Kontradiksi Dalam Konsep Politik Islam Eksklusif Sayyid Quthb

Perkembangan kelompok Islam eksklusif yang mengklaim keimanan dan ideologinya paling benar ketimbang yang lainnya semakin merebak dewasa ini. Kelompok itu tidak hanya terwujud dalam gerakan kultural saja, akan tetapi juga mewujud dalam gerakan politik. Di Indonesia, gerakan ini digaungkan oleh kelompok-kelompok yang mempropagandakan berlakunya syariat Islam sebagai undang-undang dan khilafah Islamiyah sebagai sistem negara. Artikel ini berusaha untuk membahas tentang pemikiran politik Sayyid Quthb yang dinilai sebagai seorang inspirator para pemikir politik Islam eksklusif setelahnya. Dengan menggunakan metode kritik intern dan ekstern, penulis menyimpulkan bahwa pemikiran Sayyid Quthb sebenarnya sangat dipengaruhi oleh dominasi konteks konflik lokal Mesir maka dari itu masih perlu dipertanyakan tentang keuniversalan konsep-konsepnya. Dalam mengikuti manhaj al-Qur\u27an dan para Salaf al-salih, Sayyid Quthb kurang kritis tentang mengapa manhaj tersebut digunakan sehingga dalam pergerakan politiknya ia menggunakan manhaj yang tidak relevan bila dibawa ke zaman modern.The development of Islamic exclusive sect who claim truest faith and ideology than the another is more wide spread today. The sect is not only manifested in the cultural movement, but also manifests themselves in political movements. This movement spread by sect that propagate into force of Islamic law as the law and the Islamic khilafah as a state system in Indonesia. This article discusses about the political thought of Sayyid Quthb considered as an inspiration exclusive Islamic political thinkers there after. By using internal and external criticism method, the authors conclude that the thought of Sayyid Quthb in factstrongly influenced by the dominance of the Egyptian context of local conflicts and therefore still need to be questioned about the universality of concept. Infollowing the Qur\u27an and the manhaj of the Salaf al-salih, Sayyid Quthbless critical about why the manhaj used. So in the political movement, he usesthe irrelevant manhaj to applied in the modern era

Islam Dan Budaya Di Banten: Menelisik Tradisi Debus Dan Maulid

Sejarah mencatat pada awal abad 19, Banten menjadi rujukan para ulama di Nusantara, bahkan di Asia Tenggara, khususnya tentang ilmu keIslaman. Kebudayaan Banten, yang nampak sederhana, sesungguhnya memiliki kompleksitas yang tinggi. Artikel ini mengetengahkan potret budaya Banten dengan memfokuskan pada dua pokok bahasan yakni atraksi debus dan tradisi Panjang Maulid. Penelitian menemukan bahwa beragamnya seni pertunjukan kesenian rakyat Banten, yang berkembang secara turun temurun, tidak terlepas dari pengaruh keagamaan, khususnya Islam

The effect of 12 weeks Anethum graveolens (dill) on metabolic markers in patients with metabolic syndrome; A randomized double blind controlled trial

Background: The clustering of metabolic abnormalities defined as metabolic syndrome is now both a public health and a clinical problem .While interest in herbal medicine has greatly increased, lack of human evidence to support efficacies shown in animals does exist. This clinical trial study designed to investigate whether herbal medicine, Anethum graveolens (dill) extract, could improve metabolic components in patients with metabolic syndrome. Methods: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial using a parallel design was conducted. 24 subjects who had metabolic syndrome diagnostic criteria (update of ATP III) were randomly assigned to either dill extract (n = 12) or placebo (n = 12) for 3 months. Results: Across lipid component of metabolic syndrome, no significant differences in triglyceride (TG) concentration and high density lipoprotein cholesterol were seen between the two groups. However TG improved significantly from baseline (257.0 vs. 201.5p = 0.01) with dill treatment but such a significant effect was not observed in placebo group. Moreover, no significant differences in waist circumference, blood pressure and fasting blood sugar were seen between two groups after 3 months follow up period. Conclusion: In this small clinical trial in patients with metabolic syndrome, 12 weeks of dill extract treatment had a beneficial effect in terms of reducing TG from baseline. However dill treatment was not associated with a significant improvement in metabolic syndrome related markers compared to control group. Larger studies might be required to prove the efficacy and safety of long-Term administration of dill to resolve metabolic syndrome components. © 2012 Mansouri et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd

Evaluation of the sensitivity of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from nasal swabs to natural honey

Introduction: Bacterial resistance to antibacterial agents is a very serious threat to public health. Where some antibacterial agents prove ineffective, the antibacterial properties of honey have been shown to be highly efficacious against several human bacterial pathogens. The purpose of this study is to investigate the sensitivity of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from the nursing staff of a hospital to natural honey.Methods: In this study, 35 strains of methicillin-resistant S. aureus samples were selected from hospital staff’s nasal swabs. Two strains were vancomycin-resistant. The serial dilution tube test methodwas used to determine minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC). The susceptibility of each strain of staph bacteria to natural honey without wax was determined and compared with that of a glucose solution with the same density.Results: In all strains, except for the two strains resistant to vancomycin, MIC level was <8.3% (v/v). The MIC of glucose as dense as honey was four times higher. The two vancomycin-resistant strains were completely resistant to natural honey.Conclusions: This study has therefore demonstrated that inhibiting bacterial growth is not merely done by purely natural honey not because of osmolality, but vancomycin-resistant bacteria are not sensitive to natural honey. Key words: Sensitivity, Staphylococcus aureus, natural honey, minimum inhibitory concentratio

Investigating the antecedents to the adoption of SCRM technologies by start-up companies

Despite their fairly recent emergence, start-up companies now play an important role in the economic development of countries around the globe. These companies have fewer tangible assets and capital, and therefore, the efficient delivery of services and products is a key business priority for them. Customer relationship management (CRM) technologies, which are designed to facilitate customer engagement during the design, development and delivery of services and products may play a significant role in the success or failure of start-up companies. Developments in new communication technologies have transformed traditional CRM into electronic CRM (eCRM), mobile CRM (mCRM); and more recently, social CRM (SCRM). However, there remains very little understanding of the factors affecting SCRM adoption in start-up businesses. The relative newness of SCRM technologies, coupled with the swiftly evolving nature of start-up companies: which has made them difficult cases to study – has limited the amount of research undertaken in this area. This paper aims to close this gap by proposing a framework that depicts the factors affecting start-up companies’ intention to adopt SCRM applications, and explores the relative importance of these factors. Inspired by an extended Technological, Organisational and Environmental (TOE) framework, this paper investigates effects of technological characteristics (TC), organisational characteristics (OC), environmental characteristics (EC) and managerial characteristics (MC) on start-up companies’ intentions to adopt SCRM applications. The results outlined in this research indicate that the observability, compatibility and trialability of SCRM solutions positively affect SCRM adoption in start-up businesses. Moreover, the availability of internal financial resources has a similarly positive effect. When considering environmental characteristics, it was found that support from venture capitalists, crowd funding support, governmental support, business angels support and external pressure all positively affect the intention to adopt SCRM applications within start-up businesses

Evaluation of the Sensitivity of Staphylococcus aurous Isolated from Nasal Swabs to Natural Honey

Introduction: Bacterial resistance to antibacterial agents is a very serious threat to public health. Where some antibacterial agents prove ineffective, the antibacterial properties of honey have been shown to be highly efficacious against several human bacterial pathogens. The purpose of this study is to investigate the sensitivity of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from the nursing staff of a hospital to natural honey. Methods: In this study, 35 strains of methicillin-resistant S. aurous samples were selected from hospital staff's nasal swabs. Two strains were vancomycin-resistant. The serial dilution tube test methodwas used to determine minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) .The susceptibility of each strain of staph bacteria to natural honey without wax was determined and compared with that of a glucose solution with the same density. Results: In all strains, except for the two strains resistant to vancomycin, MIC level was < 8.3% (v/v). The MIC of glucose as dense as honey was four times higher. The two vancomycin-resistant strains were completely resistant to natural honey. Conclusions: This study has therefore demonstrated that inhibiting bacterial growth is not merely done by purely natural honey not because of osmolality, but vancomycin-resistant bacteria are not sensitive to natural honey. Keywords: sensitivity, Staphylococcus aurous, natural honey, minimum inhibitory concentratio

Improvement of mechanical properties and fatigue life of stainless steel 316L in 0,9 % NaCl environment by applying shot peening and plasma nitriding treatments

Among metallic biomaterials, AISI 316L has the cheapest price yet but the lowest mechanical properties and it is prone to corrosion. Bone plate failure is often triggered by dynamics load, crevice or pitting corrosion, or a combination of fatigue and crevice or pitting corrosion attack at the same time. Shot peening and plasma nitriding are surface treatments that enhance material properties. This work examined the shot peening duration effects and plasma nitriding on surface to the depth hardness, roughness, droplet contact angle, and fatigue life in environment containing rich chloride ions. The results revealed that shot peening and plasma nitriding improved both surface layer roughness and hardness. Furthermore, shot peening and plasma nitriding reduced droplet contact angle and enhanced the fatigue life of the material