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Nahdlatul Ulama ( Indonesian pronunciation: [nahˈdatʊl ʊˈlama], lit. 'Revival of the Ulama ', NU) is an Islamic organization in Indonesia. Its membership numbered over 95 million in 2021, [ 2] making it the largest Islamic organization in the world. [ 3] NU is also a charitable body funding schools and hospitals as well as organizing ...
Islam. Islam ( / ˈɪzlɑːm, ˈɪzlæm / IZ-la (h)m; [ 7] Arabic: ٱلْإِسْلَام, romanized : al-Islām, IPA: [alʔɪsˈlaːm], lit. 'submission [to the will of God]') is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
Islam Nusantara is defined as an interpretation of Islam that takes into account local Indonesian customs in forming its fiqh. [ 2] It tends to express greater pluralism and moderation, opposition to fundamentalism, and a degree of syncretism with local traditions. In June 2015, Indonesian President Joko Widodo openly expressed his support for ...
In Indonesian Islamic education, Kitab kuning ( lit. 'yellow book') refers to the traditional set of the Islamic texts used by the educational curriculum of the Islamic seminary in Indonesia, especially within the madrasahs and pesantrens. Coverage of kitab kuning extends from the principles of Islamic jurisprudence ( usul al-fiqh ), Islamic ...
Islamic culture or Muslim culture refers to the historic cultural practices that developed among the various peoples living in the Muslim world.These practices, while not always religious in nature, are generally influenced by aspects of Islam, particularly due to the religion serving as an effective conduit for the inter-mingling of people from different ethnic/national backgrounds in a way ...
Allāhu ʾAkbar ( أكبر) "Allah is [the] greatest". Greater than anything or anyone, imaginable or unimaginable. ʿĀlim ( عالِم) lit. One who knows. A scholar (in any field of knowledge) ; a jurist or scientist (who knows science) or a theologian (who knows religion ); similar to Japanese sensei, "teacher".
Unlike contemporary scholarship, which relied on traditions and historical narratives from early Islam, Ibn Taymiyya's methodology was a mixture of the selective use of hadith and a literal understanding of the Quran. [226] [227] He rejected most philosophical approaches to Islam and proposed a clear, simple and dogmatic theology instead. [226]
Diagram showing the various branches of Islam: Sunnīsm, Shīʿīsm, Ibadism, Quranism, Non-denominational Muslims, Mahdavia, Ahmadiyya, Nation of Islam, and Sufism. The original schism between Kharijites, Sunnīs, and Shīʿas among Muslims was disputed over the political and religious succession to the guidance of the Muslim community ( Ummah ...