THE MISINTERPRETATION OF THE JIHAD JURISPRUDENCE BY EXTREMIST GROUP: AN ANALYSIS

The term jihad has become a scary term (logophobia) today. This is due to its usage in a narrow context by religious extremists. Unfortunately, the concept of pure and vast jihad has been tainted by insights and actions beyond the boundary that causes the term jihad to be negative to some of the world's society. Hence, this study is intended to explain the misused of the concept jihad fiqh by religious extremism groups. By specifying the scope of the study on Islamic State (IS) group, this full qualitative study uses inductive, deductive and comparative documentation and content analysis methods. The finding shows that the IS group has literally understood the literal texts regardless of the reality and the views of contemporary Muslim scholars. As a result, the term of jihad is synonymous with war (qital). Hence, it must be dealt with by a true narrative, especially relating to Islamic fiqh jihad which is in fact parallel to the basis of Islamic teachings based on the principle of wasatiyyah,the religion of rahmatan lil-alamin.