The Dialogue between Qadian Ahmadiyya and Persatuan Islam in 1933

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10.2991/icclas-18.2019.45How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Qadian Ahmadiyya, Persis, polemic, public debate, Dutch East Indies

Abstract

This article discusses the debate between the Qadian Ahmadiyya and Persatuan Islam (Persis), one of the modernist Islamic organizations that started since 1923, based in Bandung. The teaching of Qadian Ahmadiyya was founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835-1908) in Qadian, India. The teaching entered the Dutch Indies since 1925. Qadian Ahmadiyya was brought by Ahmadiyya Ulama, Maulana Rahmat Ali. The teaching of Ahmadiyya, was opposed by Islamic organizations in the Indies, especially Persis. There was a polemic between Ahmadiyya and Persis in 1932, both parties finally decided to hold an open debate held in Batavia and Bandung in 1933. The topics of debate were the death of the Prophet Isa AS, the presence of another Prophet after the Prophet Muhammad SAW, and Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s claim as Imam Mahdi. Representatives of all Islamic organizations, Dutch East Indies government, and other parties attended the open debate in Bandung and in Batavia. There were official notes whose contents were signed by both parties. The open debate took place peacefully that all participants were able to judge for themselves what was true according to their views. In recent years, we often witnessed conflicts on behalf of ethnic, racial, religious, and inter-group. Differences in theological issues were often resolved by force. This study showed that dissent could be resolved in an intellectual way, such as open debate. This research used historical method in the form of heuristics, verification, interpretation, and historiography in order to produce accurate data according to intended objectives. This research highlighted that in the past, dissent was resolved without resorting to violence. Open debate can be a solution to differences of opinion in sensitive matters.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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