Islamic Roots of Modern Pluralism: Indonesian Experience

International Journal of Excellence in Islamic Banking and Finance Islamic Banking Service Quality and Withdrawal Risk: The Indonesian Experience

Disputes and Pluralism in Modem Indonesian Land Law

Dogmatism and Theoretical Pluralism in Modern Cosmology

This work discusses the presence of a dogmatic tendency within modern cosmology, and some ideas capable of neutralizing its negative influence. It is verified that warnings about the dangers of dogmatic thinking in cosmology can be found as early as the 1930’s, and we discuss the modern appearance of “scientific dogmatism”. The solution proposed to counteract such an influence, which is capable...

Romantic Roots of Modern Democracy

Political theorists have paid too little attention to the role of literature and the arts in the shaping of political ideals, and of no period is this more true than Rousseau’s. This is a great shame, for “conceptions of the nature and purpose of art closely parallel man’s conceptions of himself and of his destiny,”1 and they speak to us in ways far more compelling than abstract theory can do. ...

Vedic ROOTS of pre-Islamic Arabia and the Kaaba

"Fortunate are those who were born (and lived) during king Vikram’s reign. He was a noble, generous dutiful ruler, devoted to the welfare of his subjects. But at that time we Arabs, oblivious of God, were lost in sensual pleasures. Plotting and torture were rampant. The darkness of ignorance had enveloped our country. Like the lamb struggling for her life in the cruel paws of a wolf we Arabs we...