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1 Paper Title: Integration of Religion and Science in the Indonesian State Islamic Universities Author(s): Yahya IsmailPage 11Paper Title: Integration of Religion and Science in the Indonesian State IslamicUniversitiesAuthor(s): Yahya IsmailInstitutional Affiliation(s): Lecturer of Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri Surakarta(Surakarta State Islamic College) Jawa Tengah IndonesiaThis paper was prepared for Science and Religion: Global Perspectives June 482005 in Philadelphia PA USA a program of the Metanexus Institute(www.metanexus.net)Abstract:It is said as commonly accepted until now that religion and science are two entitiesthat cannot be integrated. Simply understood religion produces religious scienceson the one hand while science produces secular sciences on the other. Hencereligion and science are regarded as independent they each have their own sphere interms of what matters they approach research methods and truth criteria until aninstitution integrates the two. For the later in case of education in Indonesia theMinistry of National Education is responsible for teaching the secular sciences suchas physics mathematics biology and so forth that produce skillful graduates withoutincluding any religious teachings wheras the Ministry of Religious Affairs isresponsible for teaching the religious sciences that produce religious graduateswithout mastery in a science and modern technology. The dichotomy of this educationsystem in Indonesia dates back if we were to name a scapegoat to over threecenturies of colonization that happened in Muslim countries including Indonesia. Inline with this dichotomy it can be understood that the establishment and the rise ofIslamic Studies in universities cannot be separated from the impact of colonialism.Generally speaking the Islamic Studies deal traditionally with the science of Qur'anicexegesis (tafsir) the science of traditions (ilm alhadith) jurisprudence (fiqh)falsafah and metaphysical theology (kalam) and excludi ...

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