Institutional Repository UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta: No conditions. Results ordered -Date Deposited. 2024-03-29T07:08:31ZEPrintshttp://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/images/sitelogo.pnghttps://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/2014-01-03T03:56:45Z2017-03-01T07:56:35Zhttp://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/id/eprint/9807This item is in the repository with the URL: http://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/id/eprint/98072014-01-03T03:56:45ZPESANTREN AND THE FREEDOM OF THINKING: Study of Ma‘had Aly Pesantren
Sukorejo Situbondo, East Java, IndonesiaVarious studies on Pesantren have been conducted through various lenses and
perspectives; however, its attractiveness is still there. In some points, the pesantren
is well known as a conservative institution in which freedom of thinking is
limited. This article is willing to show that not all pesantrens limit their
students’ freedom of thinking. One of them is Ma‘had Aly (higher education),
one of the education institution in Pesantren Salafiyah Syafi’iyah Sukorejo
Situbondo which focuses its teaching on fiqh. Fiqh, or Islamic jurisprudence,
is one of the branches of Islamic science. In some pesantrens, the teaching
of fiqh is limited to one school or madhhab, particularly school of Shafi‘i.
However, in Ma‘had Aly, not only one school of thought is taught, but fiqh
of four schools of thought. It shows a high tolerance and respect for differences.
In order to seek a new ingredient in formulating Islamic law, the teaching of
fiqh is combined with other sciences such as philosophy, sociology, and
anthropology. This new ingredient produces a rich discourse of fiqh and
widens its scope of discussion to include to religious relationships, gender,
human rights, ecology, and other contemporary issues such as interfaith marriage,
the possibility of a non-Muslim being president, and the role of women in the
public sphere. Looking from the curriculum, the method of teaching, and the
publication of bulletin of Tanwirul Afkar, this article proves that freedom
of thinking is well-maintained at Ma‘had Aly.HATIM GAZALIABD. MALIK