Islamic Law Dialectics in Indonesia

Abstract

The struggles for Islamic law in the arena of politics and social movements in Indonesia are colored by various concepts in seeing the necessity of formalizing Islamic law. This difference cannot be separated from the starting point and paradigm used. Adherents of theocratic schools certainly have the belief that what should be used as the basis of state law is religion. On the other hand, religion and state must be separated. Religion must not govern the country and vice versa. These two extreme poles are then mediated by the concept of a religious nation-state, which believes that the state and religion can go hand in hand to complement and influence one another. The state does not make a particular religion as a basis, nor does it reject religion in public law; the state operates on the principles and values imbued by the religions in it. The state guarantees and protects every religious activity carried out by its citizens.