Religio : Jurnal Studi Agama-agama
Vol. 15 No. 2 (2025): September

Digital Patriarchy and the Framing of Religious Authority: Narratives of Muslim Women on Instagram

Maf’ula, Nur Rahmah Hanim (Unknown)
Zamzami, Mukhammad (Unknown)
Aljahsh, Muhammad Ahmad Ibrahim (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Sep 2025

Abstract

The study investigates the operation of digital patriarchy through the framing of religious narratives on the Indonesian Instagram account of @ukhtiakhiantiselfie. Employing a descriptive-interpretive approach grounded in Robert N. Entman’s framing theory, the article analyzes how visual content and hadith-based texts construct Muslim women’s bodies as subjects of moral regulation. The findings reveal that women are consistently framed as inherent “moral risks”, legitimizing control through selective, literalist interpretations of sacred texts. However, by engaging with Nur Rofiah’s Islamic feminist hermeneutics and Heidi Campbell’s theory of digital religious authority, the study demonstrates that these digital spaces also serve as arenas for negotiating religious meaning. Ultimately, this research highlights the political and epistemological tensions between the reinforcement of patriarchal norms and the potential for the feminist reconstruction of religious authority in contemporary digital Islam.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

religio

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Subject

Religion Social Sciences

Description

Jurnal yang mengeksplorasi gagasan kreatif dan solutif seputar tema agama dan sosial-budaya. Selain sebagai wahana sosialisasi, jurnal Religio diharapkan bisa menjadi ruang publik (public sphere) bagi masyarakat, khususnya bagi para akademisi, peneliti, dan praktisi. Substansi isi tulisan jurnal, ...