{"title":"CONSERVING MODERATE ISLAM IN INDONESIA: An Analysis of Muwafiq's Speech on Online Media","authors":"M. Salik","doi":"10.15642/jiis.2019.13.2.373-394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15642/jiis.2019.13.2.373-394","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to examine the ideas of one prominent Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) preacher named KH Ahmad Muwafiq (Muwafiq) about Islamic moderation in Indonesia while preaching in Bogor Palace on November 21, 2018. Through content analysis of Muwafiq’s preaching that was uploaded on YouTube media, this study found that there are two main themes in Muwafiq’ speech that were seemed related to the efforts to conserve moderate Islam; first is his preaching model has emulated the Prophet Muhammad model in proselytising Islam, such as wise, non-violent, and adjustable to the character and condition of the society. The second is related to the influence of tradition and culture in the implementation of Islamic teachings.","PeriodicalId":53455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Indonesian Islam","volume":"13 1","pages":"373-394"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41565520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"WHY DID KOMPILASI HUKUM ISLAM SUCCEED WHILE ITS COUNTER LEGAL DRAFT FAILED? A Political Context and Legal Arguments of the Codification of Islamic Law for Religious Courts in Indonesia","authors":"A. Mawardi, A. K. Riza","doi":"10.15642/jiis.2019.13.2.421-453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15642/jiis.2019.13.2.421-453","url":null,"abstract":"Codification is a relatively new phenomenon in Islamic legal history. It intensified in the second half of the 20 th Century with the adoption of modern nation state by Muslims which eventually replaced the judicial function of madhhab . Thus, fiqh must transform into state-sanctioned law to remain relevant, as it is also an avenue to apply Islamic law in Indonesian Religious courts. This article aims at unveiling the process of codification of three statutes of Islamic family law, but with different result. While KHI was successfully enacted, CLD KHI failed after facing fierce opposition from Muslim community. The different fate of these two statutes is at least due to two aspects; time and content. KHI was enacted in 1991 when president Soeharto was courting Muslim groups for political supports in his New Order authoritarian regime. Its content is somewhat mirroring the 1974 Marriage Law. Drafts of CLD-KHI was circulated in 2004 after the fall of Soeharto in which free speech is a norm. Content wise, CLD KHI featured liberal interpretation of Islamic family law or even departure from it which is prone to opposition from various Muslim groups.","PeriodicalId":53455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Indonesian Islam","volume":"13 1","pages":"421-453"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47957528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THE “ACCULTURATIVE ISLAM” AS A TYPE OF HOME-GROWN ISLAMIC TRADITION: Religion and Local Culture in Bali","authors":"Kunawi Basyir","doi":"10.15642/jiis.2019.13.2.326-349","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15642/jiis.2019.13.2.326-349","url":null,"abstract":"Religion and culture are inextricably connected like two sides of the same coin because in understanding the religion properly often requires knowing the culture that shaped it, and vice versa. This paper reports on the research of how Islam has interacted with Balinese Hinduism for several hundred years. Using historical-anthropological study with a phenomenological approach, this study has revealed that religious traditions practiced by Balinese Muslims are identical to the Hinduism-based local culture. It means that the existence of local culture in Bali highly influences Islamic practices, which are certainly distinct from those in the Middle East, especially Saudi of Arabia, as the cradle of Islam. The expressions of Islam are resulted from the dialogue between Islamic traditions with local culture, Hindu tradition in particular, which shapes Balinese’s distinctive Islamic identity that is more progressive, tolerant, and egalitarian.","PeriodicalId":53455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Indonesian Islam","volume":"13 1","pages":"326-349"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43629459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"RELIGION AS A POLITICAL TOOL: Secular and Islamist Roles in Indonesian Elections","authors":"L. Assyaukanie","doi":"10.15642/jiis.2019.13.2.454-479","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15642/jiis.2019.13.2.454-479","url":null,"abstract":"This article analyses the use of religion in Indonesian elections. It fundamentally argues that religion has been utilized by both secular and religious politicians to boost their electoral gain. Focusing on national and local elections in the past five years of Indonesian politics, this study suggests that religion is a significant instrument in the electoral decision-making process, both from the perspective of voters and candidates. Much of the data in writing this article derive from my current research project funded by the Indonesian Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education. Other data come from leading survey institutes, particularly Lembaga Survey Indonesia (LSI), Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) and Indikator Politik Indonesia.","PeriodicalId":53455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Indonesian Islam","volume":"13 1","pages":"454-479"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48960306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"BANI ALAWIYYIN IN INDONESIA AND THE MALAY WORLD: Network, Development and the Role of Institution in Transmitting the Peaceful Mission of Islam","authors":"S. Suparto, Halid Halid, Samsu Adabi Mamat","doi":"10.15642/jiis.2019.13.2.267-296","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15642/jiis.2019.13.2.267-296","url":null,"abstract":"Bani Alawiyyin is Arabian Muslims community scattering around the world. Their diaspora is due to many factors and motivations: religion (mission), economy, politic, culture, and so on. They are well-known as a community who hold tenacious principle in disseminating Islamic teaching based on the principle of rahmatan lil ‘ālamīn (blessing to universe). This article endeavors to cast light upon social-religious activities that have been practiced by Bani Alawiyyin prioritizing the courtesy aspects of all mankind. This article is also aiming at presenting data findings which can explain that Bani Alawiyyin had truly proselytized non-radical mission among people in Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia. This article also elucidates the role of Bani Alawiyyin especially in the form of institutional organization in transmitting Islamic doctrine in a peaceful mission. The finding shows that many organization are used by Bani Alawiyyin to spread Islamic teaching in different countries that lead to the success of their mission by determining local and indigenous factors.","PeriodicalId":53455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Indonesian Islam","volume":"13 1","pages":"267-296"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49167118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THE SOCIOLOGICAL EXPLANATION OF INDONESIAN MUSLIM FAMILY: Continuity and Change","authors":"J. Muslimin","doi":"10.15642/jiis.2019.13.2.395-420","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15642/jiis.2019.13.2.395-420","url":null,"abstract":"The study indicates that there is a tendency for family characteristics, functions, and structures to be questioned. Many people, for example, would consider unmarried couples, single mothers or single fathers, and homosexual couples to be the same legitimate expressions of family units. However, Indonesian Muslim family takes a more conservative stance, arguing that the family is a divinely inspired institution, with marriage as the starting point of its differentiation. The article explores what the family means for Muslims in general: its normative philosophy, its implementtation in general and the challenges that will be faced. The goal is to offer an introduction to keywords and a general map of the problem. Some cases are presented as explanatory tools. The used method is library research by utilizing the results of previous research and then carried out contextualization in the Indonesian situation. There are several findings and one of the most important one is that within Indonesian muslim context, there are still several values upheld quite conventionally. Even the very basic of family issues that is the definition remains quite conservative and this is legally stated in several policies including the 1974 marriage law. In addition, there are also several interesting changes occur within Indonesian sociology of family and among the issues are roles divisions, divorces and arranged marriages.","PeriodicalId":53455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Indonesian Islam","volume":"13 1","pages":"395-420"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43318251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THE MUHAMMADIYAH CRITICISM AGAINST MAWLID TRADITION OVER CENTURIES","authors":"Muhammad As'ad","doi":"10.15642/jiis.2019.13.2.350-372","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15642/jiis.2019.13.2.350-372","url":null,"abstract":"This article seeks to find the change of the stand of the Muhammadiyah on the practice of the mawlid celebration. It will observe through the publication of the Muhammadiyah especially its monthly magazine of Suara Muhammadiyah. In addition, this paper will also use some opinions of the early scholars of the Muhammadiyah in the same topic. To analyze the change, this paper will use the proposed analysis of Talal Asad of discursive tradition. In the conclusion, the paper determines that the change of the stand of the Muhammadiyah on the mawlid is influenced by several factors especially the dominant political and power relations in specific time and place which determine the discourse of the mawlid criticism of the Muhammadiyah.","PeriodicalId":53455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Indonesian Islam","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48042928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THE UNPRECEDENTED CONTEXTUAL INTERPRETATION OF THE MISOGYNIC HADITH AT THE REFORMIST PERSIS PESANTREN IN BANGIL","authors":"Masruhan Masruhan","doi":"10.15642/jiis.2019.13.2.480-504","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15642/jiis.2019.13.2.480-504","url":null,"abstract":"The contextual interpretation of the hadith is interpretation of hadith in accordance with the background, situation, condition, and the position of Prophet Muhammad in his utterances, deeds, and his provisions in his status as the Messenger of God and relate them with the current context. Some ulama of the so-called Reformist Pesantren in Indonesia, ulama of Persis Pesantren in Bangil have interpreted misogynic h adith s differently. Some interpret contextually to locate its relevance in contemporary situation, while the rest of ulama in that pesantren deny the existence of the idea of misogyny in hadith and thus interpreted the hadiths textually. This article discusses the method, approach, typology in interpreting hadith employed by those ulama. It turns out that the interpretation of misogynic hadiths at the reformist Persis Pesantren In Bangil could be classified into two approaches; contextual-hermeneutic and metaphoric approach and textual and literal on the other. The two approaches are fluid considering the hadith under discussion.","PeriodicalId":53455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Indonesian Islam","volume":"13 1","pages":"480-504"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46286049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"EVOLUTION AND ORIENTATION OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION IN INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA","authors":"Ali Mas’ud, A. Fuad, Achmad Zaini","doi":"10.15642/jiis.2019.13.1.21-49","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15642/jiis.2019.13.1.21-49","url":null,"abstract":"Islamic education in Indonesia and Malaysia stemmed from the very same origin, pondok pesantren . However, they went different ways due to several drives. As madrasah transformed some forms of pondok pesantren , colonial and political context has shaped Islamic education in Indonesia and Malaysia. In Indonesia, education is administered in a separate ministry and finally formed a curriculum that enable graduates to endeavor not only in religious fields but also in all walks of life. Whereas Ministry of Malaysian Education regulate both national education and religious education all students in Indonesia and Malaysia, though, regardless of their schools, must study religion with different gradation. While Islamic instruction in Indonesian schools is supplied only to shape religious character, Malaysian schools strive to create an integration between Islamic and non-Islamic sciences. Pondok pesantren s too, have developed to a degree that differing features do occur, although they share several resemblances. Their private natures enable pondok pesantren s to improvise their education with different outcome and shape, but remain a deeply rooted in Islamic education in both countries.","PeriodicalId":53455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Indonesian Islam","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47130718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SECURING THE STATE, DEFENDING THE RELIGION: An Analysis of Boelan Sabit Newspaper Publications (December 1945-January 1946)","authors":"M. Y. Zara","doi":"10.15642/jiis.2019.13.1.115-140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15642/jiis.2019.13.1.115-140","url":null,"abstract":"This article discusses how the narration of Islamic-ness and Indonesian-ness in the midst of the war of independence was represented in an Islamic newspaper called Boelan Sabit . The period under study is a month (December 15, 1945-January 14, 1946). Using the historical method, the research findings revealed that Boelan Sabit newspaper incessantly called for Indonesian Muslims to defend Indonesian independence from Dutch colonialism and British occupation based on both Islam and nationalism. The newspaper ensured its Muslim readers that the period of independence was a time to strengthen the two identities inherent in them, namely a son of Indonesia and a Muslim. In this regard, this newspaper took the legitimacy and inspiration in maintaining Indonesian independence from the Quran and other resources of Islamic teachings. In addition, Boelan Sabit newspaper encouraged Muslim readers to have broad knowledge concerning on affairs of state through publishing articles about modern state-related concepts, including deliberation, sovereignty, democracy, and dominion status. Further, this newspaper had a role in helping Indonesian Muslims to understand and accept their new identity after the second world war as a patriotic Indonesian citizen as well as a pious Muslim.","PeriodicalId":53455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Indonesian Islam","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48027866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}