Tariq Ramadhan (Rethinking Islamic Reform) - Notes

Tariq Ramadhan
(Rethinking Islamic Reform)
Venue : Hotel Renaissance
Date : 14th July 2012

From : Hafs Hasbi Ganu

-Psychological attitude - way you look others - we are diversified - Surah al-Maidah, 48
-Often Muslim- competition of power, not good deed

1) Concept of reform 
-all the mujaddidun came back to text - Jumud and taqlid - Nowadays, we have muqallid mujaddid, they are repeating the reformer, imitating their ways without considering the context - need to take the text seriously

2) "Reform" from Christianity?
-It is the concept of Islah -come back to sound state- Innama nahnu muslihun
-Double alienation- You think about yourself through other eyes, in fact you are ignorance of yourself- International Intellectual Disease- We don't read- We neglect the history- Shariah not only Islamic law but also include other aspects of life- law and legislation is important, but the philosophy behind it is very important- we not change the Quran and Sunnah, but reforming Muslim mind- The problem is the readers and the implementation, not the text itself- Respect your mind through critical thinking, dialogue, be serious in knowledge, read book


3) Genuine Authentic Sufism 
-Spiritual aspect -the concept of Ummatan Wasato and Khairu Ummah- Hadith "Spread Salam"- We are the agent of peace- Jurisprudence= catch up the reality, in fact, it is to change ourselves to be better- Iqra'- Read- Ya Muqallibal Qulub- Reform your heart- Spiritual reform- principle of ethics- If you obsessed with law, we will think to catch up with reality- But if we are looking by spiritual perspective, we will look at to transform the world better- Adding Islam word in every field, eg; Islamic Finance, Islamic Sociology- This is adapting, not reforming- Think about the philosophy of law- Sometimes, we used the maqasid syariah to change from hajiyyat to dharuriyat, because we are adapting, not reforming- Psychological- we are very quick to assess our leader but not reassess ourselves- We are between ignorance of majority and out of touch scholar

Salafist is the noble word- but Media has manipulated it same as the word jihad- law without understanding means implementing the law without thinking about the objective - the principle in maqasid syariah is wide - need creativity to understand in contextual framework- need to shift the authority; who speaks for muslim- need to balance between the professional stream and religious stream- need to criticize, not only the authority of scholar but need to blame yourself for becoming the passive, don't want to change

What will we propose?- Economic model, we need to go beyond that- What is our response regarding to global warming? -principle of good governance is courageous of citizen- Questioning the methodology and authority- liberate our mind and intellectual

Humanity- listen to what people say- take from other civilization- discuss and listen- ambitious= you can't do it alone, but you could try- tawakkal- power of rationality also limit the rationality but limiting the rationality doesn't mean you cannot question rationality

Homosexual- I respect who you are but I don't agree with you as it is against my philosophy of belief- In the name of human right, you cannot force me to accept your thought as it is against my philosophy of belief- If you want to do, do it yourself- But you cannot force people to accept what did you do