Merari TRADITION ': Acculturation ISLAM AND LOCAL CULTURE
Islam theologically , is the value system and teachings are divine and transcendent . While the sociological aspect , Islam is a phenomenon of civilization , cultural and social realities in human life . Islamic dialectic with the true reality of life is a reality that constantly accompanies this religion throughout history . Since the beginning of its birth , Islam grow and develop in a cultural vacuum conditions . The reality of this life - recognized or not - have a significant role in bringing Islam to the actual development so as to arrive at a civilization that represents the people of the world and is recognized okeh .
Actualization of Islam in the trajectory of history has made Islam can not be separated from the aspect of locality , ranging from culture Arabic, Persian , Turkish , Indian to Malay . Each with its own characteristics , but also reflects the values of monotheism as a unity as the thread that binds firmly to each other . Islamic history is diverse but this one is a universal Islamic translation into reality of human life .
The relation between Islam as a religion with the local customs and culture is very evident in the anthropological study of religion . In this perspective believed that religion is the embodiment of the cultural system . [ 2 ] Based on this theory , Islam as a divine religion is considered an incarnation of the cultural system of a Muslim society . The thesis is then developed on aspects of Islam , including its legal aspects . Anthropology and sociology experts approached Islamic law as an institution of Muslim culture . In the present context , the legal assessment and antrologis sociological approach has been developed by Muslim jurists who care about the fate of the Shari'ah . In their view , if the Shari'ah is not approached in the socio - historical , then there is the standardization of the true Islamic norms are dynamic and accommodate changes in society . [ 3 ]