TAREKAT AND PEACE BUILDING: A STUDY OF THE INCLUSIVISM OF THE COMMUNITY OF TEREKAT SYATTARIYYAH IN THE NAGARI OF SUNGAI BULUAH PADANG PARIAMAN REGENCY

Abstract

The life of tarekat community which is rarely eksplored is their social activity like their inclusivism towords other religious communities. This paper eksplores the inclusivism of community of Tarekat Syattariyyah in the nagari of Sungai Buluah Padang Pariaman Regency. The inclusivism of community of Tarekat Syattariyyah based on the orthodoxy of Ahlussunnah Wal Jamaah that they have, namely Shafi'i Fiqh, Ash'Ariyah Theology and Al-Gazali Sufism. This orthodoxy is also called the Wasathiyah Islamic Orthodoxy. This orthodoxy is used to reject the salafi preaching, because the salafi preachers claim the religious patterns of the nagari community as heresy and liberallism. While their acceptance of Nias-Christian based on the inclusivism of the values of Tarekat Syattariyyah, namely: first, basically, the diversity of religion is the will of God. Second, all of the descendants of Adam are glorified by the God. Third, all humans are created from the one Nur, it is the Nur of Muhammad. Based on the above doctrine, hate each other caused of religion, contraradict with the tarekat values.