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In the era of globalization and pluralism, religious moderation is an unavoidable necessity. As an Islamic higher education institution, UIN Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin Banten has an important role in promoting religious moderation and creating peace. This paper was delivered at a seminar on religious moderation for students at the Faculty of Ushuluddin and Adab, on Monday, November 10, 2025. Students...
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The Qur'an as the holy book of Muslims has a deep and complex meaning. To understand this meaning, an appropriate hermeneutical approach is needed. One of the hermeneutical approaches that can be used to understand the Qur'an is Paul Ricoeur's hermeneutics. In the Dean's Pekanan Opinion (OPEN) on Monday, November 3, 2025, it discusses how Paul Ricoeur's hermeneutics can be used to...
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The Dean's Opinion (OPEN) on Monday, October 27, 2025 this time raises the title Philosophy as the Mother of Science. Philosophy has long been positioned as the mother of science because of its very important role in giving birth to and developing various other disciplines. Philosophy has become the foundation for various sciences, including religious science, science...
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National Santri Day is an important momentum for us to remember and appreciate the contribution of santri in the struggle for Indonesian independence. The theme “Guarding an Independent Indonesia Towards World Civilization” reminds us of the important role of santri in maintaining and advancing this nation. Pesantren, as traditional Islamic educational institutions, have been an integral part of Indonesian history since the 15th century. Islamic boarding schools such as...
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Banten, as one of the provinces in Indonesia, has a long history in the development of Islamic studies. The pesantren and campus traditions have become an integral part of Banten society, with the power of kyai and santri as the main pillars. Pesantren Tradition and the Yellow BookThe pesantren has become a traditional Islamic education institution in Indonesia, including in Banten. The yellow book, as one of the...
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The Faculty of Ushuluddin and Adab UIN Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin Banten has a vision to realize a faculty that is superior and leading in scientific integration in the field of ushuluddin and adab sciences with a global outlook. To achieve this goal, the faculty with six study programs, Aqidah and Islamic Philosophy (AFI), Al-Qur'an Science and Tafsir (IAT), Hadith Science (IH), History of Civilization (HIST),...
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Banten's local wisdom, reflected in the scientific tradition of scholars such as Sheikh Nawawi al-Bantani, is integrated in six study programs: Qur'anic Science and Tafsir, Hadith Science, Aqidah and Islamic Philosophy, History of Islamic Civilization, Arabic Language and Literature, and Islamic Library and Information Science. This distinction not only strengthens the academic character, but also builds a scientific narrative that is rooted in...
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The Pancasila Independence Day in 2025 is appropriate to reflect on the fourth precept of the phenomenon of public anxiety towards the parliament, which was doubted as a representative of the people when ojeg driver Affan Kurniawan was run over by a Brimob rantis on August 28, 2025 in front of the DPR / MPR RI Building, Central Jakarta. Departing from that event, Pancasila as the philosophy of life (way of life) of the nation...
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The first International Musabaqah Qiraatil Kutub (MQK) is a competition to read, understand, and express the content of the yellow book comprehensively which is attended by students from all over Indonesia and Southeast Asian countries. In the perspective of social philosophy, this activity can be seen as an effort to revive the local pesantren epistemic as a force of global human civilization. First International MKQ in IndonesiaMQK...
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