The Strategic Role of Secularism in Transforming the Islamic Political World
Keywords:
sekularisme, pemikiran islam, eksistensiAbstract
The development of Islam from its inception until now has given birth to various ideologies, including secularism. This idea was previously unheard of in Islam because Islam does not recognize polarization in everyday life. Islam is a multifaceted religious teaching with ijtihad as its guiding principle. The emergence of Western secularism is one of the newest and most significant ideas in Islam. There are some people who argue that Islamic secularism is not contradictory (constructive). However, many also argue that Islam and Secularism are incompatible because attitudes about spirituality and religion (non-religion and non-spiritualism) are closely related to Secularist beliefs. In this research, the author uses a qualitative approach (library research) with descriptive analysis, which involves analyzing available data or some information before the author analyzes it. The author concludes by saying that the Islamic views in the book Secularism do not actually conflict with the conditions mentioned above. Among them, knowledge and understanding can be based freely; this means it is not limited, including the need to be based on religion. However, after it becomes a modification or practice, it becomes sharia.

