Human Rights and Islamic Law Discourse: The Epistemological Construction of Abul A’la Al-Maududi, Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim, and Mashood A. Baderin

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the epistemological construction of human rights from the orthodox perspective of Al-Maududi, the liberalism perspective of An-Na'im, and the moderatism perspective of Baderin. This study uses library research with a descriptive-qualitative approach. This study shows that the presence of Al-Maududi's human rights orthodoxy seeks to campaign that the concept of human rights owned by Islam is far more humanistic than the ones campaigned for and standardized by the Western. On the other hand, the presence of liberalism belief moderated by Abdullahi Ahmad An-Na'im strives to fight for Islamic human rights, which can comply with the human rights standards of the Western. The standardization of An-Na'im's liberalism departs from the view that human beings are the measure of everything. Therefore, that human rights liberalism is anthropocentric and secular. In the middle of those two different points of view about human rights, Mashood A. Baderin tried to mediate Islam and human rights harmoniously. For Baderin, instead of making those two piles contradict, they should be synergized with each other. Theoretically and practically, this article offers a discourse between the dialectical discourse of Islamic and western human rights.Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis bagaimana konstruksi epistemologi ortodoksi HAM dalam perspektif Al-Maududi, konstruksi epistemologi liberalisme HAM dalam perspektif An-Na’im, serta konstruksi epistemologi moderatisme HAM dalam pandangan Baderin. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kepustakaan dengan pendekatan deskriptif-kualitatif. Adapun hasil dari studi ini menunjukkan bahwa kehadiran ortodoksi HAM Al-Maududi berupaya mengkampanyekan bahwa konsep HAM yang dimiliki Islam merupakan konsep HAM yang jauh lebih humanis ketimbang HAM yang dikampanyekan dan distandarkan oleh Barat. Sebaliknya, kehadiran liberalisme HAM ala Abdullahi Ahmad An-Na’im berupaya memperjuangkan bahwa HAM Islam harus mengikuti standar HAM yang dimiliki oleh Barat. Standarisasi liberalisme HAM An-Na’im berangkat dari pandangan yang menjadikan manusia sebagai ukuran dari segala sesuatu. Oleh karena itu, liberalisme HAM bersifat antroposentris dan sekuler. Di tengah kedua kutub pemikiran HAM yang berbeda tersebut, Mashood A. Baderin berusaha mendudukkan Islam dan HAM secara harmonis. Bagi Baderin, keduanya tidak harus dipertentangkan, melainkan disinergikan satu sama lain. Secara teoritis dan praktis, artikel ini menawarkan sebuah diskursus antara wacana HAM Islam dan barat yang dialektis.

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