Zaki Mubarak’s scientific contributions

This research aims to describe the concept of dialogue between religious communities based on culture. Franz Magnis Suseno, a Catholic theologian in Indonesia has unique thoughts about building dialogue between religious communities based on culture which has implications for strengthening religious identity and multiculturalism. In analyzing the problems above, this research uses a qualitative approach through literature study. The results of this research show that the theological and cultural-based concept of inter-religious dialogue built by Franz Magnis Suseno is motivated by the spirit of culturation which is divided into three concepts, namely the concept of inculturation dialogue, interiority dialogue, and integral dialogue. This research concludes that the concept of dialogue between religious communities based on theology and culture is relevant in building harmonious religious life in Indonesia.

This paper examines efforts to resolve conflicts over the establishment of houses of worship with a case study of the Methodist Church in Jambi City. This church has been sealed by the Jambi Mayor Government which is considered to have violated the regulations for the establishment of houses of worship in the Joint Regulation of the Minister of Religious Affairs and Minister of Home Affairs No. 8 and 9 of 2006. This paper uses field research methods with a sociological approach. Data collection techniques are carried out through observation, interviews, and documentation. Then the data is analyzed through data reduction, data presentation and verification conclusions. The results of this study found that the conflict occurred due to rejection from residents around the Methodist Church, and the establishment of a Church that did not meet the applicable licensing requirements. The initial settlement efforts carried out by the Regional Government are security and supervision, then mediation is carried out between the two parties, in this case the mediators who play an active role are Lurah, Sub-district, Kemenag, Kesbangpol, and FKUB Jambi City. The conflict of the Methodist Church did not lead to violence, and took place safely, the settlement was also carried out through mediation through the government and participated in the contribution of Jambi customs and culture.

This study examines the dialectics of local beliefs and religions in the form of mantras in the Suku Anak Dalam that are difficult to abandon and are still practiced even though they have embraced their new religion (Islam). This research uses a descriptive quality method by taking a location in the Suku Anak Dalam community in Pasir Putih Jambi Village. Data were obtained through interviews, observations, and documentation. The results of this study found that the Jambi Suku Anak Dalam had animist beliefs in their pre-Islamic lives, expressed by mantras in aspects of their lives. After they embraced Islam, the old beliefs they held were not completely abandoned by them. The mantras as expressions of their old beliefs were then elaborated with Islamic teachings in the form of putting basmalah utterances at the beginning of their mantras and replacing the gods with the Lord Allah as the place of asking in the mantras.

Kota Jambi memiliki potensi konflik sosial, khususnya konflik agama terkait pendirian rumah ibadah. Sejarah konflik agama di Indonesia mencatat bahwa rumah ibadah menjadi salah satu sumber konflik potensial yang seringkali berujung pada perusakan dan pembakaran. Terkait hal tersebut, perlu dilakukan upaya agar konflik ini tidak berkepanjangan, salah satunya dengan revitalisasi kearifan budaya lokal yang tumbuh di masing-masing daerah. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan pendekatan penelitian kualitatif dengan mengambil objek lokasi di Telanaipura, Alam Barajo, dan Kotabaru Kota Jambi. Hasil penelitian ini menemukan bahwa sebagai kawasan majemuk, Kota Jambi juga tak luput dari konflik pendirian rumah ibadah yang terjadi di tiga wilayah, namun tidak berkepanjangan. Pola konflik diawali dengan aksi damai masyarakat muslim terhadap pendirian gereja di pemukiman mayoritas muslim. Konflik tersebut tidak berlanjut menjadi anarkis karena kearifan lokal masyarakat Kota Jambi menyelesaikan perkara melalui mufakat bersama tuo-tuo tengganai, tokoh adat, dan tokoh agama sehingga dapat diselesaikan oleh tokoh adat, tokoh agama dan pemerintah daerah di Kota Jambi. Jambi City has the potential for social conflict, especially religious conflict related to the establishment of houses of worship. The history of religious conflict in Indonesia notes that houses of worship have become a source of potential conflict which often leads to destruction and burning. Related to this, it is necessary to make efforts to prevent this conflict is not prolonged, one option is by revitalizing of the local cultural wisdom that grows in each region. This study was conducted using a qualitative research approach. This research was conducted in Telanaipura, Alam Barajo, and Kotabaru in Jambi City. The results of this study found that as a pluralistic area, Jambi City was also not spared from the conflict of the establishment of places of worship that occurred in three regions, but was not prolonged. The pattern of conflict began with peaceful actions by Muslim communities against the construction of churches in Muslim-majority settlements. The conflict did not continue to be anarchic because the local wisdom of the people of Jambi City resolved cases through consensus with tuo-tuo tengganai, traditional leaders, and religious leaders so that it could be resolved by traditional leaders, religious leaders and local governments Jambi City.