The duty of a
muslim before acting is having knowledge. In order to keep our faith (aqidah)
on the track, the knowledge (‘ilm) is needed. The greatest crime in islamic
point of view, is a crime in Aqidah al Islamiyah or a crime that changes
foundation of Islam. Those crime and damage in basic knowledge of Islam have
already spreaded in Islamic colleges or universities. There are scenario and
grand design behind it.
The study of
Islam is not a highly demanded subject by most students since it cannot
guarantee their future. Those advanced students tend to be led by their parents
to seek worldly knowledge, not about religion one. Someone who gets the
religious title, no matter how their quality, it is used only to search a job.
Some figures are respected not because of their knowledge and good deeds, but
because of their ability in speaking and also their title of K.H. as a symbol
of ulama or scholar.
Muslims in
Indonesia do not care and do not see this serious problem deeply. Every year,
thousands of religious scholars are sent to study about Islam in western, in
Jews and Christian orientalists. Why do muslims not seriously prepare the
advanced scholars which have the same quality with them?
In rising up the pride of
university, there are several efforts from islamic institutions to enhance
themselves by developing them to become universities. General fields are
opened. Evidently, those general faculties are more inundated by people than
religious faculties. The education of Islam is more complicated since from its
faculties, comes deconstructive thoughts towards Islamic science. Three biggest
challenges given from the Western to Islam nowadays, those are christianity,
orientalism and modern-imperialism.
Thirty years
ago, a muslim scholar Prof. Dr. HM Rasjidi reminded us the danger of applying
Orientalist method in Islamic study in IAIN, UIN and other Islamic
universities. The advises and warnings from him were ignored, and now, it
becomes true.
From
Islamic-labeled universities, the ‘weird’ thoughts and movement come up.
1. from IAIN
Bandung, there came a shocking-screaming, “Welcome to the Free God area.”
2. in 2004,
IAIN Yogyakarta made a new history in Islamic scientific tradition by
permitting a master thesis that attacked the purity and authenticity of AlQuran.
3. from
Syariah faculty of IAIN Semarang, came a journal that attacked Al-Quran and
fought for legalization of homosexual marriage.
Religion pluralism and relativism of truth -The modern concept of shirk
that admits all religion are true- is spreaded and taught in Islamic
universities.
4. from UIN
Jakarta, several lecturers support the legalization of marriage across
religion.
5. and the
most shocking one is from UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya, in OSCAAR 2014, the senate
or SEMA Faculty of Ushuluddin and Philosophy rose the grand theme “God is rot”
Naudzubillahi
min dzalik …
What is going
on with condition and study path of Islam in Islamic universities in Indoneisa?
Why the orientalist framework come easily in Islamic study? Hegemony of western
orientalist in islamic study has proven bringing the serious impact in
spiritual life in indonesia.
This is the
time for IAIN/UIN/STAIN and other Islamic universities to contemplate deeply
and seriously as well as having responsibility –in this world and hereafter-
toward the content, methodology, quality and the Islamic educational path in
every university. The main purpose of Islamic science of high level is to bear
the muslim scholars who have advanced qualification in Islamic science, to be
role models in acting and are able to be the center of Islamic study as the
road to rebuild the great Islamic civilization. Through this all, hoping the
IAIN/UIN/STAIN/PTIS will not be the agent of neo-liberalism development in
religion field that is recently given to the Islamic educational institutions
with worldly offers.
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