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History, Political Images and Cultural Encounter: The Dutch in the Indonesian Archipelago
No full textIn this article, the author describes how the inhabitants of the archipelago, since the first relationship with the Netherlands at the end of the 16th century AD to the present, developing an overview of the various foreign entrants. Various picture developed among the natives of the strangers of particular interest because it reflects the understanding of their relationship with the Dutch settlers. The picture serves as a means to make other people more intelligible to the stranger. The picture also serves as a tool to make the relationship with the stranger seemed more acceptable. Because knowledge of the indigenous population of the Netherlands is increasing, the nature of their relationship with the Netherlands is changing.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v1i3.84
Islam and the Struggle for Religious Pluralism in Indonesia: A Political Reading of the Religious Thought of Mukti Ali
No full textProblems of inter-religious dialogue is one of the important discourse in the development of religious thought in modern Indonesia. One of the leading Muslim intellectuals seoran put a great interest in the discourse of religious thought is Prof. HA Mukti Ali, former Minister of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, which has served as Rector of IAIN Yogyakarta.In the view of many people, known as Mukti Ali Muslim leaders who have diverse Islamic thought. He, set in the traditional students and the cast of revivalist organization, Muhammadiyah is the pioneer of Comparative Studies of Religion in Indonesia. He is also known as the man who chose the problem of inter-religious dialogue in Indonesia as 'immortal work' throughout his life. Equally important, Mukti Ali is an Indonesian Religious Affairs Minister re-orientation is important in the political-religious wisdom in the New Order.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v3i1.81
Mafhūm al-ṣalawāt ‘inda majmū‘at Joged Shalawat Mataram: Dirāsah fī al-ḥadīth al-ḥayy
No full textThis study examines the spiritual dance tradition of Joged Shalawat Mataram (JSM), a spiritual dance originating from the Mataram Sultanate of Yogyakarta. The focus of this research study is to determine the meaning of ṣalawah in the JSM community. The results of this study are as follows. Firstly, JSM is a socio-cultural phenomenon emanating out of religious traditions, classified as a spiritual dance or art of spiritual movements. Secondly, JSM is a phenomenon of ‘living’ hadith. In this sense, the JSM tradition is based on hadith that reflect some basic principles of the Prophet—those that command the reading of ṣalawah to the Prophet and those that command the following of the Prophet’s character. Thirdly, JSM is a phenomenon of symbols of religious culture. Fourthly, as a socio-religious movement JSM wants to convey the values of character education through Islamic art.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v21i3.122
Guarding the Faith of the Ummah: Religio-Intellectual Journey of Mohammad Rasjidi
No full textProfessor Mohammad Rasjidi, no doubt, is one of the Muslim intellectuals and national leaders of Indonesia's most prominent. He is the first Indonesian to obtain a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Cairo University and a Doctorate in Javanese spiritualism from the Sorbonne University, France. No less important, is the Minister of Religious Rasjidi first in the history of independent Indonesia, just as the existence of the Ministry of Religious questioned many circles.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v1i2.85
Redefining "Political Islam" in Indonesia: Nahdlatul Ulama and Khittah '26
No full textObservers of Islam and Muslim politics in Indonesia over the past year could not fail to note the explosion of political parties bearing the banner of Islam as well as the reemergence of a discourse on a "political Islam" and the specter of an Islamic state that became a subject of anxiety among some and enthusiasm among others. This was hardly a new issue-Indonesians have struggled since even before the formation of their state to negotiate the relationship between Islam and the state. Indonesia's founding fathers, upon developing its Constitution, were mired in the debate over the role of Islam and the syari'ah in their new nation. This issue raised its head time and time again at key points during the Soekarno regime-as discussed below. Soeharto artificially muted the potential political role of Islam through enforcement of asas tunggal Pancasila and careful balancing of Islam with the military. Almost immediately after Soeharto fell, however, there was an explosion of political parties bearing the banner of Islam, and the discourse on the shape of the new Indonesian political system was dominated by the debate over the role of Islam.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v7i2.70
Al-Idārah al-Islāmiyyah bi Indūnīsiyyā
No full textFor some people, religion is often regarded as obstacles in the development of society. However, not all matters relating to the development, both in political, economic and social, hampered by religious factors. In fact, not a few religious factors play a very positive role in community development. In that regard, the founder of the Indonesian state, from the beginning has thought to do a kind of bureaucratization of religious issues, particularly Islam.There is a common assumption in modernization theory that religion represents an obstacle to modern social development. Despite this assumption, and despite the adherence of Indonesia'a New Order ideologues to modernization theory, the Indonesian goverment still recognizes the positive contibution to social development provided by religion.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v5i1.76
Al-Ḥājj ‘Umar Sa‘īd Shukrū Amīnūtū: Ḥayātu wa Kifāhuh wa Afkāruh
No full textHOS Tjokroaminoto, to this day, tends to be considered as a Sarekat Islam (Islam Union) important figure only, whereas he was one of the actors who contributed to the formation of Indonesian modern history.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v4i4.76
The Mystical Figure of Haji Ahmad Mutamakin from the Village of Cebolek (Java)
No full textHistory of the Islamization process in rural Javanese society has given birth to a mystic figure named Haji Cebolek Mutamakin of the village; a village in the North Coast region, Pati, Central Java. This figure is estimated to live around the beginning of the 18th century. He is widely known by the public-especially among students through a Java-written book Yasadipura I (1729-1803), a poet Sultan palace Pakubuwana IV, entitled Fiber Cebolek.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v5i1.75
Pancasila as an Islamic Ideology for IndonesianMuslim: An Interview with Munawir Sjadzali
No full textThe independence of Indonesia created a new political horizon. The shift from old political systems such as ethnicity-based, monarchic or colonial, to a nation-state has been an invaluable experience for Indonesians. They started to live in a pluralistic society and within new international relationship. BUt given the fact that the new system was embryonic and different from the oldones, Indonesians also experienced intricate frictions in both political and spheres. Conflicts of interests, wheter religious, classbased or cultural, became an inseparable part of the political process.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v1i1.87
Theological Responses to the Concepts of Democracy and Human Rights: The Case of Contemporary Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals
No full textAlmost all governments in the world, including authoritarian, claiming that their political system is democratic. However, not all governments in the Muslim world accept this system. Among the 'ulama and Muslim intellectuals themselves there are differences of opinion about the system and the concept of democracy. In general, the modernist Muslim groups accept this system, because he was judged to be compatible with Islam, while Muslim groups "fundamentalist" and mostly conservative Muslims reject this system, because it supposedly excludes the sovereignty of God.The problem that often arises is how to implement human rights in Islamic societies. Then in 1990 the Muslim countries which are members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) issued a "Cairo Declaration of Human Rights in Islam" , after over 13 years of discussing this issue among its members. Thus, there are two declarations for the people of Islam, namely: Cairo Declaration on the top and the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights".DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v3i1.81