Book Recommendation: Modernisme dan Fundamentalisme dalam Politik Islam by Yusril Ihza Mahendra.

 

Source: Tokopedia.

Title: Modernisme dan Fundamentalisme : Perbandingan Partai Masyumi ( Indonesia) dan Partai Jamaat I Islami ( Pakistan).

Author: Yusril Ihza Mahendra.

Publisher: Paramadina.

Publish Year: 1999.

Pages: 355 pages.

Language: Indonesian.

Genre: Islamic History,Political History.

This book is comparation study from two fundamentals party at 20 TH Century, Party Of Jamaat I Islami at Pakistan that founded by Mawdudi and Party Of Masyumi at Indonesia that founded by Mohammad Natsir.And, this book is one recommended book when discuss Islamic Political History at modern era. Ok, please read this article until end and subscribe my blog for more informations about Islamic History and Civilization.  It is easy verb for you, but have big role for help us flow our blog that focuss at Islamic History and Civilization. 

This book, is masterpiece from Historian Yusril Ihza Mahendra that comparated system and birocration beetwen Party Of Jamaat I Islami at Pakistan and also Masyumi at Indonesia. The comparation at this book, included history of establishment,  system, ideology, organization, and other. This book discuss it with details. And, also , at this book, writter discuss according primary sources, such as document from two organization above, interview with relaed peoples, and other.

At this book, Yusril Ihza also discuss several figures from this two organization.Such as Abu Ala Mawdudi as figure from Jamaat I Islami and also Muhammad Natsir from  Masyumi. Abu Ala Mawdudi, is one fundamentalist scholar from Pakistan who born at Heyderabad, India, at 1903 AD and preach at Pakistan. He found Jamaat I Islami, one fundamentalit party at India. Mawdudi, popular at Islamic struggle at Pakistan and his party, Jamaat I Islami based on Lahore, Pakistan. Mawdudi practise caliphate system at his party.  Party must lead by Amir ( Arabic; leader) and members of party must said a Baiath ( Arab: oath of allegiance). For know more about Mawdudi, you can access this article:

Abu Ala Mawdudi: Pakistan Political Scholar.

And, from Natsir s party, Masyumi, writter Yusril Ihza discuss about this party s participation at Indonesian s political dynamics. Included this party s participation at PRRI ( people rebellion) at Indonesia at 1958 AD. At this book, Yusril explained that ideology from this two party are fundamentalism s ideology. They want practise Islamic Sharia such as age of Propeth Muhammad Shallahu Alaihi Wasallam and his shahabas.  They tried to make organization like Propeth Muhammad Shallahu Alaihi Wasallam and his shahabas as example.

This book can became good refrence for who want find refrences about Islamic Political History at contemporary age. Specially for lecturers and history students. But, this book maybe dont recommended for Islamic History s beginner, because containt from this book is so hard, related with Islamic political dynamic at modern age. This  original copies from this book also hard to finded , because it is  old book and dont available at all bookshop.  For get this book, you can go to old book stores.