NATIONAL EDUCATION IN THE CONTEXT OF TAWHIDIC DEMOCRACY ABDULLAH FIRDAUS, MUHAMMAD FADHIL
UIN Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi
Abstract
Religion and belief in God were deeply rooted and embodied in the identity of the Indonesian nation. This compound became an identity that manifests itself in the framework of Indonesian nationality. Democracy that was built on the basis of divinity in the nation and state, according to M. Natsir would give birth to complete justice and prosperity in one country. The ideas put forward by him was still very relevant in today^s context and must be taught to Indonesia^s young generation today in the midst of the national crisis that was occurring in order to shape the true character of the Indonesian nation. This research aimed to explore Mohammad Natsir^s political thoughts on Tawhidic democracy and what was his conception in formulating national education in the context of Tawhidic democracy. This research used a qualitative and descriptive method- then for the analysis data used content analysis, it focused on documents and the writing of the existing figures. The results of this study indicated that it was important to teach and implement the concept of Tawhidic democracy. This was because reflection of the spirit of religion and belief for the Indonesian nation which could be realized operationally. On this basis, the knot of power in the nation and state which was based on divinity would be able to care for the sovereignty and welfare of one country. This was due to the acceptance of the rule of law which based on God that manifested in the principles of the state constitution.
Keywords: Nationality, belief, monotheistic democracy, rule of law
