DEKONSTRUKSI TAFSIR AYAT-AYAT KEKERASAN

In the radicalist circle, Islam is a source to legitimize their behavior, though it is counter productive with the Qur’an which not absolutely allow violence on behalf of God. This writing is a critic against its abuse of inter pretation. Thematic approach is applied to analyze verses which are usually used to justify violences. Surveying on the verses is a tool to analyze for the pur pose of finding true meaning of the text. The unproper inter pretation of jihad (struggle) caused it trapped in violence and radicalism. Whereas the general context of jihad does not relate with a war