The Role of Jam’iyyatul Islamiyah Organization in Strengthening Religious Moderation in Indonesia (Systems Theory Approach)

Abstract

: This paper examines the role of the Jam'iyyatul Islamiyah (JmI) organization in strengthening the four religious moderation indicators that the government has formulated through the Ministry of Religious Affairs, namely: national commitment, tolerance, anti-violence, and adaptive to local customs or culture. Through a System Theory Approach, our study indicates that JmI has offered several strengthening factors such as the pillar of national commitment need to be strengthened by religious commitments; tolerance needs to be strengthened by i’tirafiyah insaniyah and ukhuwwah imaniyah; anti-violence with the innerfaith dialogue or innersubject dialogue; and adaptive to local culture with budi (the five senses) and morals or akhlak (reason, thought, illusion, understanding, knowledge). Moreover, the local customs need to be strengthened by syarak (innerspiritual or sunnah) and kitabullah (Qur’an). Finally, religious moderation ( ummat wasath ) will be a realization if there is an inclusion on the role of the innersubject ( ruh ) and God. komitmen kebangsaan, toleransi, anti kekerasan dan adaptif terhadap adat atau budaya lokal. Melalui pendekatan sistem, menurut hasil kajian penulis, JmI telah menawarkan beberapa penguatan, yaitu: pilar komitmen kebangsaan perlu diperkuat dengan komitmen keagamaan dan kemanusiaan, toleransi perlu diperkuat dengan i’tirafiyah insaniyah dan ukhuwwah imaniyah, anti kekerasan diperkuat dengan innerfaith dialogue-innersubject dialogue dan adaptif terhadap budaya lokal diperkuat dengan budi (pancaindra) dan akhlak (akal, pikir, khayal, paham, ilmu). Adapun adat perlu diperkuat dengan syarak (batin/sunnah) dan kitabullah (qur’an). Akhirnya, moderasi beragama ( ummat wasath ) akan terwujud jika menyertakan peran ruh ( inner-subject ) dan Tuhan. Kata