Islam Nusantara Solusi NU Hadapi Tantangan Masa Depan
AL KHANIF, Islam Nusantara Jember, 31 August 2015 Islamnusantara.com, JAKARTA – Sejak digulirkan beberapa bulan lalu, Islam Nusantara, yang menjadi tema besar muktamar NU ke-33 di Jombang telah memantik kontroversi. Meskipun para penggagas Islam Nusantara sudah menjelaskan bahwa terminologi “Nusantara” tidak dimaksudkan untuk mendirikan mazhab baru didalam Islam, namun tetap saja beberapa kalangan umat Islam […]
NU must deal with members’ persecution of minorities
AL KHANIF, The Jakarta Post London | Wed, August 5, 2015 | 06:02 am Since a few months ago, ‘Islam Nusantara’ or Islam of the Indonesian archipelago, which is the theme of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) congress this year, has stirred controversy. Even though some NU leaders have stated that the concept is not a […]
Questioning a theistic, secular Pancasila to protect religions
AL KHANIF, The Jakarta Post London | Mon, June 1, 2015 | 06:14 am Since its introduction to Indonesian polity 70 years ago today, Pancasila has faced challenges ,particularly in equally protecting all religions in Indonesia as enshrined in its first principle, Belief in One Supreme God. This principle can be called a theistic secular principle […]
Indonesia doesn’t need to further blasphemy law
AL KHANIF, The Jakarta Post London | Fri, January 16, 2015 | 09:58 am The act of blasphemy and its impact on human rights is a worldwide phenomenon. The debate on whether blasphemy laws should be retained, reformed or abolished has been raised by many human rights advocates, as blasphemy legislation brings up complex questions […]