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Understanding Confucianism in West Kalimantan
Get PDFWhat is Confucianism? What are its teachings? What is its culture? How did it grow in Indonesia? What is Confucianism like in West Kalimantan? The book, Agama Konghucu (Confucianism) written by Samsul Hidayat, was written to answer those questions. The author of this book, a lecturer at the State Institute of Islamic Studies (IAIN) of Pontianak, has long been doing a study on Confucianism in his capacity as an expert in the field of comparative religion
RELIGION AND HARRITAGE: THE ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPT OF THE QURAN BY ABDURRAHMAN HUSIN FALLUGAH (W.2010)
Get PDFThis article is extracted from the philological-codicological research on the Mushaf Al-Qur’an (codex or collection of sheets of the Qur’an, hereafter referred to as the mushaf) manuscript in West Kalimantan, especially the collection of Abdurrahman Husin Fallugah (hereafter referred to as AHF). Overall, the Qur’an manuscript collection of AHF is 20 copies, consisting of 15 mushaf in complete condition and six other mushaf which are not complete. The study only focused on 15 mushaf which are intact and complete. The findings of this research showed that: first, judging from its origins, not all of the mushaf manuscript collection of AHF came from West Kalimantan. In addition to West Kalimantan, the 15 complete mushaf also came from Aceh and Central Java. The initiators and supporters of the writing of the manuscript were probably members of a royal family since the Qur’an manuscripts in West Kalimantan were originally obtained from a royal family. Second, the condition of 15 mushaf collection of AHF is generally quite well preserved despite some physical damage especially on the edges of the sheet of paper. If seen from kind of material used, the mushaf collection of AHF were made from different materials, some made from the local paper, some made from European paper and some also made from animal skins. Meanwhile, the collection of the 15 manuscripts is complete; each consists of 30 juz (parts) covering 114 surah. The oldest Mushaf manuscript is coded AHF-06 made by H.M. Said al-Katib in 1067 AH or 1657 AD, while the latest manuscript coded AHF-02 written by H. Sarqawiy in 1243 AH or 1828 AD
THE MYTHOLOGY OF KAMPUNG NAGA COMMUNITY
Get PDFIn order to gain understanding of the meaning of symbolic variants of the myth in Kampung Naga, an objective analysis is required. Therefore, this paper applied the linguistic model study offered by Levi-Strauss as a new step for the objectivity of myth interpretation. The basic assumption of Levi-Strauss’ linguistic model is that myth often display a diverse surface structure, but in fact the diversity is the description of the human deep structure. The selection of this myth was solely based on the life of the Kampung Naga community as part of Sundanese Society. The results indicated that the myth in the religious life of the Kampung Naga community contains a various stories which include the revelation, the reincarnation, and the descent of revelation. These episodes can be constructed into the structure of a Levi-Strauss linguistic model, a binary opposition, namely the mandate giver (active) the mandate recipient (passive). The relationship between the giver and the receiver is vertical (structural) called “structure of three” (regular). From the “structure of three”, the “culinary triangle” can be constructed. From the “combined triangle”, the Batara Guru will also appear to become a central event that other figures have to go through. Finally, it can be stated that the deep structure construction that still refers to the aspect of Javanese cosmology in General
Badai Pasti Berlalu (The Storm Will Surely Pass)
Get PDFThe border is the outermost region of a country that borders neighboring countries. Indonesia, as an archipelagic country, has many regions directly bordered by neighbouring countries. Kalimantan, for example, the third largest island in the world and the largest in Indonesia, lies to the North of the Island of Java, and Sulawesi Island to the West. The island of Kalimantan is divided into areas of Brunei, Indonesia (two thirds) and Malaysia (one third)
ISLAMIC THOUGHT, NATIONALISM, AND MULTICULTURALISM
Get PDFThe inclusive interpretation of religious texts will contribute to the development of plural and multicultural theological perspective rather than develop anexclusive and closed theology. There is a lot of momentum which can serve as a point of departure for developing multicultural theology in Indonesia when humanitarian issues are faced by so many believers, especially the Muslims, such as floods, earthquakes, landslides, and ignorance that continue to haunt the entire country rather than busy interfering with other people’s faith. Judging by very diverse field conditions, there is a final note regarding multiculturalism in the context of Islam in Indonesia. There are internal and external problems that affect religious understanding in this country. The internal factors are the existence of a highly diverse understanding, from moderate, progressive to conservative, thus influencing each other’s understanding of the Indonesian Muslims. The internal factor cannot be underestimated for it is perceived to be influential in the community, so it has to be an understanding that is able to push the development of multiculturalism and pluralism in Indonesia. Meanwhile the external factors should also get attention in this study.
Keywords: Islam, perspective, multiculturalism, and Indonesia
CONTESTATION OF RELIGIOUS PUBLIC SPACE: CHRISTIANS VS MUSLIMS CASES IN PAPUA
Get PDFThe land of Papua has often been associated with the Papua Independence Movement (GPM), in addition to the Independent Papua Organization (OPM) which has been known since the 1990s. The battle between the civil society of Papua against the military seems to keep happening. Killing and shooting each other has always been a public discussion and media coverage. However, the thing that escapes people’s attention is a contestation that occured between the adherents of the religion of the indigenous Papuans who claim to adhere to Christianity, known as the ‘mountain people’, and the Muslims, known as the coastal and inland people who are regarded as non-natives of Papua. The contestation took place observably in public spaces like the streets, mountains, fields and various religious activities that involved mobs such as Kebaktian Kebangkitan Rohani (Spiritual Awakening Mass) among the Christians, as well as talbligh akbar (huge gathering) among the Muslims where they bring in speakers from outside Papua as an attraction. Such contestation has been going on since 1998 that sometimes triggered massive demonstrations and bans on religious activities as well as the establishment of a Muslim school. In the Papuan society, a lot of trouble is religious matters, coming both from the internal and external followers. To data were obtained through direct observations, in-depth interviews with a number of key informants, literature study and written documents related to the issue. The data were processed using interpretative approach as commonly used by Clifford and Geertz in the socio-anthropological tradition or social sciences in general
THE NARRATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF ISLAMIC TERRORISM DISCOURSES
Get PDFWhile polemics is still shadowing the internationally accepted definition, the word “Terrorism” becomes more controversial when it is paralleled with “Islam”. The Islamic Terrorism discourse is more likely to be an elusive concept if not a Fata Morgana. Its very existence appears as a real entity but its form can hardly be described. It would be always be problematic to posterize such a terrible notion as “terrorism” and put it side by side with a noble concept as in “Islam”. The fact, however, shows that the two-word has been widely discussed in global arena. “Islamic Terrorism” has become a trending topic in global politics and academic discourses in the first decade of the millennium
Riots on the News in West Borneo
Get PDFBook Review: Zaenuddin H. Prasojo, Riots on the News in West Borneo Pontianak: STAIN Pontianak Press, 2008
West Borneo had a long story of visible social conflict among ethnics dwelling within different parts of regencies in the West Borneo many years ago. The conflict itself was not merely about the distinction of ethnicity, however, the powerful factors contributed to the event namely social and economic. Furthermore, the conflict which turned to violence became a global issue since mass media kept an eye on the news intensely. The news, moreover, could shower peace among the audience, on the other hand could aggravate the riot. Thus, the issue of conflict studies or conflict resolution has caught the attention of many scholars to learn more about conflict from all over the world. One of the scholars who also concerns on the conflict and originally comes from West Borneo, Zaenuddin has written a book about conflict studies, “Riots on the News in West Borneo”. This book, actually, is the development of his thesis, hence, it would be highly recommended for those who concerns on anthropology, social, and cultural issues to consume this book
Critique of Religious Text Perspective
Get PDFThe phenomenon commonly found in the field of interpretation often portrays the claim of truth. As a result, the truth is hard to define. It is certainly something that is reasonable, given the task instead of a human is not to determine who is right and who is wrong. Only God Almighty who has the right to become the holder of the authority of the truth
THE PHENOMENON OF (ISLAMIC) RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM IN A NON-‘RELIGIOUS’ CAMPUS: A CASE STUDY AT HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY MAKASSAR
Get PDFThis research aims to describe and examine the phenomenon of Islamic fundamentalism on the campus of Hasanuddin University (UNHAS). Islamic fundamentalism is a phenomenon that emerged after the reform and it is commonly encountered in the campus world. The trend shows that the phenomenon of Islamic fundamentalism is growing in the campus that has no particular religious affiliation and is often driven by the propagation of the Campus Dakwah Organization (LDK). This research would like to test the thesis that whether it is relevant to the context of the Hasanuddin University that in fact is not a religiously-affiliated campus or the contrary. The method of collecting data was done through observation of the activities of the LDK activist at the Hasanuddin University (UNHAS) Campus Dakwah Organization’s Musholla Lovers (LDK-MPM), in-depth interviews, documentation/review of previous research and papers. This research shows that Islamic fundamentalism led by LDK-MPM is growing at the Hasanuddin University. This phenomenon emerged as the implications of the post-reform freedom, so that these opportunities are exploited by activists to channel their euphoria, because at the time of the new order, their propagation had a fairly limited space. Another factor that led to the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and growing at Hasanuddin University is because the students did not have comprehensive Islamic references, so that they had no checklist for critiquing and examining the ideology of Islamic fundamentalism. In addition, the emergence of modernity considered to bring the negative excesses also serves as another factor being the cause of Islamic fundamentalism. Therefore, the ideology of Islamic fundamentalism emerged as an alternative to counteract the negative excesses.
Keywords: Islamic Fundamentalism, LDK-MPM, Hasanuddin University