Islamic Sharia
Kata Pengantar Editor Islamic Sharia Liberal Muslim Perspective Title: Syariat Islam, Pandangan Muslim Liberal (Islamic Sharia, Liberal Muslim Perspective) Author: Al Asymawi, Saiful Mujani, Azyumardi Azra, Taufik Adnan Amal, Ulil Abshar-Abdalla, et all. Editor: Burhanuddin Publisher: Jaringan Islam Liberal and the Asia Foundation, June 2003 Price: Rp. 22.000,- The formulation of historical Islamic law called sharia (An-Na’im, 1994) is complicated regarding its relation with Islam as a belief. Whenever Islamic sharia is discussed within the historical and profane locus and context, Islamic sharia cannot expect any privilege due to consideration of its sacred function and source. Most of Islamic sharia activists are not ready for rational public discussion. Statements like “sharia is final” or “sharia is superior to secular constitution” for instance, painted the annual session of People’s Consultative Council (MPR). The religious aspiration of some groups to give an Islamic vision to a
