Strengthening Islam Rahmatan Lil ‘Alamin: World Peace and Welfare

Rohayana, Ade Dedi and Ahmad, Maghfur and Ta'rifin, Ahmad and Muna, Arif Chasanul (2015) Strengthening Islam Rahmatan Lil ‘Alamin: World Peace and Welfare. Program Pascasarjana dan STAIN Pekalongan Press, Pekalongan. ISBN 9789793968-79-7

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Abstract

For the last few decades, Islam globally has been attributed to a negative and pejorative image. Vandalism, anarchy, intolerance and social conflicts demonstrated by moslems in some countries has contributed to the building of such an image. Middle East Islamic countries are experiencing political and social unrest leading to destruction of a number of aspects of people’s lives. At the same time radical Islamic movements in some countries have their confidence declaring Islamic state and opposing the nation state through violence endangering all citizens. Ironically, these actions are claimed to have support from the holy book and the Prophet’s tradition. This situation is worsened by adverse economic condition amongst Moslem in those countries. The underdeveloped condition of their economy has resulted in poverty, low level of education, crime, and cultural backwardness. This has pushed these countries to exercise high dependency on assistance –which is believed to have hidden agendafrom developed ones in monetary, education and politics. The dependency seems to be continuously maintained by those developed countries bringing about various Islamic movements ranging from ones welcoming modern changes to ones that are anarchist practicing fundamentalism.

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