Liberal Firqah Mission & Agenda and Ideas of Liberal Firqah

The Liberal Firqah mission is to confront (precisely: destroy) the fundamentalist Islamic movement (www.islamlib.com). they wrote: "Of course, if there are no efforts to prevent the dominance of the militant religious views, it may, in the long run, the views of militant religious groups can become dominant. If this happens, it will have a bad effect on efforts to strengthen democratization in Indonesia. Because militant religious views usually create tensions between existing religious groups. Call it between Islam and Christianity. Open religious views that are open (inclusive), and humanistic are one of the core values ​​that underlie a democratic life. "

Fundamentalist Islam which is opposed to liberal firqah is a person who has five characteristics; namely (1) those who are driven by deep hatred towards the West, (2) those who are determined to restore the past Islamic civilization by reviving the past (3) those who aim to implement Islamic law (4) those who propagate that Islam is a religion and the country, (5) they make the past a guide (guide) for the future.

This was stated by former President of the United States, Richard Nixon (Muhammad Imarah: 75)

In the article entitled "The Four Islamic Agenda That Liberates; Lutfi Asy Syaukani, one of the initiators of JIL who is also a lecturer at Paramadina Mulya University introduced four agendas of Liberal Islam.

First, the political agenda. According to him state affairs are purely world affairs, the royal system and parliamentary (democracy) are the same.

Second, lifting life between religions. According to him, the search for pluralism theology needs to be given the more pluralistic social life in Islamic countries.

Third, women's emancipation and

The fourth freedom of opinion (absolutely).

While from other sources we get four of their agendas are (1) the importance of the ijtihad contextualization (2) commitment to rationality and renewal (3) acceptance of social pluralism and religious pluralism (4) the separation of religion from political parties and the existence of non-sectarian positions country (see Greg Bertan, Idea of ​​Liberal Islam in Indonesia, Library Between Paramadina 1999: XXI)

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