ISLAM AND DEMOCRATIZATION IN PAKISTAN As a nation, Pakistan has been facing various conflicts both external and internal. Alongside external conflicts, especially with the British and India, there are dynamics in negotiating Islam and democracy in defining Pakistan as an Islamic nation-state.....

On Thursday, March 29, 2022, the Faculty of Adab and Cultural Sciences of UIN Sunan Kalijaga held a meeting with its partners which consisted of 19 institutions in Yogyakarta and Central Java. For the faculty itself, this cooperation was designed to implement three obligations of higher education in Indonesia especially by implementing the Merdeka Belajar-Kampus Merdeka policy. ....

I Daramatasia is a well-known story in Indonesian archipelago including Malay, Java, and Sunda. Therefore, especially for Bugis society in South Sulawesi, it has distinctive values that are different from other places in Indonesia. To discuss this classical literature, Bi-Weekly Forum #28 Faculty of Adab and Cultural Sciences of UIN Sunan Kalijaga held a virtual seminar entitled "Siriq na Pesse (h....

The Dynamics of Politics in Andalusia in a Novel: Discussing Hatif min al-Andalus by Ali al-Jarim Ali al-Jarim is an Arabic linguist and Egyptian writer. Hatif min al-Andalus is one of his novels that illustrated the history of Islam in Andalusia (now Spain). To discuss the novel, Bi-Weekly Forum #27 Faculty of Adab and Cultural Sciences UIN Sunan Kalijaga held a virtual seminar entitled "P....

Islam and the Javanese Shadow Puppet Theatre (wayang) Recently, the Javanese Shadow Theatre (wayang) has become a public debate, especially on social media. It is rooted in the controversial statement from Dr. Khalid Basalamah, one of the famous Muslim preachers in Indonesia, who said that wayang is not permitted in Islam. Thus, pros and cons arise surrounding the issue. ....