Indonesian Journal of Islam and Muslim Societies
Vol 8, No 2 (2018): Indonesian Journal of Islam and Muslim Societies

Young Salafi-niqabi and hijrah:agency and identity negotiation

Yuyun Sunesti (Inter-Religious Studies, Universitas Gadjah Mada Faculty of Social and Political Science, Universitas Sebelas Maret)
Noorhaidi Hasan (School of Graduate Studies, Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Kalijaga)
Muhammad Najib Azca (Faculty of Social and Political Science, Universitas Gadjah Mada)



Article Info

Publish Date
02 Dec 2018

Abstract

This article analyzes the life of young millennial Salafi-niqabi in Surakarta and their strategies in dealing with power relations in their everyday lives. Studies on Salafi in Indonesia have focused more on global Salafimovements, power politics, links with fundamentalist-radical movements, state security and criticism of Salafi religious doctrine. Although there are several studies that try to portray the daily life of this religious group, the majority of previous studies focused on formal institutions and male Salafi. Very few studies have addressed the lives of Salafi women. This is likely due to the difficulty of approaching this group because of their exclusivity, and their restrictions on interacting with the outside world. Using Macleod’s theory of ‘accommodating protest’ within the

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijims

Publisher

Subject

Religion Arts Humanities

Description

Indonesian Journal of Islam and Muslim Societies (IJIMS): This journal should coverage Islam both as a textual tradition with its own historical integrity and as a social reality which was dynamic and constantly changing. The journal also aims at bridging the gap between the textual and contextual ...