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Aqiqah in Hadith Perspective Agung Septiana; Deni Miharja
Gunung Djati Conference Series Vol. 4 (2021): The 1st Conference on Ushuluddin Studies
Publisher : UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung

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This study aims to provide knowledge as well as refresh memory about understanding aqiqah from the perspective of hadith. This research method is qualitative by applying literature study. The research was carried out by collecting library sources, both primary and secondary. The results and discussion of this study include the understanding, terms and laws, arguments and slight differences of opinion between Imam Syafi'i and Imam Malik regarding aqiqah. This study concludes that aqiqah is a slaughtered animal that is slaughtered on behalf of a newborn baby on its seventh day as an expression of gratitude to Allah SWT. for His favors and gifts in the form of a child.
Harmony in Diversity: An Exploration of Peaceful Coexistence between Muslim and Christian Communities in Aceh, Indonesia Mawardi Mawardi; Hasni Hasni; Deni Miharja; Busro Busro
Khazanah Sosial Vol. 5 No. 1 (2023): Khazanah Sosial
Publisher : UIN Sunan Gunung Djati

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In this age of globalization and social complexity, the peaceful coexistence of Muslim and Christian Communities in Pertabas Village, Simpang Kanan District, Aceh Singkil District is an important research topic. This study investigates the factors influencing peaceful coexistence between Muslim and Christian communities and identifies effective strategies and approaches to promote religious tolerance and harmony in Pertabas Village. The research method is a qualitative case study involving interviews, observation, and documentation. Significant findings indicate that cooperation in education, economy, and social affairs are concrete manifestations of civil coexistence between Muslim and Christian communities in Pertabas Village. In support of peaceful coexistence between Muslim and Christian communities are the role of the government, clans' similarities, and economic ties. This study contributes to how cooperation and mutual respect between religious groups can form harmonious social and religious relations by encouraging additional research on the factors that influence the establishment of peaceful coexistence in a society with multiple religions. Further research can be conducted to deepen the understanding of the factors that influence the peaceful coexistence of Muslims and Christians in other areas.
Digital Religion and Hybrid Worship in a Protestant Minority Congregation Deni Miharja; M. Yusuf Wibisono; Nisa Ainun Napisa Nisa
Khazanah Theologia Vol. 7 No. 2 (2025): Khazanah Theologia
Publisher : UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung

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Purpose: This study examines how digital media are integrated into the religious life of GKP Cirebon, a Protestant minority congregation in Indonesia. Methods: This study employs a qualitative case study approach. Data were collected through field observation, digital observation of church platforms, documentation of online worship and congregational activities, and interviews with pastors, church administrators, and congregants. The data were analyzed thematically by classifying forms of religious activities, patterns of digital media integration, and categories of congregational response. Findings: The findings show that digital media at GKP Cirebon are used across three main domains of religious life: worship, religious education, and pastoral-social ministry. Digital integration operates through three modalities: livestreaming, interactive online participation, and digital communication. Congregational and pastoral responses are heterogeneous, consisting of positive acceptance, adaptive or ambivalent acceptance, and critical reservation. Digital platforms expand access to worship, religious education, pastoral care, and congregational communication, especially for members limited by mobility, time, health, or distance. However, physical worship remains central because it provides embodied fellowship, direct interaction, shared liturgical atmosphere, and communal intimacy. Implications: This study suggests that digital ministry should be developed not merely as a technical service but as a pastoral and communicative strategy. For local churches, digital media can extend access and sustain participation, but they need to be managed in ways that preserve physical fellowship, communal worship, and active congregational involvement. Originality/Value: This study contributes to digital religion and media studies by offering an empirical analysis of a Protestant minority congregation in Indonesia. Its originality lies in showing that digital media function as an extension of religious access rather than a replacement for physical worship, and in identifying the negotiation between digital accessibility and physical communality as a key dynamic in contemporary congregational life.
Framing and Intermedium Practices in Islamic Apologetics: The Construction of Religious Identity and Multicultural Dynamics on Bang Zuma’s YouTube Channel Iman Mukhroman; Deni Miharja
FOCUS Vol. 6 No. 2 (2025): Focus
Publisher : Parahyangan Catholic University

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This article aims to analyze the construction of religious identity through intermedial practices and framing strategies in Islamic apologetic content on social media. The study focuses on the Official Bang Zuma YouTube channel, which presents Islamic apologetics through a combination of audio, visual, textual, and online interaction. The research employs a qualitative content analysis method, integrating Robert Entman’s framing theory and Thierry de Duve’s intermedium approach to examine how messages are structured, transmitted, and received by audiences. The findings indicate that Bang Zuma’s apologetic content frames Islam as occupying a defensive position perceived as threatened yet theologically superior, while employing intermedial techniques to reinforce narratives and construct a virtual interpretive community. Three key results emerge: (1) framing-intermedium practices strengthen group identity boundaries and produce a model of “segregative multiculturalism”; (2) although predominantly confrontational, apologetic content leaves room for constructive dialogue through the presence of “digital mediators” among followers; and (3) the development of “multicultural digital literacy” is required to balance the polarizing potential of apologetic content. The implications highlight the importance of inclusive digital literacy strategies to strengthen social cohesion in the era of new media. The originality of this study lies in its integration of framing theory and the intermedium approach to explain how religious identity is shaped within the contemporary digital landscape and its implications for the dynamics of multiculturalism in Indonesia.
Religious Identity and Social Integration: An Ethnographic Study of the Balinese Hindu Community in East Lampung Anggi Novita Sari; Deni Miharja
Socio Politica : Jurnal Ilmiah Jurusan Sosiologi Vol. 16 No. 1 (2026): Socio Politica : Jurnal Ilmiah Jurusan Sosiologi
Publisher : Prodi Magister Sosiologi UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung

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This study examines the process of social integration and the maintenance of religious identity of the Balinese Hindu community in Pematang Tahalo Village, Hamlet IV, Gunung Kerung, Jabung District, East Lampung Regency. Within a predominantly Muslim community, the Balinese Hindu community demonstrates the ability to adapt and build harmonious social relations without obscuring its religious identity. This study aims to understand the social, cultural, and religious mechanisms that shape interfaith relations in a multicultural environment. The method used is a descriptive qualitative approach using in-depth interviews, participant observation, and documentation. Key informants included traditional leaders, religious leaders, community administrators, and Balinese Hindu youth. Data analysis was conducted inductively, referring to the theories of religion as a cultural system (Geertz), social solidarity (Durkheim), and the social construction of religion (Asad). The results indicate that social integration is built through interfaith cooperation, mutual cooperation, and mutual respect. Religious traditions such as mass cremation (ngaben), temple odalan (puppet ceremony), and melasti (pilgrimage ceremony) reinforce collective identity, strengthen social solidarity, and promote local pluralism.
Relational Human–Nature Ethics in Indigenous Ritual Practice: The Selametan Ubar Pare among the Baduy Community in Indonesia Deni Miharja; Iis Badriatul Munawaroh
Religious: Jurnal Studi Agama-Agama dan Lintas Budaya Vol. 9 No. 3 (2025)
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Climate change poses a global challenge that has prompted the search for alternative mitigation approaches beyond technological solutions and formal policy frameworks, including those grounded in religious practices and indigenous local wisdom. This study analyzes the Baduy worldview through the selametan ubar pare ritual as a form of ecological ethics rooted in intersubjective relations between humans and nature. The research adopts a qualitative approach using ethnographic methods. Data collection involved participant observation and in-depth interviews conducted over a 30-day period within the Baduy community, complemented by systematic documentation of ritual practices, customary institutions, and huma agricultural activities. The findings demonstrate that the Baduy community constructs a relational ontology and epistemology that positions nature not as a passive object but as a living, responsive, and morally agentive relational subject. The community institutionalizes this relationship through pikukuh karuhun and enacts it concretely in the selametan ubar pare ritual, which integrates religious beliefs, traditional ecological knowledge, and sustainable agricultural practices. The ritual functions as a preventive mechanism that limits resource exploitation, regulates planting and harvesting rhythms through the customary calendar, and strengthens social solidarity and community resilience. Accordingly, climate change mitigation in the Baduy context operates not through technocratic interventions but through the internalization of ecological ethics and reciprocal human–nature relations embedded in everyday practice. The implications of this study affirm that indigenous religious ritual practices can serve as an ethical infrastructure for ecological sustainability at the local level. The originality of this research lies in interpreting indigenous ritual as an intersubjectivity-based ecological epistemology and ethic, thereby extending the field of religion and environmental studies while challenging perspectives that reduce indigenous rituals to symbolic, irrational, or premodern practices.