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Islamophobia and Counter-Terrorism in France: Political Discourses Under Hollande and Macron After the 2015 Paris Attacks
Full text linkThis study examines how anti-terrorism policies under Hollande and Macron reflect distinct narratives concerning Islam and Islamophobia in France. Applying Critical Discourse Analysis and drawing on ideological divergence, the research analyzes the interplay between political rhetoric, policy, and perceptions of the Muslim community. While Hollande emphasized humanitarian values alongside security measures indirectly affecting Muslims, Macron adopted an assertive stance against "Islamist separatism," leading to policies criticized for institutionalizing Islamophobia. This research argues that Macron's policies and administration align with conservative and nationalist tendencies, evident in his securitized approach and rhetoric echoing far-right narratives shifting closer towards islamophobia. The study highlights the challenges of balancing security with human rights, revealing how political discourse shapes public sentiment and impacts marginalized communities
The Politics and Practice of Religious Moderation in Indonesia: A Study of the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Nahdlatul Ulama, and Muhammadiyah
Full text linkReligious moderation plays a crucial role in promoting tolerance and harmony at local, national, and global levels. This study employs a qualitative approach to examine religious teachings that encourage mutual respect and peaceful coexistence. Data collection relies on documentation from books, journals, training materials, and scholars’ perspectives, which are systematically and critically analyzed. According to the Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs, religious moderation consists of national commitment, tolerance, non-violence, and cultural accommodation. Nahdlatul Ulama strengthens moderation by enhancing educational institutions and collaborating with the government and society to counter radicalism and terrorism. Meanwhile, Muhammadiyah emphasizes Islam raḥmatan li al-‘ālamīn as the foundation of wasathiyah Islam. This article argues that the religious moderation framework promoted by the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Nahdlatul Ulama, and Muhammadiyah significantly contributes to academic policy development and the reinforcement of social harmony. Their approaches not only prevent religious conflicts but also ensure equal rights for all individuals to live in peace and prosperity
Faith in the Digital Age: The Rise of Islamic Fundamentalism and the Plurality of Young Muslims' Piety on Social Media
No full textIslamic fundamentalism has undergone a significant transformation of the movement along with the emergence of social media. The presence of a new pattern of Islamic fundamentalism is influenced by young preachers who have succeeded in building religious authority through digital Islamic creative content that contains ideas about political Islam, hijrah da’wah, and salafism ideology. This article aims to analyze the interplay between the genealogy of the movement and the typology of Islamic fundamentalist thought, hijrah da’wah, and the plurality of millennial Muslim piety. This qualitative research uses literature studies, which its operationalization was done by examining, identifiying, and finding a gap from references on related topics. Subsequentlyas well as analyzing digital content to find out the factors that affect the formation of millennial Muslim piety. This article finds that the transformation of the Islamic fundamentalism movement through hijrah da’wah on social media contributes to shaping the piety of Muslim adolescents into three typologies, namely scripturalist piety, popular piety, and progressive piety. The phenomenon of global fundamentalism, the fragmentation of religious authority, and the response to the challenges of modernity are the factors that led to the emergence of the plurality of piety. Although the plurality of piety has implications for polarization with one another, Islamic da’wah in the digital era provides an alternative source of religious learning for millennial Muslims
Integrating Islamic Values into Ecological Communication: A Perspective from the Bone Community
Full text linkThis study analyzes the Mappano Bine tradition in Bone Regency as a communicative practice that integrates local wisdom, Islamic values, and ecological ethics. Drawing on a qualitative design with interviews, non-participant observation, and document analysis, the research examines how environmental communication is enacted through ritual performances, symbolic expressions, and collective practices. The findings indicate that Mappano Bine extends beyond agricultural celebration; it serves as a communicative act that weaves Islamic spirituality prayer, gratitude, and communal responsibility into indigenous ritual forms. These practices generate ecological consciousness and transmit environmental ethics across generations through oral narratives, ritual symbols, and communal participation. The study advances the field of environmental communication by framing Mappano Bine as a hybrid communicative model where religious and indigenous values converge to promote ecological harmony and cultural continuity. While challenges such as modernization and youth disengagement persist, the contribution lies in positioning ritual as an analytical lens for understanding the intersection of faith, culture, and ecological communication
Islamization and Social Transformation in Colonial Manna, Bencoolen (1824-1942)
Full text linkThis article examines the process of Islamization and its impact on the socio-economic transformation of the community in Onderafdeeling Manna, Bencoolen or Bengkulu Residency, during the Dutch colonial period, spanning from 1824 to 1942. The primary objective of this study is to identify the early figures who disseminated Islam in the region and analyse how Islamic teachings influenced the lifestyle of the local community. Using historical methods through the stages of heuristics, source criticism, interpretation, and historiography, this study finds that Islam entered the Manna region around the 1880s through the preaching of Shaykh Muhammad Amin from Nias Island. Islamic activities developed through the establishment of large mosques, such as Al-Manar, the formation of Islamic organisations like Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama, and the growth of Sufi orders in the post-independence period. This process also encouraged changes in the community’s economic behaviour, primarily through shifts in trade ethics, increased cooperation in agriculture, and the development of waqf and zakāh-based initiatives. These findings demonstrate that Islam serves not only as a religion but also as a social and cultural force capable of transforming society’s structure in a peaceful and sustainable manner
Confiscation of Assets as ‘Uqūbah Mālīyah in the Shāfi‘ī Madhhab
No full textAsset confiscation is currently a hot topic of discussion in the international space. Many countries are trying to make new rules regarding asset confiscation, such as Indonesia and the Netherlands. This initiative cannot be separated from the United Nations Against Corruption (UNCAC) international convention, which requires all state parties to make their positive law. Islamic law also recognizes the confiscation of assets, especially in the Shāfi‘ī school of thought, which is known to be strict in its determination. Therefore, the main question in this research is how Islamic law, especially the Shāfi‘ī school of thought, views this phenomenon as a law in Islam. This research is normative legal research that focuses on analyzing and interpreting Islamic legal norms to explain the phenome-non of asset confiscation. The results of this study indicate that asset confiscation has begun to be used as the primary punishment in criminal and civil forfeiture models. The Shāfi‘ī school stipulates asset confiscation as ‘uqūbah mālīyah, which can be applied both in violation of God’s rights and human’s rights
Government Policy in Handling Rohingya Refugees Based on Maṣlaḥah Mursalah Perspective
No full textThis research aims to analyze the Indonesian government's policy towards Rohingya refugees based on the maslahah mursalah perspective. Various polemics that occurred due to the continuous influx of refugees, giving rise to a negative stigma in society. This research uses a descriptive analysis method based on data sources in the literature review. The result shows that the Indonesian government's policy towards Rohingya refugees is appropriate based on the maṣlaḥah mursalah perspective. Therefore, efforts that Indonesia can make are to fulfill the rights of the Rohingya people only when they become refugees or asylum seekers in Indonesia. Rights that can be fulfilled as maṣlaḥah include: 1) freedom of religion, the right to live and be free from fear (maintenance person) in this case Indonesia has built an Integrated Community Shelter as a place to live for Rohingya refugees and built a mosque or place of worship for Rohingya ethnic Muslims named the Arakan’s mosque; 2) Fulfilling the guarantee of safety, guaranteeing human honor; 3) The right to maintain one's tribe or ethnicity, the right to marriage to raise offspring; 4) The right to education (maintenance of mind); 5) The right to obtain a decent living by being given the opportunity to earn a living (property maintenance)
Voice of Resilience: Unveiling the Humanitarian Tragedy of Palestinian Women in the Lens of Umm Sa'd
Full text linkThis article aims to discuss the humanitarian crisis that Palestinian women refugees have to face in the novel Umm Sa‘d by Ghassan Kanafani. This humanitarian crisis is a result of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since the 1948 Nakba incident, which continues to this day. This article reveals and analyzes the humanitarian crisis faced by Palestinian women in this novel using the state-ibuism approach and qualitative descriptive methods. State-ibuism is defined as the ideology of women’s actions in taking care of their family, group, or state to support male power. Kanafani’s main idea for Palestinian women to rebuild the Palestinian national narrative is a pro-natal movement using their wombs. Their wombs are positioned as a battlefield for the Israel and Palestine movements to determine the definition of their nation. This article contributes to providing an understanding of the role of Palestinian women in rebuilding the idea of a Palestinian national narrative, which makes the womb of Palestinian women a tool and a strategy for population dominance through statistical politics
Inclusive and Exclusive Dynamics in Local Community Wedding Tradition in East Java and West Nusa Tenggara
No full textLocal tradition is a pride that creates identity. Each region has their own identity in strengthening the uniqueness of its traditions. Inclusive versus exclusive has a different sense, but both of them have the same sense of preserving, caring, and sustaining local traditions. There are two important things that must be explored in this study; 1), how the wedding traditions in Kediri, East Java, and Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, are comparable? 2), how the uniqueness of each region’s wedding traditi-ons is in realizing inclusive and exclusive local traditions? Based on the wedding traditions comparison, it was found that 1), each region possesses a variety of historical values. 2), the Siman and Wetu Telu community have their own dynamic in responding and sustaining wedding traditions. Blummer’s symbolic theory helps to analyze and deepen the harmonization of the dialectics of local marriage traditions. Community dignity is maintained by preserving the values of local wisdom as a symbol of regional pride in East Java and West Nusa Tenggara. The dialectic through the symbol of marriage is a social fact to maintain the integrity of communal morals, which are framed in communal norms
Shia Minority in Medan City: The Early Emergence, Movement and Response of Sunni Groups
Full text linkThis article studies the Shia community movement in the city of Medan during the Reform Era. Specifically, the study aims to reveal the emergence, development, and activities of the Shia groups in Medan, the response of the Sunni majority group toward the Shia minority community, and the dialogue between Sunni-Shia leaders. This study employs Bourdieu’s theory of cultural capital to analyze Shia community dynamics, and Sergey Melnik’s theory of interreligious dialogue to analyze Sunni-Shia dialogue. The findings reveal that the Shia community began to emerge and develop in the 1990s in the city of Medan, influenced ideologically by Iranian clerics through a group of local figures, including alumni of Iranian Islamic educational institutions. This community established foundations and organizations focusing on religious outreach and social activities. The presence of the Shia community elicited various reactions from Sunni groups; some figures opposed Shi’ism, while others did not see it as an issue. Evidence shows that dialogue occurred between Sunni and Shiite leaders, with some advocating for unity while others emphasized the fundamental differences between the two sects. In addition, this article argues that the Shia group in Medan has been relatively successful in introducing Shia traditions due to their effective use of economic, cultural and social capital, which strengthened their sectarian identity while also increasing acceptance from some Sunni figures. Sunni and Shia dialog includes polemical, cognitive, peacemaking, and partnership dialogue