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Digital Muslim Review
Published by Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin Banten
ISSN : -     EISSN : 30263514     DOI : https://doi.org/10.32678/dmr
Core Subject : Religion, Humanities, Art, Social,
Religion Arts Humanities Social Sciences
Digital Muslim Review focuses on a landscape view of Islam and Muslim societies in a digital world, paying attention to how its various approaces embody new ways of analysis and critical thinking. The journal discusses ongoing debates in digital Islam within the Muslim world, such as defining the terms of digital Islam, the question of whether digital Islam has (or needs) theoretical grounding, controversies over new models of peer review for digital scholarship, themes related to wider issues in digital projects, and problematic questions surrounding research involving “big data”. A number of the main concerns are to explore a broad spectrum of perspectives on digital Islam; to engage with a variety of digital Islam tools in order to apply the most appropriate technology to facilitate different works in different circumstances; to develop familiarity with a range of digital Islam projects, as well as the ability to evaluate the tools and methods used in those projects; and to become more critical and capable users of digital tools, technologies, and spaces by understanding that all contemporary technologies in the Muslim world are complex, human-driven, and influencing Muslim societies socially, culturally, economically, and politically.
Arjuna Subject : Ilmu Sosial - Ilmu Sosial (Lain-Lain)
Articles 30 Documents
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Hashtag Moderasi Beragama: A Social Network Analysis Taufik, Egi Tanadi
Digital Muslim Review Vol. 3 No. 1 (2025): June
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32678/dmr.v3i1.56

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This study employs social network analysis to examine the use of hashtags associated with oppositional dialectics in the discourse on religious moderation (moderasi beragama) on Twitter/X. Resistance to and rejection of the state-sponsored moderation discourse have emerged in digital spheres, generating a meta-narrative that amplifies marginalized and dissenting voices. Existing studies on moderasi beragama predominantly focus on ontological frameworks, policy implementation, and high-level state narratives. However, limited attention has been given to how the Ministry of Religious Affairs (MoRA) and other state institutions engage in grassroots conversations, where the discourse is actively contested. This article explores how networked citizens engage with the discourse, forming social networks that either support or critique the state's position. Data were collected and analyzed in three phases in October 2022 using the Netlytic program, focusing on five hashtag cases. The dataset comprises 8,626 uploaders and 15,656 tweets. The findings reveal that the state has largely failed to engage in virtual conversations on moderasi beragama. X has arguably become a digital mausoleum of intellectual discourse, yet while the state-defined concept of moderation is familiar to some, its socialization efforts on social media remain significantly weaker than its high-level consortiums and offline initiatives. The study underscores the urgent need for digitally literate ambassadors of moderasi beragama to counteract narratives of resentment and mitigate the proliferation of conspiratorial theories surrounding the discourse.
Muslim Digital Identities in Indonesia and Thailand: Social Media, Authority, and Cultural Belonging Kheryadi, Kheryadi; Chorbwhan, Rungroj
Digital Muslim Review Vol. 3 No. 1 (2025): June
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32678/dmr.v3i1.41

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This study examines the role of social media in shaping Muslim identities in Indonesia and Thailand, highlighting how national contexts mediate digital religious practices. Drawing on digital ethnography, surveys, and interviews, the research shows that online platforms function as key arenas where Muslims negotiate faith, authority, and identity. In Indonesia, a Muslim-majority society, social media is often intertwined with politics: it amplifies religious movements, mobilizes mass campaigns such as the 212 Action, and empowers digital preachers who redefine religious authority. Platforms like Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok shape public perceptions of piety by blending Islamic values with popular culture and commercial interests. In contrast, Thai Muslims—situated as a minority within a Buddhist-majority society—use digital platforms more subtly for cultural preservation, solidarity, and resistance against marginalisation. Online spaces enable them to assert belonging, challenge stereotypes, and sustain religious life otherwise constrained offline. Across both contexts, social media emerges not only as a medium of expression but also as a site of tension, fragmentation, and negotiation, underscoring its transformative power in the construction of Muslim digital identities in Southeast Asia.
Bridging Revelation and Algorithm: Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Malakah in the Epistemology of Ḥadīth Criticism A'thoina, Inna; Hasballah, Farah; Fadillah, Nur Aisyah
Digital Muslim Review Vol. 3 No. 1 (2025): June
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32678/dmr.v3i1.38

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This study explores the epistemological and methodological integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) within ḥadīth criticism, focusing on its relationship with the classical Islamic concept of malakah—the intellectual and spiritual faculty enabling a muḥaddith to discern authenticity and hidden defects (ʿillah) within prophetic narrations. Employing a qualitative descriptive approach and library research method, the study analyses both classical Islamic scholarship and contemporary AI research to construct an integrative framework for AI-assisted ḥadīth analysis. The research demonstrates that AI, particularly through Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Learning (ML), offers significant potential to enhance the analytical precision, scalability, and efficiency of ḥadīth authentication. However, it contends that AI must be situated as an epistemological instrument rather than an autonomous interpretive authority. The study argues that while AI can replicate heuristic and linguistic reasoning, it cannot emulate the moral and spiritual intuition inherent in malakah. Consequently, it proposes a hybrid epistemic model where AI serves as a supportive analytical tool, guided by Islamic epistemological principles rooted in tawḥīd, ʿadl, and scholarly ethics. This integration reaffirms the role of human interpretive authority while ensuring that technological innovation in ḥadīth studies remains consistent with the ethical and intellectual heritage of Islamic scholarship.
Faith, Nation, and Digital Piety: The Moral Politics of Kyai Responses to the 212 Action in Banten Suryani, Ade Jaya; Rohman, Rohman
Digital Muslim Review Vol. 3 No. 1 (2025): June
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32678/dmr.v3i1.50

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This article explores how Islamic authority, digital communication, and moral politics intersect in post-reform Indonesia through the responses of kyai in Banten to the Aksi Bela Islam (ABI 212) movement. Drawing on fieldwork and interviews with nineteen kyai, it analyses how these clerics interpreted the 2016 blasphemy controversy involving Jakarta’s governor and negotiated their moral positions amid rising Islamic mobilisation. The study identifies three orientations: activist-participatory, spiritual-sympathetic, and critical-pragmatic—each reflecting different moral logics linking faith and civic duty. Digital platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp became key arenas for coordination and emotional expression, reshaping kyai authority into a form of “networked Islam.” Rather than mirroring conservatism, the kyai’s engagement reveals an ongoing negotiation between piety, nationalism, and democracy, highlighting the reconfiguration of Islamic authority in Indonesia’s digital and moral public sphere.
Digital Takhrij Hadith as Islamic Digital Humanities: Reconstructing Epistemic Authenticity and Transmission in the Digital Age Adelia, Naurah; Wahid, Abd; Alif, Muhammad; Andaluzi, Fahmi
Digital Muslim Review Vol. 3 No. 1 (2025): June
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32678/dmr.v3i1.68

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This study examines Digital Takhrij Hadith through the lens of Islamic Digital Humanities (IDH), proposing an epistemic framework for verifying and preserving hadith authenticity in the digital era. Using a systematic literature review and interpretative digital analysis, it explores how digital infrastructures—such as metadata provenance, semantic modeling, and AI-assisted verification—extend the classical logic of isnād, matn, and amānah al-naql. The proposed Digital Takhrij Epistemic Model (DiTEM) unites epis-temological integrity, ontological coherence, and ethical accountability to ensure trust-worthy digital transmission of hadith. Findings show that digitization, when guided by Islamic epistemology, enhances access and scholarly collaboration without compromising authenticity. Rather than replacing traditional scholarship, digital takhrij revitalizes it, transforming digital platforms into ethically grounded ecosystems of ʿilm. This synthesis demonstrates that digital technology can serve not as disruption but as ihyāʾ al-ʿilm—the revival of sacred knowledge through responsible innovation.
Contestations of Women's Body Autonomy on TikTok: A Study of Ideology, Qur'anic Interpretation, and Gender Identity among Indonesian Islamic Organizations Nurani, Shinta; Maulana, Luthfi; Marom, Naelil
Digital Muslim Review Vol. 3 No. 2 (2025): December
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32678/dmr.v3i2.48

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This study analyses contestations over women’s body autonomy on social media among four Indonesian Islamic organisations: Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Muhammadiyah, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), and Salafi groups. Using Michel Foucault’s theory of power, data from interviews and documentary studies reveal three key findings. First, conceptions of women’s body autonomy vary considerably—from traditionalist to neo-modernist within NU, classical revivalist to reformist in Muhammadiyah, monolithic among Salafi groups, and contextual in MUI. Second, interpretations of QS. An-Nur: 31 regarding aurat constitute the primary point of divergence. Third, a notable shift in gender identity emerges, particularly among Neo-Modernist NU and Reformist Muhammadiyah, who actively challenge traditional stigmas. This study illuminates how religious ideology mediates global media influences on local gender politics in Indonesia.
Digital Engagement Among the Jamaah Tabligh in Nigeria and Indonesia: A Comparative Analysis of Social Media Usage Abdrahman Ismail, Abolaji
Digital Muslim Review Vol. 3 No. 2 (2025): December
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32678/dmr.v3i2.78

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The Jamā'ah Tablīgh, a transnational movement built on physical missionary work, increasingly navigates digital spaces in ways that challenge its traditional ethos. This article compares how the movement engages social media in Nigeria and Indonesia through a systematic review of ethnographic studies and media reports. Findings reveal significant divergence: Nigerian Tablīghīs employ closed platforms like WhatsApp and memory cards for internal coordination, prioritizing audio to minimize visual distraction and maintain the movement's oral tradition. Indonesian Tablīghīs cultivate public presences on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube for transnational coordination, community documentation, and strategic rebranding against negative stereotypes. Despite these differences, both communities share fundamental orientations—treating digital tools as instruments for da'wah rather than alternatives to embodied practice, maintaining wariness of fitna, and prioritizing internal community building. The article argues these patterns represent local adaptations of a shared transnational ethos, revealing digital engagement as active appropriation rather than passive adoption. The study contributes to digital religion scholarship by complicating secularization narratives and showing how conservative movements creatively integrate technology to preserve—rather than abandon—traditional commitments to khurūj (missionary journeys) and face-to-face preaching.
Cultivating Reflective Islam: Ngaji Filsafat and Eclectic Religious Expressions among Urban Muslim Youth in Digitalizing Indonesia Anoraga, Bhirawa; Kailani, Najib; Misbah, Aflahah
Digital Muslim Review Vol. 3 No. 2 (2025): December
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32678/dmr.v3i2.89

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This study investigates the growing popularity of Ngaji Filsafat, a phenomenon cultivating a reflective Islam that offers an alternative study group for young Muslims in Yogyakarta and beyond. This mosque-based gathering eschews conventional texts like the Qur’an, instead exploring ideas from thinkers both Muslim and non-Muslim, from Greek philosophers to contemporary intellectuals. Its rise presents an anomaly within the conservative-turn thesis, given its broad appeal and promotion of pluralist teachings. Drawing on observations and in-depth interviews with initiators and attendees, the study finds its appeal lies not in aspirations for heightened piety or religious activism. Rather, for urban Muslim youth, it functions as a space offering interpretive resources for navigating everyday challenges within a neoliberal context. These findings highlight the need for alternative frameworks, beyond piety-centered or conservative-pluralist paradigms, to understand diverse Islamic expressions in digitalizing post–New Order Indonesia. Furthermore, against scholarship emphasizing the state’s coercive role in civic pluralism, this study illuminates how non-state actors mainstream pluralist Islamic engagements.
Divine Traces in Code: Algorithmic Analysis of the Order Patterns of the Universe from an Islamic Perspective Kurniawan, Ade Fakih; Wahyudi, M Iman; Megandani, Adi
Digital Muslim Review Vol. 3 No. 2 (2025): December
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32678/dmr.v3i2.92

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This article examines the relationship between Islamic theological conceptions of cosmic order and contemporary discussions of algorithmic structure in computational science. The study focuses on proposing a conceptual and interpretive framework for understanding recurring patterns in nature—such as mathematical regularities, systemic interdependence, and structural coherence—through the lens of Islamic cosmology. This approach moves beyond a simple empirical demonstration of divine design. By synthesizing scientific literature on pattern formation with Islamic intellectual traditions, this paper argues that computational models can serve as heuristic tools for interpreting natural order within a theistic worldview. Consequently, the claims are situated within a theological–philosophical discourse that reflects on how structured regularities may be meaningfully interpreted as signs (āyāt) of divine wisdom, rather than being framed as empirical proof of divine agency. In doing so, the study contributes to interdisciplinary conversations on religion, science, and digital epistemology, offering a nuanced account of how faith-based cosmology can critically engage contemporary computational paradigms.
Social Media and Website Use by Muslim Organisations and Actors Across Diverse European Contexts: Preliminary Results from the Digital Islam Across Europe Research Project Grasso, Anna
Digital Muslim Review Vol. 3 No. 2 (2025): December
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32678/dmr.v3i2.93

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This article presents preliminary findings from the Digital Islam Across Europe (DigitIs- lam) project, examining how Muslim organisations and actors utilise websites and social media across five European countries. Combining macro-level web archival analysis of approximately 1,000 websites with micro-level qualitative interviews and a quantitative survey of UK Muslim producers and users, the research investigates the distinct functions of digital platforms. At the European level, findings reveal that websites primarily serve formal, archival communication, while social media functions as the dominant tool for engagement and mobilisation, with notable national variations. In the UK, qualitative interviews demonstrate producers’ strategic adaptation to platform-specific affordances, balancing curated websites with rapid social media interactions. Survey data indicates high daily social media consumption alongside continued trust in traditional offline authorities and structured online resources for authoritative religious knowledge. The study identi- fies a disconnect between institutional strategies and everyday user practices, contributing nuanced understanding of shifting religious authority in Online Islamic Environments.

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