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Islamic Studies Review
Published by Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia
ISSN : 28291816     EISSN : 29637260     DOI : https://doi.org/10.56529/isr
Core Subject : Religion,
Religion
Islamic Studies Review is dedicated to disseminate both scholarly research and critical reflection on Muslim texts, history, and societies across the globe.
Arjuna Subject : Seni dan Humaniora - Studi Agama
Articles 53 Documents
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The Mass Production of Religious Authority: A Study on a Ma'had Aly Program in South Sulawesi, Indonesia Halim, Wahyuddin
Islamic Studies Review Vol. 1 No. 2 (2022)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.56529/isr.v1i2.83

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The rise of new Muslim organizations in Indonesia after the reform movement in 1998 has produced a new type of religious authority, particularly through the emergence of popular preachers. Television and social media platforms are among the key factors in helping these new sources of religious authority gain instant popularity in the Muslim community. Many of those fitting this new type of preacher are relatively junior, starting their career by delivering religious speeches to diverse Islamic study groups in urban areas before appearing on television and various social media platforms. Their popularity has influenced the way the Muslim communities in Indonesia view and respect the status and role of traditional Islamic authority (ulama). For a long time, the traditional type of ulama has functioned as the most authoritative source of religious knowledge and learning for the Muslim community. This paper describes the important role of the graduates of a tertiary Islamic education program for producing junior ulama, the Ma’had ‘Aly As‘adiyah, in the field of Islamic education and da‘wa (Islamic preaching) and how it has adapted its teaching methodology to suit current developments in those fields. This research finds that while maintaining traditional da‘wa methods for local communities, some Ma‘had Aly graduates have also taken advantage of various new digital media platforms to reach more diverse and wider audiences. This research argues that Ma’had ‘Aly As‘adiyah has consistently trained and produced new ulama with high competence in various disciplines of Islamic knowledge and an ability to respond and adapt to contemporary socio-religious changes partly generated by the disruptive development of new media.
Whose Islam? The Western University and Modern Islamic Thought in Indonesia Jalaluddin, Mufti Labib
Islamic Studies Review Vol. 1 No. 1 (2022)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.56529/isr.v1i1.24

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For centuries, Islamic schools or madrasa have been the primary source of Muslim religious authority, with Indonesia no exception in this regard. For generations, Indonesia’s foremost Muslim leaders have received their Islamic education from Middle Eastern madrasas. In her book Whose Islam?, Megan Brankley Abbas challenges the notion of Middle Eastern centrality in Islamic education by arguing that Western universities has emerged as significant sites for the production of Islamic knowledge and Muslim religious authority in the last century. In her research, Abbas examines the far-reaching repercussions of this change for Muslim communities across the globe and for the future of Islamic studies as an academic discipline.
Islam Beyond Orientalism: To what extent does the category 'religion' describe what Islam is? Allam, Hossam Ed-Deen
Islamic Studies Review Vol. 1 No. 2 (2022)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.56529/isr.v1i2.84

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In recent decades, the validity and the sufficiency of the term ‘religion' as an analytical category have been examined by many religious studies scholars. This essay urges Muslim scholars, sociologists, and scholars of religion to be cautious and to direct critical attention to the practice of categorizing the term ‘religion' in their scholarly discourse and in society at large. Such critical deliberations on the use of ‘religion' as an analytical category must occupy a focal position within any meaningful academic discourse pertaining to religious phenomenon in general and Islam in particular. To be more specific, the critical analysis of the term ‘religion,' and of its delineations with seemingly secular categories, must be further constructively incorporated into any academic discourse on religious phenomena or Islamic tradition. Each distinct conception of the term ‘religion,’ as well as its differentiation from other analytical categories, are outcomes of a particular historical occurrence, within the bounds of specific social institutions and interactions, framed by particular traditions and norms. This essay's critical analysis encompasses not only the category of ‘religion' in various geographical and historical settings, but also the conception of ‘religion' in anthropological and sociological literature.
Editorial Notes: Decentering Islamic Studies Hasan, Noorhaidi
Islamic Studies Review Vol. 1 No. 1 (2022)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.56529/isr.v1i1.34

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After Orientalism, a landmark work edited by Francois Pouilion and Jean-Claude Vatin, was published in 2014 in the Leiden Studies in Islam and Society series in collaboration with renowned publisher, Brill. The work, featuring dozens of leading scholars including Francois Pouilion, Jean-Claude Vatin, Robert Irwin, Leon Buskens, Baudouin Dupret, Zakaria Rhani, Jessica Marglin, Oliver Herrenschmidt, Edhem Eldem, Emmanuel Szurek, Stephane Dudoignon and Elisabeth Alles, is aimed at shifting the focus of Islamic studies from the 'centre' to the 'periphery', by raising new issues through innovative perspectives.
Islamic Feminist Interpretation: A Reformulation of the Universal-Particular Afifi, Mahmoud
Islamic Studies Review Vol. 1 No. 1 (2022)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.56529/isr.v1i1.3

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This article examines the trend of Islamic Feminist interpretation by analysing the thought of two leading Muslim feminists i.e. Amina Wadud and Asma Barlas. The selection of Wadud and Barlas is based on the fact that their works articulate a full-blown theory of Islamic feminist hermeneutics, with bearings on theology, philosophy, experience, and more importantly, language. Additionally, both feminists have produced significant revisions of their earlier works on Qur'ānic hermeneutics. Their revisions feature evolutions of their earlier ideas, as well as responses to critiques of their feminist readings of the Qur'ān. This article explores Wadud's and Barlas's reformulation of the hermeneutic binary of 'the universal and the particular' and the extent to which this binary is part of the formation of the two authors' hermeneutics. In this regard, the article aims to investigate their intellectual efforts in developing a hermeneutic theory centered on the Qur’an as God’s speech. By studying the universal-particular binary in the works of both authors, this article argues that Wadud's and Barlas's ambivalent position on the sacredness of the Qur’ān has inhibited their hermeneutic enterprise from developing a sensitive approach to mainstream Muslim belief regarding the Qur’ān as God’s unchanging word, hence carrying the stigma of an un-authoritative discourse among lay Muslims.
The Decline of Islamic Local Authority and the Dilemma of Islamic Aboge Community in Central Java Muhtada, Dani
Islamic Studies Review Vol. 2 No. 1 (2023)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.56529/isr.v2i1.118

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The Aboge Islamic community in Onje Purbalingga has been one of the most prominent Aboge communities in Central Java. Every year, this community is the subject of media attention due to its different method for determining the beginning of the months of Ramadan and Shawwal. In Onje, the Aboge used to be the majority. Everyone in the village started their fasting for Ramadan and celebrated their Eid based on the Islamic Aboge calendar. The Aboge imam previously had significant influence on religious and socio-cultural life in the community. However, this influence is waning. The Aboge are no longer the majority in the village. This paper provides an analysis on why Aboge Imams started to lose their religious authority in the community. Why did some members of the community adhere to Aboge Islamic traditions while others did not? Using an ethnographic method, this paper argues that the decline of Aboge leaders' influence is shaped not only by the challenges of modernity, but also a process of bureaucratizing sharī‘ah as well as the weak institution of the local Aboge community.
Negotiating Islam: A Study on the Debus Fatwa of the Indonesian Council of Ulama in Banten Rohman, Rohman
Islamic Studies Review Vol. 2 No. 1 (2023)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.56529/isr.v2i1.119

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Unlike most works which study and focus on discussing fatwa (religious edicts) produced by the Indonesian Council of Ulama (Majelis Ulama Indonesia, MUI) at the central level, I focus on one of the fatwas produced by MUI at the regional level. In this article, I examine a fatwa on debus (a traditional martial arts performance that is imbued with supernatural powers) issued by the provincial MUI branch in Banten during a regional meeting involving all MUI branches from Java and Lampung, held in August 2009 in Serang City, Banten. Based on the data collected from key informants and internet research, including contemporary analysis, I argue that although fatwas are non-binding, a fatwa can also be negotiated based on the political, social, and cultural circumstances of a region. In other words, the power and influence of religious authority can be mitigated when it collides with the interests of a powerful group in a society. I also argue that MUI branches at the regional level are closely linked to the national MUI office’s policies and interests in upholding Islamic conservatism in Indonesia. This article provides further analysis dealing with religious authority in the Indonesian context, highlighting once again that this authority is never monolithic or absolute.
Studying the Qur’an in the Muslim Academy Azzuhri, Anggi
Islamic Studies Review Vol. 2 No. 1 (2023)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.56529/isr.v2i1.120

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Studying the Qur’an in the Muslim Academy | Majid Daneshgar | UK: Oxford University Press, 2020. There is a fundamental problem in studying the Qur’ān in universities and colleges in Muslim-majority countries, which revolves around the significant difficulties in presenting ideas from western intellectuals, or conflicting sects (p. xix). There is a clear trend of negative labelling to describe foreignness, such as orientalism or unreliability of foreign works. This could result in Qur’ānic studies being dragged towards objectivity, orthodoxy, and apologism. This is especially the case if a western contribution to Qur’ānic studies is introduced into the discourse. If the academy is a place where diversity of thought and arguments develops, why does such labelling take place (p. xxii)? This issue serves as a key inspiration for Daneshgar's critical work on the Qur’ān as an academic subject in non-religious institutions.
The Idea of The Muslim World, A Global Intellectual History Maulana, Moch Dimas
Islamic Studies Review Vol. 2 No. 1 (2023)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.56529/isr.v2i1.122

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The Idea of The Muslim World, A Global Intellectual History | Cemil Aydin | London: Harvard University Press, 2017. The notion of "The Muslim World" as a binary point of opposition to "The West" has become a global narrative, accepted by many Muslims and non-Muslims alike. In fact, Muslims reside in different parts of the world, speak different languages, live in different traditions and cultures, and have different nationalities and political interests. Besides, the those who believe in notions of the Muslim world have rarely discussed or imagined the Christian world, the Buddhist world, and so on in similar terms. Thus, how did this narrative about the 'Muslim World' come into being and become a mainstream belief in the modern world? This issue constitutes the main point of discussion in Cemil Aydin's book, as the title suggests, "The Idea of The Muslim World." Questions such as who, when, how, and why this notion arose and persists in the modern era are discussed.
In Search of Autoethnography of Female Ulama: An Alternative Approach to the Study of Islamic Family Law Wardatun, Atun; Abdul Wahid
Islamic Studies Review Vol. 2 No. 1 (2023)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.56529/isr.v2i1.123

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Autoethnography is a method of qualitative inquiry that reveals the personal experiences of an individual in relation to social phenomena as a source of knowledge. Despite criticism of its subjectivities, many disciplines have widely used this approach but it is still rarely employed in Islamic Family Law (IFL). As a guide that regulates the relations of family members in the most important social institution, family law is very close to the lives of both sexes, male and female. Unfortunately, IFL is seen as suffering from gender inequality due to imbalanced gender authorities or male-centered characteristics. This article explores the works of three Indonesian female ulama – Musdah Mulia, Badriyah Fayumi, and Nina Nurmila – which are relevant to issues surrounding IFL to provide answers to the following questions: How are IFL issues – particularly in public and private spheres, ideal husband-wife relations, and women’s domestication – represented in female ulama’s works? Why should the autoethnography approach be incorporated into their works? After reviewing the female ulama's publications, this article maps different approaches and methods they have used in discussing the above IFL issues. It argues that an autoethnographic approach must still be present or visible from their extensive works. This approach allows for a better understanding of the deeper aspects of family life, which is private and intimate. This article, therefore, proposes that autoethnography should be a significant part of female ulama’s future works and that utilizing this approach to reformulate IFL based on the ulama’s personal, reflexive, and analytical accounts of family issues will contribute to more transformative and emancipatory Islamic Family Laws.

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