Dogmatism dan fanatism

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“This is the challenging ‘things’ when we demonstrate dialogue and especially the inter-religion dialogue”

“The challenge is to implement the openness and rasa seperti agama lain, bangsa lain rasa”

“Dialog ni antara lain untuk mewujudkan persefahaman antara kita especially di Malaysia”

“You mesti tak suka kan bila orang mengkaji you?, tapi tak bertanya kepada you, tak tanya perasaan you”

Suatu rumusan merangkap nasihat kepada para peserta dialog oleh Prof Dr. Azizan yang mengelola sesi di Pusat Dialog Peradaban Antarabangsa, Fakulti Sastera dan Sains Sosial, Universiti Malaya tempoh hari.

Tajuk dialog petang itu ialah “Concept of Tian in Chinese Traditional Culture Comparing with Concept of God as Understood by Muslims”. Syarahan ini di sampaikan oleh Mr. Yusuf Ma, Calon Ph.D Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (IIUM).

Perkongsian petang itu menarik, namun saya kira ramai kawan-kawan non-muslim agak kurang berpuas kerana perbincangan dan dialog tersebut agak ‘memenangkan Islam’ dengan kata lain kurang unsur keseimbangan dalam soal hujah antara hujah Islam (Hadis, Ayat Al-Quran), Sejarah dan ilmu perbandingan agama (theology) dengan mengeluruh.

Petang itu selesai dengan pengalaman yang tak kurang menarik.

Dan pada malamnya, saya di Jalan Terasik, bersama Pak Khalid ( IKD), Eddie Khoo (PUSAKA) dan sahabat-sahabat dari Jalan Telawi.com.

Tajuk perbincangan agak berat iaitu ‘Religion, Faith & Dialogue: Negotiating between Religious Myopia & Spiritual Solipsism’ yang dibentang oleh calon Master dari Mr. Edward Dass dari NUS.

Antara perbincangan ialah berkenaan dengan suasana keterbukaan dan kejumudan (short-sightedness) dalam melihat pengimplementasian agama atau dalam bahasa yang lebih dekat dengan gerakan Islam ialah  unsur ‘fundamentalis’ dan ‘fanatik’ kepada sesuatu idea, tokoh, ATAU gerakan.

Saya tak gemar untuk membentangkan isi-isi perbincangan dalam blog ini, tetapi persoalan fanatic, fundamentalism dan kebebasan bersuara dalam konteks politik dan gerakan Islam amat berkait rapat dengan isu ini.

Saya lampirkan maksud perkataan (tag) secara instant yang berkait dalam perbincangan ini dan pembaca boleh menilai kembali suasana gerakan Islam di Malaysia dan suasana Politik Islam yang saya bincang secara asas dalam post sebelum ini. Lebih-lebih lagi selepas Muktamat Parti Islam SeMalaysia Pas ke 55 semalam.

Fanaticism is an emotion of being filled with excessive, uncritical zeal, particularly for an extreme religious or political cause or in some cases sports, or with an obsessive enthusiasm for a pastime or hobby. Philosopher George Santayana defines fanaticism as “redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim”[1]; according to Winston Churchill, “A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject“. By either description the fanatic displays very strict standards and little tolerance for contrary ideas or opinions.

The difference between a fan and a fanatic is that while both have an overwhelming liking or interest in a given subject, behaviour of a fanatic will be viewed as violating prevailing social norms, while that of a fan will not violate those norms (although the person may be considered unusual).[2] A fanatic differs from a crank, in that a crank is defined as a person who holds a position or opinion which is so far from the norm as to appear ludicrous and/or provably wrong, such as a belief in widespread alien abduction. In contrast, the subject of the fanatic’s obsession may be “normal”, such as an interest in religion or politics, except that the scale of the person’s involvement, devotion, or obsession with the activity or cause is abnormal or disproportionate.*

Dogma is the established belief or doctrine held by a religion, ideology or any kind of organization: it is authoritative and not to be disputed, doubted or diverged from. The term derives from Greek δόγμα “that which seems to one, opinion or belief”[1] and that from δοκέω (dokeo), “to think, to suppose, to imagine”.[2] The plural is either dogmas or dogmata , from Greek δόγματα.

At the core of the dogma concept is absolutism, infallibility, irrefutability, unquestioned acceptance (among adherents) and anti-skepticism.[3] These concepts typically invoke criticism from moderate and modulated conceptual approaches, and thus “dogma” is often colloquially used to indicate a doctrine which has the problem of claiming absolute truth, when other concepts may be superior.*

Sekolah Pemikiran P.J^

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*Ehsan Wikipedia, sekadar membuka makna konsep malah mungkin definisi perkataan bercangkah mengikut failasuf yang berlainan.

^Disebalik fakta, nilaian teori dan makna disebalik suasana politik itu lebih menarik.

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