MENGUJI AUTENTISITAS AKADEMIK ORIENTALIS DALAM STUDI ISLAM
Abstract: This article seeks
to objectify our understanding in the term of Orientalist, in addition we test
the authenticity of the studies that have been developed by the Orientalists.
Critics of Orientalism is actually done by Western scholars indicate the passage
of the principle of freedom of thought which underlies the research activities
of academics in the West. With such academic freedom, the scholars had to
deconstruct the Orientalist negative thoughts about Islam, though the thought
is already crystallized into a mainstream standard. Institutional development
of Islamic studies in the West in recent decades has experienced a change in
orientation, to adjust to his position as a medium to establish understanding
between program participants across cultural boundaries, traditions, and
religion. Nevertheless, suspicion of the activities of Islamic studies in the
West is carried out by Muslim students still exists as a precautionary catch
against the possibility of erosion of confidence.
Keywords: Orientalist, Muslim,
the West
Penulis: Thoha Hamim
Kode Jurnal: jpperadabanislamdd130022
