“Barangsiapa Memelihara Kehidupan…”: Esai-esai Tentang Nirkekerasan dan Kewajiban Islam

Kaum Muslim saat ini menghadapi dilema besar: di satu sisi, Islam mengajarkan mereka untuk melawan ketidakadilan. Namun, di sisi lain, Islam juga mengatur tata tindakan mana yang diperbolehkan dalam melakukan perlawanan. Buku yang merangkum buah pikiran Chaiwat Satha-Anand, seorang pemikir dan aktivis perdamaian Muslim, selama lebih dari tiga dasawarsa ini berusaha menjawab dilema tersebut dengan menunjukkan bagaimana aksi-aksi nirkekerasan memungkinkan kaum Muslim untuk melawan ketidakadilan sekaligus memelihara nyawa orang-orang tak berdosa. Sudah saatnya peran agama dalam menopang perdamaian ditekankan kembali, diingat kem­Bali, dan ditampilkan kembali sebagai sesuatu yang menarik, yang mungkin, doable, dan penting. Buku ini menunjukkan bahwa ke­mungkinan dan sumber normatif nirkekerasan dan dukungan kepada perdamaian bukan saja sudah ada dalam tradisi agama-agama, atau telah terpateri dalam sejarah para nabi atau sahabat mereka, tetapi juga sudah dan masih dipraktikkan oleh para aktornya di tempat dan konteks tertentu

Imagined Land?: The State and Southern Violencen Thailand (Session 3: Islam and Politics in Thailand)

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A Rumor of Anger

This paper is an attempt to understand “Muslims’ voices” at theadvent of the twenty-first century, especially the angry tonewithin. I would argue that such anger could be construed by situatingthe voices in the context of “pure war” constituted by terrorismused by different groups in the name of Islam, as well asstate violence used in the name of security and order at theexpense of rights and democracy. When the state exercises morecontrol over its population through modern technology, whichrenders private space almost obsolete, rumors are used to offsetits powerful gaze. Rumors about violence in the context of purewar, in turn, engender among Muslims some kinds of negativegroup cohesion that is fertile ground for anger directed against“the others,” as evidenced in Southeast Asia and elsewhere ...</jats:p

The Ship and the Stranger

Relying on a metaphorical approach aiming to produce effects that could change how the world is seen and to help free Muslims from restrictive and conventional religious understanding, this paper discusses the issues of governance and Islam by using the metaphors of “the ship” and “the stranger.” It argues that both help illuminate the idea of “soft governance” in Islam, understood as an attempt to meaningfully connect a multiplicity of actors from different terrains with complex relationships among themselves in the process of governing with a far more pluralistic conceptualization of power.</jats:p

The Ship and the Stranger

Relying on a metaphorical approach aiming to produce effects that could change how the world is seen and to help free Muslims from restrictive and conventional religious understanding, this paper discusses the issues of governance and Islam by using the metaphors of “the ship” and “the stranger.” It argues that both help illuminate the idea of “soft governance” in Islam, understood as an attempt to meaningfully connect a multiplicity of actors from different terrains with complex relationships among themselves in the process of governing with a far more pluralistic conceptualization of power.</jats:p