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HALAL INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES: Muslims’ Responses and Sharia Compliance In Indonesia
Get PDFHalal Industries have persistently become an important issue globally, including in Indonesia. This study aims to analyze the strategies for halal industry development implemented by business actors in Indonesia as well as provide Indonesian Muslim’s responses and sharia compliance to halal context in their life. Using a mixed methodological approach with Analytical Network Process with religious leaders, academic and economics experts, local government, and business actors as the participants, it found that the strategies used to develop halal industry are not appropriate due to internal factors such as lack of standardization, branding, and limited human resources, and external ones which are the absence of a roadmap for halal industry and less supports from the government. Improving effective government policies and training human resources are among the strategies that might be applied. However, it also found greater attention among Indonesian Muslim and non-Muslim communities consuming halal products and enjoying halal experiences as their sharia compliance and lifestyle
SUFISM AND VIRTUAL PIETY: A Narration of the Millennial Murshid in North Sumatra
Get PDFThe millennial murshid comprises young tariqah leaders, who are well-versed in the latest information technology. Sufism identity has changed under the millennial murshid due to the development of information technology and their participation in social media which tries to revive the doctrine and ritual in the changing global reality. This condition has fostered Sufistic activism in a new direction from a “quiet road†to a “public road†in cyberspace. This article has explored the intersection between Sufism and social media based on the narration of the millennial murshid of Tariqa Naqshabandiyya-Khalidiya Serambi Babussalam. The findings illustrate that the phenomenon of virtual Sufism that has emerged from the intersection between Sufism and social media has given birth to a new expression of piety called as virtual piety. It is a simplification of piety from the original form of Sufistic tradition that emphasizes symbolic-esoteric aspects and is likely as opposed to individual piety. Additionally, the millennial murshid has successfully used social media, particularly Facebook, to reach out to the online community and gain followers
AL-TAá¹¢AWWUF WA RIYÄ€DAT AL-A‘MÄ€L FĪ AL-MA‘HAD AL-ISLÄ€MĪ BI INDŪNĪSĪYÄ€: DirÄsah fÄ« Ma‘had RiyÄḠal-Jannah al-IslÄmÄ« bi BÄtshÄ«t MÅ«jÅ«kirtÅ«
No full textSufism is always seen for having more emphasis on the salvation hereafter. It also has become a spiritual force in human souls to adapt to changing times. However, ulama in pesantren Riyad al-Jannah Islamic Traditional Boarding School, Pacet, Mojokerto understand it differently as they see sufism and entrepreneurship which focuses on economic betterment can join hand. They believe that Sufism does not lead people to the abyss of ecstasy and stagnation but rather leads them to the prosperity through the practice of deeds in worldly life without neglecting the interests in hereafter. This study aims to reveal the most in-depth exposure to entrepreneurship based on Sufism values in the Pesantren Riyadlul Jannah. The results show that the Sufi circles and teachings in this institute lead students to actively develop entrepreneurship with the support of business centers and their facilities by the school. The school develops entrepreneurship skills for santri to build economic independence. This way will prevent them from the lure of worldly pleasure, materialism, and secularism. This entrepreneurship-inspired Sufism will generate welfare, independence, with the blessing of God
SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE AS THE POLITICS OF MULTICULTURALISM AMONG JAVANESE MUSLIM MIGRANTS IN MALUKU
Get PDFHow does spiritual intelligence serve as foundation for multicultural politics? This article explores how spiritual intelligence becomes a multicultural political base among the Javanese Muslims who immigrated to Maluku Province. The spiritual intelligence in this study refers to the understanding of Javanese values, i.e., accepting what’s given by life (nrimo ing pandum), empathy (tepa salira), and beautifying the world (memayu hayuning bawana) as well as how they enrich pluralism in Maluku. Previous studies on the topic mostly focused on the religious factor and neglected cultural aspects, especially among migrants who brought their cultural traits with them to their new place. Based on ethnographic research through observation and in-depth interviews with 60 Javanese migrants in Waihatu, Maluku, the research shows that multicultural politics among Javanese Muslim migrants cannot be separated from spiritual intelligence on Javanese values so that interreligious social solidarity is sustainable. Spiritual intelligence in this article highlights that Javanese migrants’ adoption of Islamic values in Maluku is connected to their philosophical foundation of Javanese values
SOUNDING ISLAM IN CONTEMPORARY INDONESIA: The Transformation of Javanese Tembang
Get PDFThis article examines the relationship between sound and religion focusing on mediated religion and the transformation of sonic sensation. It studies a Javanese children’s song (tembang dolanan) called Ilir-Ilir (Javanese pronunciation: [iler iler]) which is an example of a Javanese song bearing a deep philosophy, richness of interpretations, and modes of presentation. Examining the Javanese song Ilir-ilir, this paper examines the two dimensions of the song and the transformation of tembang dolanan into the Islamic ones through the meaning-making and sonic dimension to generate Islamic sensation. The analysis goes beyond the textual tradition -in case of the song i.e., lyrics and textual dimension of the song- as looking at the interpretation of the song and the sonic atmosphere of sound. The article further argues that the transformation Javanese Ilir-ilir delivers an important insight of relationship between sound and religion as to which sound contributes to the making of religious sensation and reverberates the mediated religion through sensational form
SKETCHING THE EARLY 20th CENTURY HIJAZ-JAWI ISLAMIC SCHOLARSHIP THROUGH THE COMMENTARY LITERATURE: A Preliminary Study on Muḥammad 'Ali al-MÄlikī’s InÄrat al-DujÄ
Get PDFThis article seeks to highlight some important accounts on the intellectual history of ḤijÄz-JÄwÄ« Islamic scholarship by examining the syarh (gloss or commentary) literature. The work under investigation is InÄrat al-DujÄ Syarḥ TanwÄ«r al-ḤijÄ Naẓm SafÄ«nat al-NajÄ written by Muhammad ‘Ali al-MÄlikÄ« al-MakkÄ« (1870-1945 AD/1287-1364 AH). This book is a commentary (syarḥ) on TanwÄ«r al-ḤijÄ Naẓm SafÄ«nat al-NajÄ, a notable work by Ahmad Qusyairi bin Ahmad al-Siddiq al-FÄsuruwÄni al-LÄsimÄ« (1892-1972 AD/1311-1392 AH), a prominent Jawi scholar of the early 20th century who had established a correspondence with Muhammad ‘Ali al-Maliki. Beginning with the initial exploration on what might be called “the trans-regional scholarship of Safinat al-Najaâ€, this paper highlights the collaboration between ‘Ali al-MalikÄ« and Ahmad Qusyairi al-FÄsuruwanÄ« through InÄrat al-DujÄ, including the historical sketch behind the publication of the work, some important aspects it contains, and its significance for the larger picture of the early 20th Century HijÄz-JÄwÄ« Islamic intellectual history
SELLING RELIGIOUS RITUALS IN INDONESIA: Commodification of Umrah Pilgrimage by Travel Agents
Get PDFoai:ojs.jiis.uinsby.ac.id:article/2627The flourishing lucrative business of Umrah pilgrimage in Indonesia has disrupted pilgrims from the substantial meaning of Umrah as a form of worship. The travel business industry designs some umrah packages as merely commonplace travel packÂages, instead of as a form of devoted worship. InÂnuÂmerable number of umrah travel agents relentÂlessÂly promote attractive packages for umrah pilgrimage at an affordable price using any possible marketing strategies to win customers, the attempts which downgrade the pilgrimage as a mere traded commoÂdity. This paper aims to reveal the marketing strateÂgies of Umrah travel agents to promote their umrah packages, which is highly correlated with  the commodification of religion. This article finds two primary marketing strategies of umrah travel agents: product design in various umrah packages, celebrity endorsement, involvement of managers of religious social institutions as distributors, and giving bonuses. The process of commodification of Umrah is carried out by incorporating popular cultural sentiments in Umrah products, and turns umrah into a product of worship that offers convenience
GUS BAHA, SANTRI GAYENG, AND THE RISE OF TRADITIONALIST PREACHERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Get PDFThis research discusses the efforts of the old religious authority in Indonesia, particularly NU activists and preachers, to maintain its values amidst the substantial exposure of new online preachers. This study employs qualitative methods by observing da’wah on social media platforms: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. The sample of this research is the da’wah of KH. Bahauddin Nursalim (Gus Baha) through Santri Gayeng’s social media accounts. This research argues that the online da’wah of NU, specifically Gus Baha and Santri Gayeng, is adequate and effective to compete with online Islamist activities, such as those from former HTI members. The success of Santri Gayeng is attributed to its strategy to implement da’wah 2.0, which maximizes visual aesthetics, communication skills, and marketing tactics, besides the use of Indonesian subtitÂles. These factors have attracted audiences comprising Nahdlatul Ulama members as well as former jihadists to Gus Baha’s house to listen to and broadcast his lectures online. The response of traditionalist Islam groups through Santri Gayeng has two meanings; namely, it marks the engagement of NU followers in online da’wah interactions and enhances the characteristics of related moderate groups in Indonesia
STUDENTS’ RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE: Comparing Muslim Students at Public Schools and Pesantren
Get PDFDue to modernization and globalization, Indonesian Muslims today face complicated difficulties related to cultural diversity. The moderation allows Muslims to learn the religion from a variety of sources both inside and outside of school. Religious education is typically taught in public schools, boarding schools, and madrasas. This article aims to identify the religious tolerance among students at public schools and Pesantren. The study also examines the causes of the tolerable inequalities among students in three different school categories by putting the phenomenon in a social and policy context. The Data were collected by distributing survey to 926 students in 2021 in North Sulawesi. According to the findings, Muslim students in public schools and public madrasas are significantly more tolerant than those at Pesantren, and both groups of students are equally tolerant. Our understanding of how educational policies affect Muslim students’ religious tolerance outside of Java has been expanded by this surprising finding
THE ADAPTABILITY OF PESANTREN IN INDONESIA DURING THE NEW NORMAL ERA
Get PDFThis article discusses strategic issues of pesantren management during the Covid-19 pandemic-based “adaptation to new habit†era in Indonesia. The research is carried out to a total of fifteen pesantren in West Borneo, Yogyakarta, East Java, and West Java. Sociocultural perspectives of pesantren during this period also has influenced the emergence of adaptive protocols toward public interest (maá¹£laḥah). Therefore, each pesantren has authentic regulations in dealing with the disasterous situation (sadd al-dharÄ‘i`). The results classify the adaptive responses of pesantren during the pandemic into three categories from the upper, middle, and lower tier management. Aside from misfortunes for humanity during the disaster, academics of pesantren suggest that they obtain several cocktails of wishful thinking from this phenomenon, i.e. inspiring ideas to maintain their faith and piety (hifz} al-dÄ«n) while developing enthusiasm for studying science and religion (hifẓ al-‘aql). To summarize, all observed pesantren have attempted to balance physical (baá¹Ä«nÄ«yah) and emotional (żÄhÄ«rÄ«yah) neccesities in overcoming the pandemic situation