Membangun fiqih toleransi: Refleksi terhadap fatwa-fatwa aliran sesat di Indonesia

Abstract

As a country consisting of a variety of race, language, culture and religion, Indonesia is supposed to maintain and take care of the existing differences. This is legally protected by 1945 Constitution Article 29 Verse 2. However, the phenomenon of some sects considered as deviant shows otherwise. Those sects always get much attention from both Indonesian Council of Ulama (MUI) and Nahdlatul Ulama which issue some fatwas later on. Those fatwas are actually advisory instead of compulsory. However, the labeling as deviant possibly causes disharmony and disintegration among society. Therefore, those fatwas do not solve the problems. In fact, they would trigger any friction among social groups and lead into any disadvantageous fights which could threaten the national harmony.The process of fatwa making should not be based on the normative laws which solely use and consider theological approach and result the judgmental product of fatwa. Instead, the social and psychological condition of society needs to take into account. MUI and NU need to issue fatwas which consider and put forward the appreciation on the humanistic values to build national harmony with tolerance and mutual respect on every existing belief.