নয়ন ও ক্ষমতায়ন

Bangabandhu embodied the truth of equality between men and women in his philosophy. This fact is reflected through Bangabandhu's autobiography, various speeches and statements and his thoughts on women development and empowerment are revealed. Bangabandhu was aware of how the system of confinement, dowry system, child marriage, polygamy, illiteracy, superstition, religious practices etc. made women's lives miserable. Bangabandhu identified multifaceted problems in the path of women's progress and tried to solve them. He gave importance to the role of women in building a prosperous and self-reliant Bangladesh. He was also respectful of women in his personal and family life. Bangabandhu's respect for women, life-philosophy of equality between men and women, above all, Bangabandhu's far-reaching and progressive thoughts on women's development were the foundation of women's development and empowerment in post-independence Bangladesh. The theme of the present article is to uncover and evaluate the nature of Bangabandhu's thoughts on women's development and empowerment through his autobiography, speeches and statements and the various steps taken by him for women's development.

Rethinking Islamic Da'wah Model in the Context of Digital Space

The presence of the digital era has changed the orientation of da'wah. Da'wah has changed from merely a doctrinal activity (to Islamizing infidels) to an activity of exchanging religious narratives between people in cyberspace. This fact requires rethinking the concept of the da'wah model. By reviewing primary da'wah scientific literature, such as the works of Abdul Karim Zaedan and Al-Bayanuni, researchers explore how the traditional Islamic da'wah model has been built so far, and then observe online da'wah sites in Indonesia to build a new model of da'wah. This study finds that the old elements of Islamic da'wah have changed in the digital context. The relationship between the elements of da'wah in the digital space is strongly controlled by the media platform used. The relationship between the preacher and the recipient of the da'wah is no longer linear or one-way but multi-directional. The preacher no longer holds full authority in the message he conveys because the critical and active recipient can freely interpret the message according to his wishes and background. In addition, the relationship between the preacher and the recipient is determined by various buttons on a platform. The choice of buttons: like, dislike, comment, subscribe, and di-subscribe, has eliminated the domination of the preacher over the recipient. This finding reflects a new model of Islamic da'wah, namely da'wah that encourages the exchange of religious discourse between people, opens space for various alternative religious progressive thoughts, fosters religious maturity, closes the dominance of the truth of one particular group, and creates an open and democratic religious space.

The Dynamics and Dialectics in Kandinskys Non-representational Art

Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) has been regarded as one of the pioneers and founders of abstract art. Kandinsky held inspiring and progressive thoughts and largely influenced the artistic movements over the 20th Century. Still, his aesthetics were not delivered clearly, such that it caused criticisms of his intentions and debates over different interpretations. While Kandinsky seems to present a series of dualistic distinctions of concepts, this paper argues that he is ultimately pursuing a dialectical unity and artistic creation of another world through a dynamic relationship and movement between the artist, the artwork, and the spectator. The paper analyzes primarily Kandinsky's published collected writings and letters and relates them to theories of German Idealism to demonstrate how the dilemma of dichotomies could be solved from Kandinskys standpoint.

Meera the Poet and Dravidian Ideology

Poet Meera is an eloquent and conceptual interpreter, who uses simple words to polish profound ideas into her poetic wit. Poet Meera is a poetess who added beauty to Mother Tamil. Ever since her childhood, she had an insatiable love for poetry and poets, and to that extent the Dravidian Kazhagam worshipped the rationalists of the Dravidian movement like Periyar, Anna and Kalaignar. She was born to restore human society like a Sivagangai Seeman. This article explains the human feelings, progressive thoughts, the words she wanted to say emphatically and deeply, poems and essays by aligning them with Dravidian principles.

Struggle of Legal Positivism Versus Progressive Thoughts in the Formal Tests of the Job Creation Act (Legal Development through Hermeneutics)

Struggle of Legal Positivism Versus Progressive Thoughts in the Formal Tests of the Job Creation Act (Legal Development through Hermeneutics)

DIALOGUE OF RELIGION AND COUNTRY Actualization of Hadratussyaikh KH. Hasyim Asy'ari's Progressive Thoughts and Its Implications in The Life of The Nation and State

Abstract. This article discusses the dialogue between religion and the state in the perspective of Hadratussyaikh KH. Hasyim Asy'ari. The purpose of this article is to answer how is the relationship between religion and the state?, how is the relationship between Islam and Pancasila? and how is the relation between religion and religion according to Hadratussyaikh KH. Hasyim Asy'ari. This article uses a qualitative methodology whose primary data is more specifically obtained from the works of Hadratussyaikh, while the secondary data is in the form of journals, books, field notes or others that are still related to the research theme. The data collection uses documentation techniques, namely by examining the thoughts/ideas of Hadratussyaikh in several of his works. While the data analysis used descriptive analysis. Based on the observations of researchers, the relationship between religion and the state according to Hadratussyaikh is grouped into three things, namely; First, the relationship between religion and the state is divided into three, namely integralistic, secularistic and symbiotic. Second, the relationship between Pancasila and Islam is very closely related, especially when viewed from the first precept which contains the meaning of monotheism or monotoism. Third, the existence of religion in a community functions as a protector, protector and helper for the benefit of the ummah. Seeing this typology, the role of religion and the state is symbiotic. Hadratussyaikh did not mention in a sharih manner the state system must be Islamic or other systems, but he strongly emphasized the existence of an Islamic spirit which was implemented in the form of principles or ethics in life (social-politics).

The Concept of Sunna in Progressive Muslim Thought

In this paper I describe the nature and scope of the concept ‘sunna’ in progressive Muslim thought. I argue that, unlike the hadith-based concept of sunna found in classical Islam, the concept of sunna in progressive Islam has strong affinities with how that concept was understood during the formative period of Islamic thought. In this respect, I show that the concept of sunna in progressive Islam operates within a broad contextualist and rationalist approach to Islamic theology and ethics, that it is a general ethico-behavioural embodied concept. It is not viewed as a source of Islamic belief, nor is it considered a form of unrecited revelation - although, for hermeneutical purposes, it exists in an organic and symbiotic relationship with the Qur’an. In the last section, I discuss several concrete implications this approach to the concept of sunna has in progressive Islam, doing away with many norms, values, and practices that have been associated with the concept in classical Islamic law/ethics, such as those pertaining to family and criminal law. With respect to this, I highlight how a progressive Muslim approach to normative sunna enables the Islamic interpretive tradition to shed ethically and epistemologically outdated norms, values, and practices that have often been defended on the basis of a concept of sunna that operates within the hermeneutical confines of classical Islamic theology and Islamic legal theory.

بابوعبدالرحمٰن کرد نا براہوئی شاعری ٹی ترقی پسندی نا جاچ

This research article describes the trend and tendency of progressivism in Brahui poetry of Babo Abdul Rahman Kurd and the sources through which the impacts of progressive thoughts took place in his poetry. The poet stands tall holding a great position in Brahui literature being one of the poets who have introduced several trends and thoughts in their poetic pieces to change the direction of Brahui poetry. Although he has been basically known as an epic poet, progressivism and many other poetic thoughts can also be found in his Brahui poetry. This article discusses how the trend and tendency of progressivism have both consciously and unconsciously found place in his poetry through different ways. The first one was the depiction of deplorable condition of his contemporary nation which, during his poetic period, was socially, politically and economically was facing miserable conditions. Such prevailing miserable conditions of his society seem to have influenced him to incorporate progressive thoughts in his poetry. The second one was the impacts of Marxism and the Progressive Movement of Urdu literature which also seems to have affected him to include the progressive thoughts in his poetry. The last one which brought and strengthened the progressive thoughts in his poetry was "Lat Khana", a political and literary progressive Movement in Balochistan, while Babo Abdul Rahman Kurd was also very closed attached to the movement.

Analysis and Thinking of Visual Elements in Cigarette Label Design Based on Green Concept

“Green design” has become a focal point and has caused widespread concerns around the world. In such a large environment, many designers’ sense of social responsibility is stimulated. When designing, they try to avoid the negative impact of the design on the environment, thereby reducing the environment. The key part of this article on the visual image design is the analysis and research of the visual elements of the cigarette label, combined with some examples of the visual image design of the modern cigarette label in some countries, firstly, it mainly analyzes the themes and cultural connotations involved in the modern cigarette label of the country. The analysis and research with pictures and texts are carried out from six aspects respectively. In the next part, this article discusses the graphic characteristics of cigarette labels from the three aspects of subject matter, expression method, and form of expression, and then discusses the color matching characteristics of cigarette labels from four aspects: three primary colors, composite colors and complementary colors, and black and white. Research and analysis of calligraphy fonts, artistic characters, Latin letters, and decorative fonts are given to explore their functions and roles in the visual image design of cigarette labels. Finally, through the analysis of typographic characteristics and Western progressive culture and design thoughts on cigarette label layout design influence, we discuss the characteristics and style of the cigarette label in the layout design. The results show that the indices of the regression analysis of the three independent variables and the corresponding significance, the significance values of aesthetics and ease of use are all less than 0.05, and the regression coefficients are all statistically significant, and have significant effects on the dependent variables, and the correlation index is positive, indicating that the two independent variables have a significant positive correlation with satisfaction; the useful significance value is greater than 0.05, the regression coefficient is not statistically significant, and has no significant effect on the dependent variable.

Konstelasi Pemikiran Hukum Keluarga di Tunisia

Tunisia is one of the many Muslim countries that continue to strive to build a family law system which is a permanent rule of law for Muslims. Both before and after Tunisia's independence, legal reforms were intensively carried out, including legal reforms in the field of family law. One of the laws implemented in Tunisia is the Tunisian Code of Personal Status (CPST) or other names Majallah Al-Akhwal Ash-Shakhshiyyah. The legal reforms carried out by Tunisia cannot be separated from the progressive thoughts that have colored family law policies which in the next stage will become state policies. This article is presented in a descriptive form using a literature study approach as the study material. The results of the study concluded that the Tunisian State carried out many Islamic family law policies based on the development of family law in the world and the needs of its citizens.

Strategi Aisyiyah dalam Mencetak Kader Pemimpin Perempuan Berbasis Spiritualitas (Studi Kasus Pimpinan Daerah Aisyiyah Kabupaten Jember)

The socio-cultural life in today's society experiences a complete freedom since the existence of social networks, namely the expansion of the consumer's lifestyle. This condition requires a spiritual movement among women that can enlighten and spread the values of truth, goodness, moral aristocracy and social status. To meet these challenges, stratifications must be encouraged within the Aisyiyah's organization. To prepare women to be spiritual leaders who will be able to influence, serve and move the conscience of His servants in a very wise way through ethical and exemplary approaches, the Regional Leaders of Aisyiyah around Jember Regency optimizes ‘majlis tabligh’ in the muballighat corp meeting to increase the regeneration of their organizational objectives. This can also promote women to be spiritual leaders who can mobilize cadres in nearly all branches around Jember Regency to advocate amar ma'ruf nahi munkar as well as tajdid based on the teaching in the holy Qur'an and As-Sunnah. Women leaders as the hope of Muhammadiyah movements are women who are strong in ideology, maintain progressive thoughts and have a national perspective. Therefore, women leaders may be said to be based on spirituality if their leadership includes leadership for Aisyiyah, a leader for the ummah and a leader for the nation.

Studi Kebencian: Analisis Komparasi Pemikiran Bediüzzaman Said Nursi (1877-1960) dan K. H. Ahmad Dahlan (1868-1923)

This qualitative research explores the theme of hatred, which has become a new interdisciplinary field called hate studies and which still requires academic contributions from different disciplines. The author uses the perspective of religious studies as well as peace and conflict studies, in which the phenomenon of hatred is examined in a descriptive-comparative way from two Islamic movement figures, namely Bediüzzaman Said Nursi (1877-1960) in Turkey and K. H. Ahmad Dahlan (1686-1923) in Indonesia. Comparison of thoughts and movements of these two Islamic figures is significant within the framework of ‘Muhammadiyah’. Muhammadiyah is part of the nation’s strength that has been actively involved in national political movement and in the nation-building process through “Amar Ma'ruf Nahi Munkar” preaching since 1912 in Indonesia. Ahmad Dahlan's progressive thoughts were confronted with hate incidents from religious and community leaders because they were considered contradictory to the Islamic tradition and religion. This article compares the thoughts of Said Nursi and Ahmad Dahlan in how hatred was transformed into nonviolent practices. It shows a different perspective in criticising as well as complementing various nonviolent ways and peacebuilding movements today. This perspective offers contribution to the Islamic movements and the Muhammadiyah in responding to the challenges of plurality, nonviolence, and peace in Indonesia.

Revaluation of Cheng Xiaoqing’s Detective Fictions

Cheng Xiaoqing is a great writer of modern Chinese detective fictions, with his unique creative vision and artistic technique, he pioneered the creation paradigm of modern Chinese detective fictions and broadened the theoretical construction on it. His series of detective fictions “Hawthorne detective case” were popular, elegant and novel, integrated with classical and modern style characteristics, full of scientific spirits and progressive thoughts, which could not only arouse happy feelings of readers, but also realize the literary utility of enlightening ignorant and awakening the new people, showing unique enlightenment and modernity characteristics. His brilliance raised his detective fictions above the other fictions of the same era. Moreover, Cheng Xiaoqing’ writing process showed the struggle, innovation and persistence of modern Chinese writers in the floating times. As a result, Cheng Xiaoqing should have a place in the history of modern Chinese literature.

Woke, “Theory Woke”, Geo-woke: On the Difficult Evolution of Progressive Thought as Evidenced by Intellectual Trends

Woke, “Theory Woke”, Geo-woke: On the Difficult Evolution of Progressive Thought as Evidenced by Intellectual Trends

Book Review: The Honky Tonk on the Left: Progressive Thought in Country Music edited by Mark Allan Jackson

Mark Allan Jackson, ed. The Honky Tonk on the Left: Progressive Thought in Country Music . Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2018. This collection makes an important intervention in analysis of country music’s cultural politics by detailing the presence of progressive thought within

PERNIKAHAN LINTAS AGAMA DALAM PERSPEKTIF JARINGAN ISLAM LIBERAL (JIL)

The Liberal Islamic Network (JIL) is a community with progressive thoughts. The community whose routine agenda deals with the discussion of social and religious issues believe that there are different ideas with what most Muslim scholars commonly follow particularly in social aspects of Muslim daily lives (mu’ammalah). The liberal thoughts they campaign brought the writer to a comprehensive research on their cross-religion marriage perspective that is nationally known by among most people nowadays. This research was mainly aimed to find out why the Liberal Islamic Network allows a cross-religion marriage which has long been prohibited by both Islamic legal system and Indonesian positive common law. The findings of the research help the writer find the fact that the idea of the Liberal Islamic Network is based on several approaches, i.e. history, normative theology, philosophy and sociology. The Liberal Islamic Network makes some interpretations on well-known religious texts that are understood as the major issue which forbids the cross-religion marriage. It interprets these religious texts using non-liberal methods with some adjustments towards the socio-cultural condition and the context of people especially in Indonesia. The plural and universal values which have been the main icon of the Network were also proposed to be the basic value of permitting this kind of marriage

The Continuing Challenge of Progressive Thought: Lessons from a College in Prison

The Continuing Challenge of Progressive Thought: Lessons from a College in Prison

The Gülen Movement, Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama: Progressive Islamic Thought, Religious Philanthropy and Civil Society in Turkey and Indonesia

This article looks at three Islamic movements, two (Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah) almost exclusively contained within Indonesia and the third (the Gülen movement, known amongst those associated with it as the hizmet or “service”) originating in Turkey but now global in its extent. These movements are Islamically inspired and generally described as Islamic social movements, but much of their activity is concerned with the provision of social services, particularly education, and all three run extensive school systems. It is often insufficiently understood that these school systems are committed to teaching modern curricula in a secular fashion. Although these movements are very concerned with the development of character and the promotion of morality, and may be described as socially conservative, they are essentially progressive social movements, looking to the future with confidence and at plural society around them with an optimism that their understanding of Islam can thrive in modern society. The hizmet and NU share a similar traditional Sunni approach, strongly imbued with a Sufi sensibility, whereas Muhammadiyah is inspired by Islamic modernism. The hizmet, seen from an Indonesian perspective, combines the modern organizational competency of Muhammadiyah and the spirituality of the NU. All three movements share similarities with Western philanthropic religious movements committed to providing high-quality education.