Religion was regarded as a source of prejudice against others who are different, even a source of hatred. In fact, as complex teachings, religions had opposite role, reducing prejudice. This study attempted to find religious values that can be useful for prejudice reduction. With a qualitative method, religious values reducing prejudice were explored from five religions, namely Hinduism, Buddhism, Catholicism, Christianity and Islam. Data were collected through studying religious texts, both from the main sources and the works of religious leaders. The finding found that all religions had fundamental values that could reduce prejudice. These values generally were in the form of respect for diversity, prohibition of acting unfairly, and prohibiting acts of violence. This finding was expected to refute the assumption that religion was a source of prejudice, hatred and horizontal conflict.
Dakwah Islam saat ini belum mampu membawa umat Islam pada kemajuan peradaban sebagaimana pernah dicapai era Keemasan Islam. Sebaliknya, kemajuan Peradaban Barat juga terus dicurigai sebagai perusak keislaman sehingga tidak pantas menjadi sumber inspirasi. Sikap tersebut membuat peradaban Islam jalan di tempat dan lambat mencapai kemajuan Peradaban. Juru Dakwah Islam dituntut mampu mengambil sikap untuk dapat membawa umat menuju peradaban yang lebih tinggi. Dakwah yang lebih ilmiah dan terbuka menjadi tuntutan untuk zaman ini. Oleh karena itu Dakwah harus dikoneksikan dengan keilmuan yang dekat dengan ilmu dakwah, di antaranya adalah Religious Studies dan Islamic Studies. Meksipuan dua keilmuan tersebut secara historis lahir dari rahim sekular Barat, bahkan dipandang tidak ramah dengan Islam, namun jika dikaji secara serius kedua keilmuan tersebut besar manfaatnya bagi dakwah Islam. Tulisan ini menjelaskan sejarah dan pengertian Religious Studies dan Islamic Studies, kemudian menemukan manfaat dari kedua keilmuan tersebut bagi dakwah Islam.
In historical relations between the West and the Islamic world, honesty is a rare dimension. The history of West-East relations seems to be filled with bias and covered in prejudice. The negative stigma of the West towards the East, and vice versa, is still being inherited and reproduced today. Sudibyo Markus tries to present an honest and balanced historical analysis in seeing the West and Islam. This paper is a review of Sudibyo Markus' book entitled Dunia Barat dan Islam, Cahaya di Cakrawala (The West and Islam, Light in the Horizon) published by Gramedia in 2019. Dalam sejarah hubungan dunia Barat dan dunia Islam, kejujuran termasuk dimensi yang langka. Sejarah relasi Barat-Timur seolah dipenuhi bias dan berlumuran prasangka. Stigma negatif Barat terhadap Timur, demikian pula sebaliknya, masih terus terwarisi dan direproduksi hingga kini. Sudibyo Markus mencoba menghadirkan analisis sejarah yang jujur dan berimbang dalam melihat Barat dan Islam. Tulisan ini adalah telaah terhadap buku karya Sudibyo Markus berjudul "Dunia Barat dan Islam, Cahaya di Cakrawala" yang diterbitkan oleh Gramedia tahun 2019.
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