This paper is divided into three parts. The first part will provide a general overview of some major approaches in the discussion on the relationship between Islam and liberalism. Following this, the next section will briefly elaborate Talal Asad's notion of Islam as 'a discursive tradition' and John Rawls' distinction between liberalism and political liberalism and how they might contribute to the discussion on the relationship between Islam and liberalism. In the final part, the paper will then present a general observation on the evolving encounter between Islam and liberalism in Indonesia and the accompanying debate over this encounter among major Islamic groups in the country. In doing so, it will be argued that while liberalism as a comprehensive doctrine has been, and will remain, contested among Indonesan Muslims, there has been a growing support among them for 'political liberalism', although not in a purely Ralwsian sense.

Artikel ini bemsaha mmjawab bebercpa pertanyaan seputar hubungan dan kesesuaian antara Islam dan modernitasyang terus dimunculkan dan semakin diperdebatkan menyusul tragedi 11 September. Secara khusus, artikel ini mengkaji kembali secara kritis teori "benturan peradaban" (clash of civiiizations) dan penerjemahannya he dalam kampanye pemerintah Amerika Serikat tentang 'perang global melawan teror" {global war on terror). Argumen utama artikel ini adalah bahwaparadigma "benturan peradaban"yang sangat terkait dengan proyek unilateral *perangglobal melawan teror"pimpinan AmerikaSerikat secara konseptual menyesatkan dan secara empiris gagal menjawab persoalan radikalisme dan fundamentalisme Islam. Dikemukakan bahwa ketimbang mengkampanyekan 'benturan peradaban" dan menggunakan pendekatanyang unilateral dan militersitik terhadap persoalan-persoalan politik global, perhatian dan energiyang lebih semestinya ditujukan pada upaya untuk menjawab isuisu etis dan keadilan yang muncul daripolarisasi global dalam kekayaan, pendapatan dan kekuasaan.

IndonesIan Journal of InterdIscIplInary IslamIc studIesThe Indonesian Journal of Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies, published biannually by the Doctoral Program in Islamic Law, Islamic University of Indonesia, serves as a platform for intellectual exchanges and interdisciplinary studies on various aspects of Islam including, but not limited to, theology, law, education, economy and politics and how they are historically and contingently embedded, expressed and articulated in a variety of historical contexts. The journal welcomes contributions from scholars and researchers of various disciplinary backgrounds in the form of original (theoretical or empirical) research articles on various issues related to Islam in both its normative and historical dimensions.

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