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Communism Debated Again: The Muslim Response to the Idea of Revoking the 1966 anti-Communism in Post-Soeharto Indonesia
No full textThis article analyses the responses of the Muslim political elite to President Abdurrahman Wahid's proposal of revoking MPRS Decree No. XXV/1966, which sought to stifle the spread of Communism and the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI). The proposal provoked controversy which divided the Muslim political elite into two groups; those who supported the President's proposal and those who opposed it.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v13i1.57
Muslim Insurgencies in Southeast Asia: Intractability, the Security Dilemma, and "Islamic Factor"
No full textThree main points will be elaborated on in the following discussion. Firstly, the author would like to explain the chronology of the conflicts and at the same time reveal their intractable nature. Secondly, the author will analyze the cause of the conflict in terms of the security dilemma: whether the conflicts were triggered by real or assumed causes? Thirdly, the author will address the specific "Islamic" factor of the conflicts, which was denied by Southeast Asian governments as being among the features of the conflicts, and propose a more appropriate approach to it in order to reduce the intractability of the conflicts.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v13i2.56
Mafhūm Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamā’ah ‘Inda Jam’īyah Nahḍah al-‘Ulamā’
No full textthis article deals with one of the basic pillars of traditionalist Islam in Indoneisa, ahlussunah waljama'ah (Ar. ahl al-sunnah wa al-jama'ah, meaning people of the sunnah and the [orthodox] community). it was first advocated in Indonesia by the leading 'ulama of the pesantrens, and then appeared as a key religious principle for Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), an institution of 'ulama in Indonesia established in 1926.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v12i1.64
The Masyumi Legacy: Between Islamist Idealism and Political Exigency
No full textMasyumi's name and symbol have an enduring appeal, particulary to modernist Muslims. Althougt the party was disbanded in 1960, Muslims intellectuals, activitis and politiciants continue to invoke its name and identify themselves as being part of the Masyumi heritage. For example, no less than four parties at the 1999 general elections used symbols based on Masyumi's bulan bintang (crecent moon and star) logo and they jostled among themselves for recognation as the party most representative of Masyumi values and tradition. Many of these modernist felt bound by an associative spirit to the masyumi 'family', which was commonly referred to as the Keluarga Bulan Bintang (Crescent Moon and Star Family).DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v12i1.64
The Mainstreaming of Pesantrens and Madrasahs in Indonesia
No full textThe project of this article has focused on six strategic groups in pesantrens and madrasahs. These are: 1)Kyai (male religious leaders) and Nyai (female religious leaders) of pesantren salaf; 2) Kyai and Nyai of pesantren khalaf; 3) key community leaders; 4) principals ofmadrasah aliyahmadrasah aliyah; and 6) student leaders of madrasah aliyah.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v12i2.59
The Struggle for Recognition: Embracing the Islamic Welfare Effort in Indonesian Welfare System
No full textThis article traces the struggle of Indonesian Muslims to integrate Islam welfare programs into the statutory social welfare policy and provisions in Indonesia. Indonesia Muslims have gone through a long process of political struggle and negotiation to be able to embrace religious based social welfare programs as one element of a pluralistic social welfare system. The enactment of Law number 38/1999 on zakat administration and its utilization of Islamic welfare purposes signifies the formal accomodation of Islamic welfare effort into social welfare policies in Indonesia.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v12i1.64
Revealing the Neglected Missions: Some Comments on the Javanese Elements of Muhammadiyah Reformism
No full textThis paper seeks to discuss Muhammadiyah's attitude towards the Javanese cultural identity in the movement interacted with the ideology, psychology, and cosmology of Javanese culture.The views, insights, and behaviour of the founding father and early prominent figures within the organisation are presented, notably the way in which the former interpreted elements of Javanese culture. To analyse the data available, this work attempts to explore and articulate the 'grammar of symbol'.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v12i1.64
Anti-Americanism in Contemporary Indonesia
No full textThis paper attempts to explore these two basic arguments. To that end we need first to discuss what is meant by "anti-Americanism," then what is meant by "unjust American foreign policies," and thirdly what is meant by "civilization" in the context of Indonesian Muslim society. "Anti-Americanism" in the international context is an individual or group attitude or action that reflects a feeling of dislike, hatred or intolerance toward America as a nation, or America as defined by the attitudes or behavior of the American government toward other countries. It is not easy to decide how to measure these anti-American attitudes or actions.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v12i2.58
Javanese Stories of Jesus
No full textThe Jesus-section of the Javanese Serat Anbiya starts at the end of the story of the People of the Cave, the Muslim version of the Christian legend of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesos, who fled persecution under Emperor Decius (249-251) and disappeared, until they were found and rose up again. In most versions of this series, this story is told after the Jesus section (in Tha'labi, Rabghuzi, Mirkhond, but not in Kisai), but here it precedes the Jesus-story.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v12i2.58
Ḍahīrah Ḥarakah Taṭbīq al-Sharī’ah al-Islāmīyah bi Cianjur: Dirāsah Tamhīdīyah
No full textThis piece focuses its attention on the process of 'the implementation of Islamic law in Cianjur' in West Java, in the local social-political context. The background to the ideology and concept of the implementation of Islamic law in Cianjur is a response to social and political developments both locally and nationally. Cianjur is a region which encourages and supports Gerakan Pembangunan Masyarakat Beraklakul Karimah (The Movement for the Development of a Society with Good Character) - often referred to as Gerbang Marhamah.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v12i2.59