Indonesia The Country We Love

After 66 years of independence, we need a survey to know what kind of feeling Indonesians have on this country. Are we proud and happy to be Indonesians? Do we have good reasons for those?

Al Ghazali: The Great Skeptic

After Prophet Muhammad (570 – 632) and Rashidun Caliphate (632 – 661) era, in terms of epistemological course, Muslim has been divided into 2 (two) schools of thought, namely: Mu’tazili and Asy’ari. Simply put, Mu’tazili was the rationalists relied on reason and human intellectual power, free will and embrace of Greek legacy of science, in contrast Asy’ari embraced religious source of Al Quran and hadith, no-natural-law principle and occasionalism.

Ibn al-Haytham: The First Scientist

With more than a billion-people strong, Islam dignity has been tainted by some of its adherents’ behavior. They hijacked planes, bombed buildings, committed suicidal attacks and killed the innocence. Worse, until now neither a few good men can elevate Islam status. All in all, Islam is experiencing long dark ages.