An Overlap of Identity-building Components on the Religious Identity-giving of Indonesian Social Activists

Document Type : The Quarterly Jornal

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Al-Mustafa International University

2 Associate professor of political sciences at Baqir al-Olum University, Qom, Iran

3 PhD student in political sciences at Baqir al-Olum University, Qom, Iran

Abstract

Indeed, which identity components does the religious identity-giving of Indonesian Muslims follow, as one of the largest societies in the Islamic world? Is it supra national or sub-national, or is it derived from the identity of religious culture, and where has the identity-building Islam come from? These questions led us to analyze them in a historical-descriptive way in order to answer them. Since the facts of the present, the past, and their relation to the future are explored in this paper, the most appropriate method for this study is the historical-descriptive method. The findings suggest that in Indonesia, a moderate definition of Islam, in conflict with other identity-building components, has been able to approach a native model of religious perceptions appropriate to Malay cultural thoughts. In this new approach, Islam has tried to be active using all Islamic resources and to establish the religious identity of Indonesian Muslims

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Journal of Islam and Social Studies
Volume 7, Issue 28 - Serial Number 28
ExecutiveExpert
March 2020
Pages 63-94

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  • Receive Date: 30 December 2019
  • Revise Date: 21 May 2020
  • Accept Date: 13 May 2020

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