ISLAM OF THE ARCHIPELAGO: COSMOPOLITANISM OF ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION IN INDONESIA

Abstract

This article elucidates and analyses one of the Muslim intellectual heritages in Indonesia which is phenomenal and cosmpolitan, what is called Islam Nusantara (Islam of the Archipelago). The objective of this article is: 1). To know the basic concept of Islam Nusantara, initiated by Nahdhatul Ulama. 2). Analyzing the idea of Islam Nusantara and its implications in religious life in Indonesia. The main problem that became the focus of this writing: first, what is a Social Setting of the Emergence of Islam Nusantara?, second how is the articulation model of Islam Nusantara ?, and third, how the implication it in the context of national and State in today's Indonesia. To answer this problem, the type of research used is qualitative through the library research. The methods used are descriptive, historically, and heuristic. Results obtained: 1. There are three aspects underlying the emergence of the term Islam Nusantara: a). Stigmatisation of the Western world against Islam as a religion of violence. b.). Distortion of the Middle East Islamic political power, and c.. Polarization problem of Islamic thought in Indonesia. 2. Islam Nusantara is a religion that brings universal hospitality or mercy to all the universe. Islam is a cosmopolitan religion. 3. Islam Nusantara can become one of the approaches to addressing the emergence of the hardline Islam in Indonesia.