الوسطية في إسلام نوسانتارا

Abstract

This article discusses the Nusantara Islamic movement which first appeared in the community. Islamic Archipelago is a theme which until now still holds big question marks and debates, among Muslim thinkers. Starting from the opinion of some archipelago figures themselves about the main cause of the formation of this idea, to culminate in the concept of wasathiyah or moderate in Nusantara Islam which distinguishes Islam from before. Another opinion even states that this idea is one of the ideas of liberals to renew Islam, with the concept of paying more attention to the context without regard to the text in shari'a matters. This is because liberals do not aim to destroy Islam but re-actualize it in the present context. With a critical character to the Islamic tradition in Arab countries, because Islam began in the Arab region and caused the backwardness of Muslims. So that they want to make progress by prioritizing Islamic values that are in line with the values of Western liberalism. Whereas Islam has its teaching principles, namely, respect for one another, by being moderate, and tolerance so that peace can be created, and forbidding his people to be aloof and away from civilization. Based on the above ideas, the purpose of this research is to find out the moderate concepts in Nusantara Islam and their differences with Islam in general based on the Qur'an with critical studies.