Islam and Democracy

Guarantee of the Right to Freedom of Opinion in the Principle of Religious Moderation

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210421.017How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Rights, Freedom, Opinion, Moderation, Religious

Abstract

The principle of democracy upholds the rights of every citizen in terms of freedom of expression. Muslim has rights and even has to think and argue. The right to freedom of expression should not violate the rights of other people because basically, every citizen has the right to freedom of opinion which has the same position. Freedom of opinion must also prioritize unity because the Indonesian nation is a nation that is diverse and rich in culture. This freedom of opinion must be used to spread good, and not for spreading evil and injustice. A person may express their opinion freely, as long as they do not violate the law, such as blasphemy, slander, against the truth, insulting other people’s beliefs, or by following their own will. The understanding of freedom of opinion in religious moderation must be understood contextually because Indonesia has many cultures, and customs. Moderate in Islamic thought is to promote a tolerant attitude towards differences and openness to accept diversity.

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© 2021, 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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TY  - CONF
AU  - Imam Sukadi
AU  - Mila Rahayu Ningsih
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/04/22
TI  - Islam and Democracy
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Social Science (ICONETOS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 109
EP  - 113
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210421.017
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210421.017
ID  - Sukadi2021
ER  -