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Determinants of Human Development in Indonesia: A Comparative Analysis of The Western and Eastern Regions

Rini, Puspa, Ridwan, Mochamad, Purmini, Purmini, Rospida, Lela
Abstract: This study examines the effects of health, education, economic, and infrastructure expenditures, economic growth, investment, and the Labor Force Participation Rate (LFPR) on the Human Development Index (HDI) in Indonesia.… a. It also compares the determinants of HDI between Western and Eastern Indonesia. Using a quantitative approach, the study applies panel data regression with the Common Effect Model and Ordinary Least Squares method. Secondary data from 2012–2021 were obtained from Statistics Indonesia, the Ministry of Finance, and other official institutions. The results show that all independent variables simultaneously have a significant effect on HDI. Partially, education expenditure, infrastructure expenditure, and investment have positive and significant effects, while health expenditure, economic expenditure, economic growth, and LFPR are statistically insignificant. Regional analysis reveals different determinants of HDI. In Western Indonesia, education expenditure, infrastructure expenditure, economic growth, and LFPR significantly affect HDI. In Eastern Indonesia, infrastructure expenditure, investment, and LFPR are significant determinants. These findings demonstrate that regional disparities in human development are associated with differences in economic capacity, infrastructure quality, investment distribution, connectivity, and development governance. Therefore, place-based development policies are required to improve the effectiveness and equity of human development, particularly in Eastern Indonesia.

THE INFLUENCE OF TARIQAS IN THE CONTEXT OF RELIGIOUS UNDERSTANDING AND THE STRENGTHENING OF LOCAL CULTURE MOBILITY IN ACEHNESE SOCIETY

Budiman, Iskandar
Abstract: Aceh is part of Indonesia’s archipelagic region and stands as the initial landing place of Islam. Situated on the western coast of Sumatra Island, this region played host to the peaceful introduction of Islam through Arab… rab traders. The Islamization process, guided by a tasawwuf approach, unfolded smoothly, making it easy for the people of Aceh to embrace the Islamic faith. This underscores the significant role played by the tasawwuf approach and tariqa in the Islamization process. Consequently, the prevailing Islamic thought embraced by the community is infused with the practices of tasawwuf. Tariqa, etymologically meaning a method of practice to achieve a goal, has witnessed a notable increase in its development within the Islamic community. In Sufi terminology, “tariqa” is a form of spiritual practice and soul training aimed at attaining haqiqa (the essence) and ma'rifa (gnosis). These practices and exercises are guided by a spiritual teacher known as a “mursyid” (guide) because the journey between Sharia and haqiqa, according to Sufi scholars, must traverse seven great mountains. Islam significantly influences the way of life in Aceh society, with its people adhering firmly and with a commitment to religious teachings. In essence, Islam is a way of life for the people of Aceh. Over time, Acehnese society has changed its outlook on life. Some individuals practice specific tariqa to draw closer to the Creator. Tariqas such as Qadiriyya, Shattariyya, and Naqshbandiyya are among those that have developed in Indonesia. Engaging in the practices of these tariqas will influence the behavioral patterns of society. Moreover, the religious understanding among the community will change. In other words, the evolving tariqa brings a distinctive spiritual enthusiasm to the religious life of Acehnese society.  

CORRELATION OF LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITY, REWARD GIVING, AND PROMOTION ON EMPLOYEE DEDICATION IN THE MINISTRY OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS OF THE RIAU ISLANDS PROVINCE

Magdalena Silfia, Risnita, Kemas Imron Rosadi
Abstract: This study aims to analyze the correlation between Leadership Responsibility, Reward Giving, and Promotion on Employee Dedication within the Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Riau Islands Province. This research employs… ys a quantitative approach with a correlational method to determine the extent to which these three variables influence employee dedication both individually and simultaneously. The research sample was selected using cluster sampling, representing the central region (Karimun Regency), eastern region (Tanjungpinang City), and western region (Natuna Regency), totaling 72 respondents, of which 52 were used as the main sample and 20 as a trial sample. The findings indicate that leadership responsibility positively affects employee dedication, emphasizing the importance of leaders who provide clear guidance, foster effective communication, and create a work environment that supports motivation and performance. Reward giving is shown to enhance Employee Dedication by motivating them to achieve work targets and strengthening organizational loyalty. Meanwhile, promotion serves as a career incentive that encourages commitment and responsibility in task execution. Simultaneous analysis shows that these three variables collectively contribute significantly to improving employee dedication. These findings underscore that a combination of responsible leadership, an effective reward system, and transparent promotion policies can strengthen loyalty, commitment, and work ethic among employees in the Ministry of Religious Affairs. This study provides important implications for human resource management development in the public sector, particularly in strategies aimed at enhancing employee performance and dedication through appropriate managerial policies.

SONIC LANGUAGE ENRICHMENT: ENHANCING STUDENTS' ENGLISH VOCABULARY THROUGH WESTERN MUSIC

Ali, Muhammad Ilham, Lestari, Frimy Anisa
Abstract: Acquiring vocabulary is a crucial component of English language acquisition for kids. Students require innovative instructional approaches to derive pleasure from the continuous learning process. The teacher should be able… le to communicate the subject matter and suitably utilize media effectively. This study aimed to ascertain whether the utilization of Music media may yield a noteworthy disparity in enhancing students' English vocabulary and to discover whether the efficacy of music media surpasses that of conventional media. The sample size for this study consisted of 60 students. The system has two classrooms, with each class including a total of 30 students. The pre-test results yielded a t-value of t0 = 1.517, indicating that both classes are worth studying as there is no significant difference in the increase of students' English vocabulary based on the t-test. However, after treatment and the post-test, the t-value obtained was t0 = 3.201, higher than the critical t-value (tt = 2.001) at a significance level of α = 0.05 and degrees of freedom (df) = 58. This indicates a significant difference in students' English vocabulary increase between the experimental class (taught using Music media) and the control class (introduced using conventional press) after the pre-test was administered.

AGAMA DALAM PERADABAN BARAT: SEKULARISME DAN NIHILIASASI KONSEP TUHAN

Fakih Hamdani
Abstract: Religion is an important element in human life, because humans in their creation were intentionally limited in form, so they depend on the Almighty Unlimited. The West, as one of the great forms of human civilization, has… s experienced various phases of periodization with various upheavals of thought and action regarding religion. The early western period with philosophy as the main reference made religion something that was put aside, the middle period of the western dark ages became very radical in religion which was dominated by the church, while in the final period religion was again put aside with the growth of philosophical culture. Philosophical culture in western civilization, in the author's analysis of various sources, has actually produced various forms of thought and action in western society towards religion, the most important of which is secularism and the nihilization of the concept of God. Secularism is a form of effort to eliminate religion in the context of western civilization, in line with the development of thought with efforts to nihilize the concept of God and the scientific culture of western society. Agama menjadi salah satu unsur yang penting dalam kehidupan manusia, sebab manusia dalam penciptaannya memang disengaja dalam bentuk terbatas, sehingga tergantung kepada Dzat yang Maha tidak terbatas. Barat, sebagai salah satu wujud peradabaan besar umat manusia telah mengalami berbagai fase periodesasi dengan berbagai pergolakan pemikiran dan aksi terhadap agama. Periode awal barat dengan filsafat sebagai acuan utama menjadikan agama sebagai hal yang dikesampingkan, periode pertengahan abad kegelapan barat menjadi sangat radikal dalam beragama yang didominasi oleh gereja, sedangkan dalam periode akhir agama kembali dikesampingkan dengan tumbuh berkembangnya budaya filsafat. Budaya filsafat dalam peradaban barat, dalam penelahaan penulis dari berbagai sumber nyata-nyata telah menghasilkan berbagai bentuk pemikiran dan aksi masyarakat barat terhadap agama, yang paling utama adalah sekularisme dan nihilisasi konsep tuhan. Sekularisme yang merupakan bentuk upaya menghilangkan agama dalam konteks kehidupan peradaban barat, seiring sejalan dengan perkembangan pemikiran dengan upaya nihilisasi konsep Tuhan dan budaya keilmuan masyarakat barat.

Konseb Islamisasi ilmu pengetahuan Pada Studi kritis terhadap pemikiran Ismail  Raji al Faruqi dan Syad Naquid al Attas  Islamisasi ilmu pengetahuan : Studi kritis terhadap pemikiran Ismail  Raji al Faruqi dan Syad Naquid al Attas

Dedek Saputra, Zulmuqim, Fauza Masyudi
Abstract: Penelitian ini berjudul Konseb Islamisasi ilmu pengetahuan : Studi kritis terhadap pemikiran Ismail  Rajial Faruqi dan Syad Naquid al Attas Implikasi Konsep Islamisasi Ilmu Pengetahuan Ismail RajiAl-Faruqi. Ilmu pengetahuan… huan merupakan hal yang penting dalam kehidupan manusia. Allah menempatkan ilmu sebagai suatu hal yang tidak boleh ditinggalkan. Selama ini agama Islam diyakini memiliki peranan yang sangat penting dalam mewarnai bangunan ilmu pengetahuan. Namun kenyataannya, masyarakat muslim seolah dipaksa untuk melaksanakan ajaran sekuler dalam kehidupan lantaran derasnya arus sekularisasi. Kondisi inilah yang menjadi keprihatinan para pemikir Islam, sebab bisa membahayakan keimanan Islam. Berkaitan dengan keprihatinan itulah muncul ide atau gagasan mengenai islamisasi ilmu pengetahuan sebagai upaya untuk menetralisir pengaruh sains barat modern. Al-Faruqi adalah salah seorang pemikir tentang islamisasi. Bagaimana konsep islamisasinya? serta apa implikasinya dalam kehidupan di Indonesia? Islamisasi pengetahuan tidak hanya sebagai wacana, tetapi membutuhkan implikasi nyata agar berguna bagi masyarakat luas. Al-Faruqi telah berupaya merealisasikan islamisasi pengetahuan dengan mendirikan kelompok-kelompok studi Islam. Gerakan tersebut dilakukan dengan tetap berprinsip pada ajaran tauhid agar tidak menyimpang dari ajaran agama. Beberapa perkembangan juga terjadi di Indonesia sebagai tanggapan dari Islamisasi ilmu, diantaranya: berdirinya sekolah- sekolah berbasis Islam dan maraknya koperasi-koperasi serta bank-bank syariah.Salah satu problem utama yang dihadapi umat Islam saat ini ialah westernisasi ilmu pengetahuan. Dimana ilmu mengalami demoralisasi dan deIslamisasi, sehingga ilmu yang seharusnya membawa kedamaian justru menimbulkan kekacauan dalam kehidupan.

The Influence Of Academic Leadership Styles On The Quality Of Higher Education In Indonesia

Abdul Wahid, Ahmad
Abstract: This study investigates the influence of academic leadership styles on the quality of higher education in Indonesia, focusing on permanent lecturers in public and private universities under the Ministry of Education in South… outh Sulawesi. Using a quantitative explanatory approach and survey method, data were collected from 120 respondents and analyzed through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using SmartPLS. The study examines three leadership styles—transformational, transactional, and distributed—and their impact on teaching quality, institutional governance, student outcomes, and academic services. The findings reveal that all three leadership styles positively affect higher education quality, with transformational leadership having the most significant impact, followed by distributed and transactional styles. These results underscore the importance of visionary and participative leadership in improving institutional performance, particularly in regional universities facing resource and structural limitations. The study contributes theoretically by validating leadership models in a non-Western context and practically by offering insights for leadership development policies. It highlights the need for adaptive leadership strategies tailored to local academic cultures and institutional dynamics to enhance educational quality in Indonesian higher education.

Fairclough’s Three Dimensions Critical Discourse Analysis of Malcolm X’s Speech at Oxford Union Debate

Diandra Parta Wisnu Dewangga, Suhartawan Budianto, Kusuma Wijaya
Abstract: In discourse, speech is not only considered as a linguistic phenomenon but also as a means to maintain or change power relations in society. One of the clearest examples of the use of speech in discourse to change social… change occurred in The Black Civil Rights Movement from 1955 to 1968 in the United States. Based on the interest in studying Malcolm X's speech further, the thesis writer decided to analyze Malcolm X's speech at the Oxford Union Debate using Fairclough's Critical Discourse Analysis framework with a qualitative method that will focus on linguistic issues as part of social and humanitarian issues. The results of this study showed deconstruction result of Malcolm X's speech text by analyzing various linguistic features from the dimensions of text practice (including positive and negative lexical items, key terms of ideology and belief, modality, and rhetorical devices), discursive practice (including intertextuality and shared knowledge), and sociocultural (including formality and personal pronouns), then continued with a discussion of the relationship between discourse, power, and ideology and the role of Malcolm X's speech in the historical context at that time. It can be concluded that Malcolm X's speech highlights his advocacy for revolutionary justice and self-defense for oppressed black people. He also challenged the power structures of his time, opposing segregation and exposing the hypocrisy of the American and Western governments with white supremacy and colonialism behind the mask of democracy.

Westernisasi Dalam Dunia Pendidikan: Peran Mahasiswa Dalam Menyikapi Budaya Barat Di Era Globalisasi

Aurel Naila Mashieka Putri Nuryana, Brillian Zahfa Alpridiyanti, Fathiya Izzati Shahira, Intan Febriani Nurrohman, Novia Nurul Fadila Fitri, Ratna Fitria
Abstract: Indonesia sedang mengalami era globalisasi yang ditandai dengan masuknya budaya asing yaitu westernisasi akibat dari kemajuan teknologi. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk melihat bagaimana peran mahasiswa dalam menyikapi… yikapi masuknya budaya asing di era globalisasi. Penelitian ini dilakukan di lingkungan mahasiswa sekitar Bandung. Peneliti menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Metode deskriptif kualitatif biasanya digunakan untuk menganalisis lebih dalam terhadap suatu perilaku atau fenomena sosial. Data diperoleh dari survei penelitian mengenai pendapat masyarakat terhadap pengaruh budaya luar. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan westernisasi tidak selalu berkonotasi negatif, terlebih di dalam dunia pendidikan. Justru mahasiswa memiliki peran yang sangat penting dalam menyikapi budaya barat di era globalisasi ini. Selama budaya asing tidak bertentangan dengan nilai nilai norma, budaya asing dapat diterima dengan baik oleh masyarakat, bahkan dapat membuka peluang untuk memperkaya budaya lokal