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Community Identity and Resilience as a Psychological Response to Converts on the Aceh Border Al-Fairusy, Muhajir; Rohana, Syarifah; Kurniawan, Cecep Soleh; Hemay, Idris; Budiman, Zulfatmi
International Journal of Islamic Educational Psychology Vol 5, No 1 (2024): June
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.18196/ijiep.v5i1.20715

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It cannot be denied that since Aceh implemented Islamic Sharia as the main discourse of identity for this province, there have been cultural clashes between communities with different beliefs, especially in Aceh border areas such as Singkil Regency. This social problem has incited the emergence of the identity of converting to Islam for some people on the Aceh border, especially those who come from Nias and Pakpak. This study is an attempt to understand and explain the existence of the Muslim community on the Aceh border using the concepts of social identity and community resilience. This study was carried out due to a lack of studies on groups of converts who are influenced by sociopolitical conditions, not just psychological-spiritual experiences, as in several previous studies that looked at the phenomenon of religious conversion. The phenomenon of converting to Islam on the Aceh border was triggered by social identity and survival strategies among the majority by negotiating identity as a convert. This descriptive research applied a grounded research approach and a cultural paradigm. Data collection techniques began with library research, observation, and interviews with several informants related to research data. The results of the research showed that social identity as a convert to Islam at the border cannot be read as limited to religious conversion due to belief but rather as an effort to negotiate social identity as a form of psychological resilience of the community in responding to the dynamics and socio-religious problems in the Aceh border community.
Retrospection of Culture in Religion in The Islands of Nias, Banyak and Simeuleu Al-Fairusy, Muhajir; Taran, Jovial Pally; Masuwd, Mowafg Abrahem; Idria, Reza; Hemay, Idris; Amirudin, Amirudin
Al-Albab Vol 13, No 2 (2024)
Publisher : Pascasarjana IAIN Pontianak

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24260/alalbab.v13i2.3194

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This study focuses and emphasizes on the religious activities of islanders in Banyak Island, Simeulue and Nias. This research aims to find religious models and coexistence strategies in interfaith between island communities. These three islands are geographically close and inhabited by people with different religious identities. This research uses qualitative research with an ethnographic approach, data collection is done through in-depth interviews with informants who live on the three islands. The results showed that island communities have a collective ability to manage diversity to avoid conflict in the name of religion. Identity as an “island community” becomes social capital in interpreting collective identity. The open character of island communities is also a cultural capital that can suppress suspicion of different groups. However, the three island communities also have different characteristics in the religious moderation policy space. Nias Islands with a majority Christian population composition shows a fairly strong attitude of tolerance. The principle of kinship adopted by the Nias community serves to strengthen relations between religious communities. Simeulue Islands, whose majority population is Muslim, also shows a high level of tolerance by giving permission to build houses of worship for Christians who have just arrived in Simeulue in the last two decades. In the context of Pulau Banyak, where the majority of the population is Muslim, tolerance is only seen in the economic, market and fishing industry aspects. On the other hand, tolerance does not apply to permits to build houses of worship. This study also discusses the importance of the role of religious and social actors in strengthening community harmony on the three islands under study.
Pesantren Resilience: The Path to Prevent Radicalism and Violent Extremism Abubakar, Irfan; Hemay, Idris
Studia Islamika Vol. 27 No. 2 (2020): Studia Islamika
Publisher : Center for Study of Islam and Society (PPIM) Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36712/sdi.v27i2.16766

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The phenomena of radicalism and violent extremism in Indonesia, in some cases, cannot be separated from pesantren (Islamic boarding schools); some jihadis (read: terrorists) are pesantren graduates. However, as an educational institution that has rooted in the Indonesia Muslim communities, the majority of pesantren carry the spirit of religious moderation. They have even produced many alumni promoting peaceful, tolerant, and democratic views of Islam. Some pundits have confirmed the moderate character of pesantren. Azyumardi Azra, in his review on the results of the study of the Center for the Study of Religion and Culture (CSRC) and the Center for the Study of Islam and Society (PPIM, Pusat Pengkajian Islam dan Masyarakat) UIN Jakarta (The Jakarta Post, 22 December 2019), underlines that pesantren has contributed to fostering the understanding of moderate Islam (wasaṭīyah). Pesantren is different from Islamic educational institutions in other Muslim countries, such as Pakistan, Yemen, Afghanistan, etc. In those countries, many madrasahs (Islamic schools) become a place of a breeding ground for a radical understanding of Islam. The CSRC and PPIM UIN Jakarta’s study (2019) shows that pesantren has “social resilience” which can hinder them from the influence of radical ideology, although they still have some vulnerabilities. Pesantren resilience is resulted by their capacity in empowering their social capitals that have been existed in three social connectivity: social bonding, social bridging, and social linking.