SHARIA LEGITIMACY AND SCIENCE– RELIGION INTEGRATION IN THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE UNIFIED GLOBAL HIJRI CALENDAR (KHGT) AMONG INDONESIAN MUSLIM YOUTH
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https://doi.org/10.22452/fiqh.vol23no1.2Keywords:
Islamic Astronomy, Science-Religion Integration, KHGT, Empirical Fiqh, Global MaṭlaʿAbstract
Amid the growing urgency to unify the global Islamic calendar, the concept of a Unified Global Hijri Calendar (KHGT) faces complex sociological acceptance challenges, often hindered by a clash between normative texts and modern science. Although the discourse on calendar unification has been ongoing for a long time, there is a scarcity of quantitative research that empirically tests its determining epistemological factors. This study aims to analyze how insights from Islamic astronomy and the science-religion integration paradigm simultaneously shape support for the KHGT among young Muslim communities. Using a quantitative approach with the Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) method, this study examines the science-religion integration paradigm as a crucial mediator in the relationship between three dimensions of astronomical knowledge (basic knowledge, methodological understanding, and practical application) and the acceptance and support of KHGT. Data were collected through a survey of 191 respondents in Yogyakarta who possessed adequate astronomical literacy. Key findings indicate that the direct influence of astronomical knowledge alone is insufficient to drive significant support. Conversely, the science-religion integration paradigm functions as a full mediator, wherein technical knowledge becomes an effective predictor only after being bridged by an integrative framework. This confirms that technical knowledge alone is inert without an epistemological bridge. The implications of this research are twofold. Theoretically, it validates the integration- interconnection model of socio-religious innovation adoption. Juridically, these findings offer an ‘empirical fiqh’ perspective affirming that the validity of applying ittiḥād al-maṭāli’ (global maṭlaʿ) requires the readiness of a science-religion integration paradigm as a form of taḥqīq al manāṭ (legal context verification). In practice, the KHGT socialization strategy must shift from merely technical explanations of ḥisāb to the construction of a narrative that conveys the synergy between science and the objectives of sharia for the sake of unity among the faithful.
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