Thirty Years After Islamic Revolution
On this day in 1979 a massive tectonic shift in Iran’s social and political affairs began to occur. The giant of the region, asleep for more than 150 years, awoke to find that during its long absence complacency and negligence had blighted and warped the contours of the ancient land’s identity. Those old enough to remember the former monarchy in Iran and the society formed around its tastes and decadence, also recall that all was essentially far from well. There was a first world mirage superimposed on the true visage of a developing country. It was almost as if a fresh coat of (more…)
Add comment February 6, 2009
Mengoptimalkan Fungsi Zakat
Abad Badruzaman
Ada dua corak dalam memersepsikan zakat, pertama, zakat dipandang sebagai institusi untuk mencapai keadilan sosial; sebagai mekanisme penekanan akumulasi modal pada sekelompok kecil masyarakat. Lalu apakah dengan porsi 2,5 persen sudah cukup adil? Kedua, mempersepsi zakat sebagai lembaga karitas. Yang kaya harus memerhatikan yang tidak punya, namun tidak dalam konteks untuk mendistribusikan kekayaan secara adil sehingga tidak terkumpul pada sekelompok orang saja.[1] (more…)
5 comments February 4, 2009
Definisi Terorisme
Ayatullah Syaikh Muhammad Ali Taskhiri
TERORISME merupakan sebuah istilah yang saat ini banyak digembar-gemborkan oleh media massa dunia. Tulisan ini ingin mendefinisikan istilah terorisme dalam perspektif yang luas dan membedakannya dengan perjuangan rakyat membela negaranya dan pembebasan wilayah mereka. Ini berarti bahwa kita akan mempertimbangkan langkah-langkah berikut. (more…)
2 comments January 21, 2009
Hussain: The Universal Leader
Sumber: http://www.aimislam.com
It is in the very nature of great reformers that they belong to everybody, everywhere. Hussain’s noble deed is so relevant to the entire human race that I am sure there is a far bigger audience waiting for him somewhere than the one he already has. All that is required is to draw people’s attention. (more…)
4 comments January 15, 2009
Masjid dan Risalahnya
Bagi kaum Muslim, masjid bukan tempat khusus bagi para rahib, bukan pojok tersendiri bagi para pemalas, bukan pula tempat tersendiri bagi kaum santri. Tidak ada lembaga kerahiban dalam Islam. Kepada Abû Dzar Rasulullah Saw. bersabda: “Hendaklah kamu berjihad sesugguhnya jihad merupakan kerahiban bagi umatku” (HR. Riwayat Ibn Hibân dan al-Hâkim). (more…)
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A Guideline for Islamic Governance
| In the Name of Almighty God, the All-Knowing, the Most Lovingly Compassionate One’s perspective regarding government and governance determines the way one should cooperate with the people. If one recognizes government as a privilege and prey of the governors, then the period of governance can be counted as an opportunity to fulfill the expectations of certain individuals and groups or the ostentation and hedonism of the governors. But if in our view, “government” would be a responsibility before God for establishing justice and a duty to ensure the rights of common people, serving the servants of God and helping the oppressed- then the most important issue will be the people’s concerns. If this is the case, governors would not view themselves as better than other people and they wouldn’t put themselves in any other position except serving the people. Based upon this view point … Written by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at 22:21, 2007/12/01 |
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January 7, 2009
Beramal dengan Paradigma Akhlak
Kalau kita kaji secara mendalam keseluruhan ajaran agama baik yang bersifat kewajiban maupun larangan, semuanya bermuara pada satu tujuan yaitu melahirkan akhlak yang mulia pada diri para pelakunya. Nabi Saw. sendiri menyimpulkan keseluruhan risalah yang dibawanya dalam sebuah term: makârim al-akhlâq, akhlak yang mulia. “Aku diutus untuk menyempurnakan akhlak yang mulia.”[1] (more…)
14 comments December 22, 2008
WAWASAN ALQURAN TENTANG DISTRIBUSI HARTA
A. Pendahuluan
Alquran adalah sumber ajaran Islam. Kitab Suci ini menempati posisi sentral, bukan saja dalam perkembangan dan pengembangan ilmu-ilmu keislaman, tetapi juga merupakan inspirator, pemandu dan pemadu gerakan-gerakan umat Islam sepanjang empat belas abad sejarah umat ini.[1] (more…)
1 comment December 15, 2008
Hikmah
“It (din al-fitrah) gives him the world to reknead and remold in the service of God. To serve God is hence to create culture and civilization. But this is none other than to attain the highest possible self-fulfillment.”
Ismail al-Faruqi in Islam and Other Faiths
December 10, 2008
Message to Hajj Pilgrims
source: http://www.aimislam.com/news/news/message-to-hajj-pilgrims
The following is the full text of Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s message to pilgrims:
In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful (more…)
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