Menakar RUU Kkg Dari Perspektif Kajian Hukum Islam

The Draft Law on Gender Equality is an early draft at the socialization stage, still to receive inputs from the society. However, there have been many negative responses and many Islamic groups reject it wholesale. Their argument interalia, is that the draft law is secular in nature and is thus contradictory to fundamentalist Islamic teachings and law. This article will attempt to discuss and position the draft law within the ambit of Islamic law. The general conclusion is that while most of the ideas contained within the draft law is much in line with the principles of Islamic law, several articles which conflict with Islamic law need to be revised and changed. The shortcomings and errors within the draft law are indeed in need of criticism, but it should not be a reason to reject the entire draft la

Kepala Negara Perempuan dalam Perspektif Hadis

The classical ulama agreed that women are not allowed to be the head ofa state. This view was based on, among others, the context when they lived. Besides, there was an often quoted hadith stating that it was forbidden for the Muslim community to choose women as their head of state. This is of course a discriminative view, 'especially when is considered in light of current socio-political circumstances. This article is an initial attempt to scrutinize this very hadith both from its chain of transmission and from its content. There are two approaches developed by the ulama in understanding hadith texts: some tended to explore the generality of the hadith texts, and some tended to analyze the context within which the texts were writte