Southeast Asian Muslim Washathyyah in the Global Era

Abstract

Globalization in the world has given the huge impact on the people, as the new condition of the world has brought the world to the globalism- a consciousness and understanding that the world is one. Globalization has also unified the people in a global village that covers all aspects of life such as economic, political, cultural, religious aspects. This paper will explore the concept of wa¡a¯iyyah which stresses on the moderation and accommodative way and its implementation in Southeast Asia. The main idea of the wa¡a¯iyyah or moderation in religious life is that it offers the importance of realizing the concept of Islamic blessing for all the Universe (Islam; Ra¥matan lil ±lam³n). Therefore, the main offer of the Muslim wa¡a¯iyyah movement is to focus on developing civilization, freedom, justice, prosperity and better future for all the people. It is the main capital of the Wa¡a¯iyyah in Southeast Asia to give the significant contribution to the globalization of the world.

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“…The term washathiyyah itself is actually derived purely from Islam, which is illogical, meaning that all its teachings have a characteristic of moderation, therefore followers should be moderate. Moderation refers to the position of wasatiyyah which is an intellectual current characterised by or proclaiming a characteristic as centrist or moderate (wasi) or occupying an intermediate position (wasat) between extreme alternatives (Schwedler 2011) Wasathiyyah is a term used in the Quran to refer to the strategic position of believers (Islamic people) in communities (Harahap 2015). According to Ath-Thabari (2008), the term wasa in verse 143 of al-Baqarah is interpreted as khiyar.…”