Multiculturalism in Liberal and Islamic Perspectives

Isnarmi, Isnarmi (2009) Multiculturalism in Liberal and Islamic Perspectives. Educare: International Journal for Educatiobal Studies, 2 (1). pp. 17-24. ISSN 1979-7877

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It is used to discuss muzticulturalism comesfiom liberalphilosophy since the latest improvement of the multicultumlism ideas occur in liberalism soctOCtety like American and European. To understand the meaning of multiculturalism, howevet; culture is viewed as a dynamicprocess of human adaptation toward their historical journey as the way to defense their life through a sympathetic involvement in understanding and responding the world. The connection of multiculturalism to liberalism ideas shows that multiculturalism is a fitrther itnprovement of poIiticalphilosophy of liberalism, or it may be also inferred that multiculturalism is an antirhesis toward libeml political theory itself: Howwet; the ideas of multiculturalism also develop in Islamic tradition. The basic multicultumlism concept in Islam can be traced in daily life of plural society during the Medina government under the Prophet Muhammad SAW peace be upon him)'s authority and firtherrnore continued by the next generation. The distinctions of multiculturalism concepts between liberal and Islamic perspectives can be an interesting topic to discuss as an effort to enrich multicultumlism understanding that now becomes a real challenging idea in this globalization era.

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