FUNDAMENTALISME ISLAM DALAM PANDANGAN YUSUF QARDHAWI

Abstract

Fundamentalism is a negative term given by the West to Islam. But fundamentalism itself is in fact a global phenomenon that can be found in all traditions of the greatest religions in the world. Yusuf Qardhawi gives a term of fundamentalism ash-shahwah because according to him this is the most appropriate term for it. Although the West view fundamentalism negatively such as terrorist, radical, and militant, Yusuf Qardhawi views it positively. According to him, ash-shahwah means resurgence, the awareness of describing the phenomenon of contemporary Islam. He further reveals that we would always agree to ash-washathiyatul al-Islam (jalan tengah) which is based on finding the easier way and giving good news and integrating originality and innovation.