Vol. 1 No. 2 (2017): Alamtara: Jurnal Komunikasi dan Penyiaran Islam

Van Ess’s research tries to uncover the logical structure of Islamic Theology. His research is the intellectual – respond from Al Baghdadhi’s statement that nobody among the older fuqaha had shown any interest in logic except Al Mawardi. He took systematic and historic approach in order to analyze, describe and elaborate the logical structure of Islamic Theology. In addition, researcher tries to discover three points here, 1) The logical structure of Mutakalimun, 2) The academic contribution from Van Ess’s Thought and 3) The Critique on Van Ess’s Research. In the result, logical structure of Islamic Theology is broadly influenced by Aristoteles’ syllogism, as well as Stoic. Besides that, there is misconception about the existence of logic among Mutakalimun, they didn’t placed logic as the appropriate place and it impacted on the sense of kalam itself; conflict and apologetic. However, it could be solved through Syafi’i’s theory on Qiyas and Fazlurrahman’s theory on double movement. But how far the influence and solution could be traced, according to this writing, it needs a next deeper study.

Islamic law has long lived in the legal consciousness of Islamic society in Indonesia along with the growth and development of Islam. This can be traced back to the early days of Islam entering Indonesia. But since the arrival of the colonial, Islamic law experienced-ups and downs. The enactment of Islamic law in Indonesia at this time is often not based solely on what actually takes place in society, but rather shows its form as a result of social construction created by colonialists, with a view to achieving certain goals. As an antithesis of the colonial policy, there arose various theories of the enforcement of Islamic law initiated by some Nation children, of course the theories are more objective and far from the political interests, although it is undeniable that the emergence of some of the theories initially aimed to oppose policy - colonial policy. Post-independence, the enforcement of Islamic law in Indonesia has found mementumnya and along with the times, several theories of the enforcement of Islamic law was emerging.

Indonesia is known as multilingual society. Due to the diverse culture. In preschool, children are able to find their language in communicating. With age, the development of language also increases. Children should often be trained in language skills for the development of Indonesian language. Mother tongue has an important role in the development of Indonesian language, because children first know and use the mother tongue in communicating. Mother language bias becomes a means for facilities in the introduction of education.

Fazlur Rahman's view brings logical consequence, that is, it is necessary to understand the Prophet's behavior in the frame of context and its sociological-historical framework. In other words, the sunnah of the prophet needs to be regarded as an example, not as an absolute special content.

This study describes the dimensions of self-disclosure in conversation topics husband and wife through taaruf in the first year of marriage. Taaruf is the choice for people who do not want dating. Taaruf is a brief introduction of men and women who intend to marry following the guidance of Islam. Dimensions of self disclosure includes breadth, depth, valence, frequency, and duration.

The results of research showed that married couples through taaruf undertaken efforts to develop interpersonal relationships through the stages of contact, intimacy, involvement and openness in which intensifitas interaction begins after marriage. Process of coming together at the couple through the stages of initiating taaruf-bonding-experimenting-Integrating-intensifying. Self disclosure on topics of husband and wife talk show of the variability in each pair.

This study provides a new discourse that enrich science communication research. Especially research related interpersonal relationships and interpersonal communication. As a research-laden communication aspects of psychology, the study also opens up opportunities for the emergence of research from other disciplines, because the phenomenon of marital communication via taaruf can be viewed from the sociology of science communication, social psychology and so forth.