Rekonfirmasi Posisi Pancasila Vis-A-Vis Islam  

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Suratno

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: Melintas: An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion vol. 24 no. 03 (Dec. 2008), page 429-442.
Topik: Pancasila; Islamic state
Fulltext: 24_03_Suratno.pdf (152.21KB)

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After the fall of Suharto regime in May 1998, political change was not only marked by the more democratic political atmosphere, but also by the awakening of radical and conservative Islam groups. These groups have ample rooms to promote their agenda. Although they have different agendas such as the implementation of Islamic law, the establishment of Islamic state and even of Islamic Caliphate in Indonesia, they are similar in their attempts to replace Pancasila as the state foundation into Islam. This article aims to show that these attempts are not enough rooted in the history. Historically, the founding fathers clearly stated that Indonesia is neither an Islamic nor secular state; it is a state founded on Pancasila. This phrase summarizes the difficult compromises and agreements among the founding fathers of this Republic concerning the official national ideology, i.e., between the Islamist and nationalist groups. It brings us to a few months before and after the independence day declared on August 17, 1945. There should be no contradiction between Pancasila and Islam. Moderate Muslims in Indonesia already have enough reason to reject the idea of an Islamic state as well as to accept Pancasila as a political reality, as the common platform for a plural Indonesia.

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