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Islamist Civil Society Activism Malaysia Abdullah: Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (ABIM) Darul Arqam
No full textWithout discounting the relevance of such a framework, this article seeks to look at the phenomenon of Islamism in Malaysia from the angle of Islamist civil society movements that are not directly involved in the domain of electoral politics, but that have nonetheless significantly in fenced political behavior of especially the majority Malay-Muslim population of Malaysia. The provisional impact of these new groupings form the main thread in our discussion, which narrows down to an investigation into the metamorphoses that have a?ected and transpired in two of the most influential civil society movements in contemporary Islamism in Malaysia, viz. ABIM and Darul Arqam.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v16i3.47
New Trend of Islamic Education in Indonesia
No full textThe concept of modern pesantren introduced by Imam Zarkasyi has become a blueprint and genre for the development of the next modern pesantren. Zarkasyi's students who are now spreading all over Archipelago establish a number of similar pesantren pioneered by the kyai. During the period of 1970-80s, a couple of Gontor alumni established pesantrens in their own region. In Banten, PesantrenDaar El-Qalam was established in Gintung Balaraja; in MaduraPesantren Al-Amin was established in Prenduan Sumenep in Central Java Pesantren Pabelan was established in Pabelan; Pesantren Modern Assalaam was established in Solo; and many others. Those pesantrens are frequently called pesantren alumni (meaning the alumni of Gontor), the second generation which have influenced the model of other modern pesantren in their later development.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v16i2.48
Thesaurus of Indonesian Islamic Manuscripts (T2IM): An Effort to Develop a Comprehensive Database for Academic Purpose
No full textAs stated above, one of T2IM's main objectives is to provide information and data as complete as possible concerning Indonesian religious manuscripts. In order to achieve this target, T2IM needs to be systematically improved. Until now, Indonesian manuscripts are largely kept in private and public institutions including libraries, museums, and foundations, both in Indonesia and abroad. Some manuscripts collections have been catalogued, however, most of them have not. Initially, T2IM will draw upon printed catalogues as well as other lists of manuscripts and on other documentation. All publications containing lists of Indonesian religious manuscripts, whether they provide complete information or only titles, will be included in T2IM's database.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v16i3.47
The Visit of Moro Islamic Community Leaders to Indonesia
No full textThis program consisted of a visit by Moro leaders to I Indonesia and was organized by PPIM UIN Jakarta in cooperation with the Australian Embassy. The duration of visit was ten days, from 17-26 November 2008. The visit was intended to strengthen relations between the Muslim communities in the Southern Philippines and Indonesia in the area of conflict resolution and the constructive role Islamic institutions can play in a pluralist, democratic state. It also aimed to enhance public awareness through the media, thereby reinforcing these values among the general public. The visit was also aimed to develop options for further cooperation between these communities.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v16i1.49
Southeast Asia and the Middle East: Islam, Movement, and the Longue Durée
No full textBook Review : (Eric Tagliacozzo, ed. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, working with NUS Press in Singapore, 2009). Viii + 392 pages.This book has brought together scholars from around the world to begin to fill this gaping hole. Especially with regards to the influence of the Middle East on Southeast Asian (Muslim) society, the various articles add significantly to our understanding. The book also aspires to go beyond a limited, brief, local perspective by bringing together essays from over a millennium of inter-regional connections. The appendage of longue durée to the subtitle, invocative of the Annales school of structural history emerging out of France several decades ago, indicates a focus to broader trends and forces at work shaping the relationship. The immediate e?ect of this longue durée framework is seen, though, in the broad range of time periods addressed in the volume, beginning with the dawn of Islam and running through the present.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v16i3.47
Archaeology and Islam in Indonesia
No full textSome Indonesian archaeologists, however, have focused on the nation's Islamic past. Uka Tjandrasasmita is one of Indonesia's leading archaeologists and is largely behind the writing of Volume III of the Sejarah Nasional Indonesia, the national history that was the "standard text" for the teaching of history in Indonesian schools during the New Order; the volume he worked on dealt with Indonesia's Islamic history. For many years he held the position of the head of the Islamic Antiquities section of the Indonesian Archaeological Service (Bidang Arkeologi Islam, Pusat Penelitian Kepurbakalaan dan Peninggalan Nasional) and carried out survey and excavation work in West, Central and East java. He has published many reports on the Islamic archaeology of Indonesia.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v15i2.53
Distinctive Contemporary Voice: Liberal Islam Thought in Indonesia
No full textThis paper aims to turn attention to an intriguing stream of thought in the multi-faceted and plural Islamic discourse in Indonesia, a home to the largest Muslim community in the world. This stream of thought in Indonesia attempts to connect Islamic doctrine, belief, thinking and knowledge with basic liberal themes such as separation between religion and politics, pluralism, freedom of thought, democracy, progress, human rights, gender equality and interfaith dialogue. Similarly, it also seeks to reinterpret the formative sacred texts through liberal paradigm and through contemporary context.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v15i3.52
The Influences of The Meccan Education on the Pesantren Tradition with Special Reference to Shaykh 'Abd al-Ḥamīd Kudus
No full textThis article looks at the influence of Meccan education on the pesantren tradition. The author will deal with the rise of Javanese religious scholars in Mecca seen from two interrelated perspectives: textual and intellectual networks. The author will attempt to discuss these indications and link them to the pesantren environment. The author will also shed light on some discourses related to Islamic reforms stimulated by the Javanese ulama (religious scholars) in Mecca and how they influenced the construction of pesantren ideology. The author will end this article with a case study of Shaykh 'Abd al-Hamid Kudus. This study is meant to portray the intellectual career of a Javanese teacher at the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v15i3.52
Religion, Politics, and Violence in Indonesia Learning from Banser's Experience
No full textBanser's history reflects an attempt by religiously minded people, namely the so-called traditionalist NU leaders, to use violence to serve their political interests. Two assumptions about the connection between violence, politics and religion are: (1) that violence is necessary to achieve political ends; and (2) that violence is religiously controllable. When they finally agreed to establish Banser during the colonial era, NU leaders generally accepted these two assumptions and acted accordingly because they were, along with other parts of Indonesian society, struggling to win independence. While independence was indeed won, the same assumptions remain. This is because the state's security apparatus is unable or unwilling to monopolize the use of violence, hence providing paramilitary organizations like Banser with the opportunity to operate.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v15i3.52
The Sharī’ah Bylaws and Human Rights in Indonesia
No full textThis article states: "In exercising his/her rights and freedoms, every person shall have the duty to accept the restrictions established by law for the sole purposes of guaranteeing the recognition and respect of the rights and freedoms of others and of satisfying just demands based upon considerations of morality, religious values, security and public order in a democratic society." According to some members of the legislature who are involved in the sessions of constitutional amendment. This article is an important key to understanding the issue of the implementation of human rights in Indonesia. Thus, human rights may be restricted insofar there is a national statute that instructs to do so. This provision could result in a situation where individual citizens fail to enjoy rights relating to religious freedom, since to embrace, or carry out, a particular religious interpretation, which is different to the established practice or to the majority of Muslims' understanding, will be considered heresy, and, hence, becomes unlawful and has no right to surviveDOI: 10.15408/sdi.v15i1.53