Resisting Salafism and the Arabization of Indonesian Islam: a Contemporary Indonesian Didactic Tale by Komaruddin Hidayat

Authors : Mark R Woodward

Pages : 315-354

Doi:10.18403/emakalat.714461

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Publication Date : 2020-06-30

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :Adopting Arabic clothing styles and in other ways mimicking Saudi Arabian cultural practice is one of the defining characteristics of the Indonesian tarbiyah (Islamic edu-cation) movement and the more general influence of Saudi Arabian Wahhabism and other forms of Middle Eastern style Salafism that has emerged in Indonesia since the early 1980s. This paper includes a translation of and extended com-mentary on a short story by Profes-sor Komaruddin Hidayat of Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic Univer-sity in Jakarta that is highly critical of this trend. This is a counter nar-rative that references two Indone¬sian national heroes: Kyai Hasyim Asy’ari (1875-1947) one of the fo¬unders of Nahdatul Ulama, the country’s largest Muslim organiza¬tion and Mohammad Hatta (1902-1980), the first Vice President. Pro¬fessor Hidayat uses a short story to make the point that Islamic aut¬henticity need not be based on the emulation of Saudi Arabian cultural practices and that Islam, Indone¬sian cultures, and nationalism are entirely compatible.
Keywords : Endonezya, Selefîlik, Gelenekçilik, Rivayet, Kamaruddin Hidayet

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