History of the Development of the Sino-Muslim Community

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristian Petersen
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Literature ◽  
Religious Institutions ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
History Of ◽  
Muslim Communities ◽  
Scholarly Production ◽  
Changing Attitudes ◽  
Political Economic

Chapter 1 sketches a brief history of Muslims in China to aid in understanding the development of Sino-Islamic scholarship and the shifting contours of this tradition. The establishment of local religious institutions and a unique body of Chinese literature was predicated by the changing attitudes of foreign and local Muslims in relation to political, economic, and cultural policies. The chapter focuses on the transmission of Islam to China as it affected the development of Islamic thought, and situate this process within the Chinese cultural environment and then in the broader Eurasian context, focusing on global relationships and interactions across geographical boundaries. Locally, dynastic history shaped the Sino-Muslim community and their scholarly production, while developments abroad provided episodic intellectual nourishment. In this discussion, I also spar with some theoretical challenges that arise in any analysis of Asian Muslim communities—namely, the processes of Islamization, vernacularization, and syncretism.

Perfection Makes Practice

2006 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 98-100
Author(s):  
Muhamad Ali
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Psychological Dimension ◽  
South Sulawesi ◽  
Complex Dimensions ◽  
History Of Religions ◽  
History Of

Studies of Islam in Southeast Asia have sought to better understand its multifacetedand complex dimensions, although one may make a generalizedcategorization of Muslim beliefs and practices based on a fundamental differencein ideologies and strategies, such as cultural and political Islam.Anna M. Gade’s Perfection Makes Practice stresses the cultural aspect ofIndonesian Muslim practices by analyzing the practices of reciting andmemorizing the Qur’an, as well as the annual competition.Muslim engagement with the Qur’an has tended to emphasize the cognitiveover the psychological dimension. Perfection Makes Practice analyzesthe role of emotion in these undertakings through a combination ofapproaches, particularly the history of religions, ethnography, psychology,and anthropology. By investigating Qur’anic practitioners in Makassar,South Sulawesi, during the 1990s, Gade argues that the perfection of theQur’an as a perceived, learned, and performed text has made and remade thepractitioners, as well as other members of the Muslim community, to renewor increase their engagement with the holy text. In this process, she suggests,moods and motivation are crucial to preserving the recited Qur’an and revitalizingthe Muslim community.In chapter 1, Gade begins with a theoretical consideration for her casestudy. Drawing from concepts that emphasize the importance of feeling andemotion in ritual and religious experience, she develops a conceptualizationof this engagement. In chapter 2, Gade explains memorization within thecontext of the self and social relations. She argues that Qur’anic memorizershave a special relationship with its style and structure, as well as with thesocial milieu. Although Qur’anic memorization is a normal practice for mostMuslims, its practitioners have learned how to memorize and recite beautifullysome or all of the Qur’an’s verses, a process that requires emotion ...

scholarly journals What Stymies Action on Climate Change? Religious Institutions, Marginalization, and Efficacy in Kenya

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Lauren Honig ◽  
Amy Erica Smith ◽  
Jaimie Bleck
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Religious Institutions ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
State Repression ◽  
Address Climate Change ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
Vulnerability To Climate Change ◽  
History Of ◽  
Muslim Communities ◽  
Critical Link

Addressing climate change requires coordinated policy responses that incorporate the needs of the most impacted populations. Yet even communities that are greatly concerned about climate change may remain on the sidelines. We examine what stymies some citizens’ mobilization in Kenya, a country with a long history of environmental activism and high vulnerability to climate change. We foreground efficacy—a belief that one’s actions can create change—as a critical link transforming concern into action. However, that link is often missing for marginalized ethnic, socioeconomic, and religious groups. Analyzing interviews, focus groups, and survey data, we find that Muslims express much lower efficacy to address climate change than other religious groups; the gap cannot be explained by differences in science beliefs, issue concern, ethnicity, or demographics. Instead, we attribute it to understandings of marginalization vis-à-vis the Kenyan state—understandings socialized within the local institutions of Muslim communities affected by state repression.

scholarly journals A First Glimpse at Saduaqas Ghïlmani’s (1890–1972) “Biographies of the Islamic Scholars of Our times” — A Possible Rewriting of the Tsarist and Soviet History of Kazakhstan’s Islamic Community

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 751-759
Author(s):  
Ashirbek Muminov ◽  
Saipulla Mollakanagatuly
Keyword(s):  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Islamic Fundamentalism ◽  
Academic Interest ◽  
Islamic School ◽  
Soviet History ◽  
The Awakening ◽  
Historical Processes ◽  
History Of ◽  
Muslim Communities

AbstractThe period in the history of Kazakhstan between the middle XIX – middle XX centuries, when significant transformations in the Kazakh Muslim community took place, is of great academic interest for researchers. Among the little-studied historical processes, which were under way in Kazakhstan, could be mentioned: (1) the interaction of Muslim and Russian (Orthodox) civilizations; (2) the awakening of the followers of the traditional Islamic school; (3) the initiation and dissemination of the ideas of Islamic modernism (Jadidism) and Islamic fundamentalism (Salafism) in local Muslim communities etc. However the use of well-known Russian official documents as the main and only sources for new investigations could lead to one-sided conclusions, as that was shown in the well-known review by Prof. Devin DeWeese.

scholarly journals Persepsi Terhadap Akidah Ahli Sunah Waljamaah: Kajian Ajaran Syiah di Negeri Kedah (The Perception towards the Aqidah of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamaah: Study of the Shias in Kedah)

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-48
Author(s):  
Mohamed Fairooz Mohamed Fathillah ◽  
Muhammad Yosef Niteh ◽  
Muhammad Yusuf Marlon Abdullah ◽  
Mohd Shairawi Mohd Noor
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Religious Institutions ◽  
Iranian Revolution ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
The World ◽  
The Difference

The Shias grew rapidly since the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and has prompted debates of Islamic thought around the world. The encounter with the Shias implicates religion the Muslim community in Malaysia. This is evidenced by the increasing number of Shia groups in Malaysia, a country which the majority are Ahl al-Sunah wa al-Jamaah. This is likely because the Shias use the human rights approach as an argument for spreading their creed. In the meantime one of the states in Malaysia that the Shia teachings spread widely is the State of Kedah. Therefore, this study is aimed at identifying the perception of the Shias against the aqidah of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamaah in Kedah. The al-Zahra's Husainiyah Center located in the Pendang district was chosen as the location of the study. In addition, three types of data collection techniques are used for document analysis, observation and interview. Then data analysis is made narrative. The findings show that Shia development in Kedah was active in the early 1990s. In addition, the findings illustrate the good interactions between the Shias and the Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamaah. Meanwhile, the study finds a contradiction between the beliefs, perceptions and practices among the Shias. Even the Shias accept the differences in the question of Imamah found between the Shias and the Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamaah. This study contributes information on the development of Shias in Kedah, and helps religious institutions deal with Shia influence in the country. At the same time, this study provides guidance to the society on the difference between the Shia and the Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamaah

scholarly journals PERANCANGAN INTERIOR MOESLIM CULTURE ARTSPACE DI KOTA DENPASAR

Jurnal Patra ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 52-57
Author(s):  
Cindy Paramitha Sugianto ◽  
A.A Gde Tugus Hadi Iswara ◽  
I Kadek Pranajaya
Keyword(s):  
Interior Design ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Islamic Culture ◽  
Early Entry ◽  
History Of ◽  
Culture Design ◽  
Muslim Communities ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City ◽  
Muslim Culture

Islamophobia is a disease of excessive fear of Islam, due to excessivetrauma, such as the impact of the Bali I bombing and Bali II bombingcarried out by terrorists who use the name Islam. Islamophobia in Bali hasnot been resolved properly, due to the lack of approach between Muslimand non-Muslim communities in Bali regarding Muslim culture and theunavailability of commercial buildings based on cultural heritage regardingIslamic culture. Therefore, we need a place or facility that canaccommodate the needs of the Muslim community who want to take anapproach such as an artspace that raises the history of the early entry ofIslam in Bali, the development of Islamic culture in Bali after theoccurrence of alkuturation, and provides new insights that were notpreviously known by the community. non-Muslims. Where in this paperwill focus on interior design artspace in the city of Denpasar, entitledDesigning the Moeslim Culture Artspace in Denpasar City. keywords: artspace, culture, design, moeslim Islamophobia merupakan sebuah penyakit ketakutan berlebih terhadap islam, akibat trauma yang berlebih, seperti dampak dari bom bali i dan bombali ii yang dilakukan oleh teroris yang mengatas namakan islam.Islamophobia di bali belum dapat teratasi dengan baik, karena minimnyapendekatan antara masyarakat muslim dan non-muslim di bali mengenaikebudayaan umat muslim serta, belum tersedianya bangunan komersilyang berbasis cagar budaya mengenai kebudayaan islam. Oleh karena itudiperlukan sebuah tempat atau fasilitas yang dapat mewadahi kebutuhanmasyarakat muslim yang ingin melakukan suatu pendekatan seperti artspace yang mengangkat sejarah awal masuknya islam di bali, perkembangan kebudayaan islam di bali setelah terjadinya alkuturasi, sertamemberikan wawasan baru yang sebelumnya belum di ketahui olehmasyarakat non-muslim. Dimana dalam penulisan ini akan berfokus pada perancangan interior ruang karya di kota denpasar, yang berjudulPerancangan Pusat Seni Kebudayaan Islam Di Kota Denpasar.  kata kunci : kebudayaan, muslim, perancangan, pusat seni.

scholarly journals Literacy of Islamic Thought: Contestation, Claim of Truth, and Polemic of Religion in Islam in Gorontalo, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-65
Author(s):  
Samsi Pomalingo ◽  
Nurul Ilmi Idrus ◽  
Mohammad Basir ◽  
Mashadi
Keyword(s):  
Religious Pluralism ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Textual Interpretation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
Concepts Of Democracy ◽  
Muslim Communities ◽  
Descriptive Method

As many previous studies tend to discuss the biography of local Islamic figures and overly-textual interpretation in exploring the Hizb ut-Tahrir Indonesia and criticize the western concepts of democracy in Gorontalo, this study aims to explore the newly-found dynamics of contestation of local Islamic thought in Gorontalo Province. Conducting in Gorontalo, a northern province in Sulawesi Island inhabited mainly by Muslim communities, this study employs a qualitative approach with a descriptive method. In the present work, the discourse of Islamic thought in Gorontalo is found to develop into a massive and uncontrolled state, leading to polemics among the Muslim community in the area. The polemics among people, including in the social media, involve two groups that are ideologically and epistemologically different: the liberal Islamic groups, i.e., ANSOR and PMII, and the fundamental Islamic groups, i.e., Tablighi Jamaat and Wahdah Islamiyah. Issues of religion-culture debate, khilafiyah, religious pluralism, and prohibition of Christmas salutation are among the main highlights of the polemic, especially among Muslims in Gorontalo. The presence of fundamentalists represents the new phenomenon in the Islamic thought discourse in Gorontalo, which is known for its subjectivity in perceiving the absence of the basic principles or nash (Qur'an and hadith) of the fundamentalists. Consequently, a debate between the two groups, claiming which one has the absolute truth, is inevitable. This situation also ends up with fundamentalist extremism labelling others as infidels (takfiri) and deviant to Islamic teachings.

Interpreting Islam in China

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristian Petersen
Keyword(s):  
Educational System ◽  
Ming Dynasty ◽  
Chinese Language ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Strategic Objectives ◽  
Islamic Tradition ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
History Of ◽  
Muslim Communities ◽  
Han Kitab

This book explores the contours of the Han Kitab tradition through discussing the works of some of its brightest luminaries in order to identify and explicate pivotal transitions in Sino-Muslim engagement with the Islamic tradition. A distinctive intellectual tradition emerged during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) and Qing dynasty (1644–1911). Sino-Muslims established an educational system known as scripture hall education (jingtang jiaoyu經堂教育‎), which utilized an Islamic curriculum made of Arabic, Persian, and Chinese works. The Han Kitab, a corpus of Chinese-language Islamic texts developed within this system, reinterpreted Islam through the lens of Buddhist, Daoist, and Confucian terminology. Three prominent Sino-Muslim authors are representative of major junctures within the history of Sino-Islamic thought and are used to illustrate discursive transformations within this tradition: Wang Daiyu 王岱輿‎ (1590–1658), the earliest important author; Liu Zhi 劉智‎ (1670–1724), the most prolific scholar; and Ma Dexin 馬德新‎ (1794–1874), the last major intellectual in premodern China. The chapters explore how these authors defined being a Muslim through an examination of their thoughts on the hajj, the Qur’an, and the Arabic language. In the discussions, I analyze how they deployed the categories of pilgrimage, scripture, and language in their writings, as well as their strategic objectives in doing so. More broadly, this book fosters an exploration of issues of vernacularization, translation, centers and peripheries, and tradition. It offers theoretical directions for redescription of critical categories in the study of religion, especially within translingual Muslim communities.

scholarly journals GERAKAN PEMBAHARUAN PEMIKIRAN ISLAM DI INDONESIA

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suaidi Asyari
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Logical Consequence ◽  
Reform Movement ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
The Past ◽  
Thought Reform ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
History Of

<p>Abstrak: Cepatnya perubahan yang terjadi di tengah kehidupan sosial kemasyarakatan di era globalisasi ini seringkali tidak seimbang dengan upaya pembaharuan pemikiran di kalangan umat Islam. Tampaknya, hal ini disebabkan oleh keyakinan bahwa karya- karya pemikiran ulama masa lalu dianggap sakral, sudah menjawab setiap tantangan yang ada sepanjang sejarah umat Islam dan karena itu dianggap final. Karenanya, setiap upaya untuk mengkritisinya dianggap sebagai “makar akademis” dan pelakunya bahkan dapat dituduh murtad. Akhirnya, timbul kekhawatiran di kalangan praktisi akademis untuk melakukan pembaharuan yang berakibat pada stagnasi pemikiran. Tulisan ini adalah sebuah upaya untuk mendiskusikan problem-problem pembaruan pemikiran Islam di Indonesia lebih detail dan upaya-upaya solutif terhadap problem- problem tersebut.</p><p><br />Abstract: Islamic Thought Reform Movement in Indonesia: From Part of Problem to be Part of Solution. The rapid development of social life in the era of globalization has often been run unparallel with the effort for thinking reform within the Muslim community. It appears that this may have arisen from the belief that the works of the past scholars of Islam are regarded to be sacred, capable of responding to any challenges in the span of the history of Muslim community and thus regarded final. Similarly, any attempt to criticize such views is seen as an academic assault the actor of whom may be accused of doing an act of apostasy. At the end, this lead to anxiety within the academicians to carry out reform that would have a logical consequence of thinking to be stagnant. This essay is an attemp to discuss the problems of Islamic thought reform in Indonesia in details as well as find solution to such problems.</p><p><br />Kata Kunci: pembaharuan pemikiran Islam, Indonesia<br /><br /></p>

scholarly journals Akulturasi Islam dalam Perkawinan Adat Dayak Ngaju: Sejarah Masyarakat Muslim di Desa Petak Bahandang, Kabupaten Katingan, Kalimantan Tengah

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-117
Author(s):  
Nor Ani ◽  
Abubakar Abubakar ◽  
Muhammad Iqbal
Keyword(s):  
Local Culture ◽  
Maternal Lineage ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Central Kalimantan ◽  
History Of ◽  
Traditional Marriage ◽  
History Approach ◽  
Muslim Communities ◽  
The Village ◽  
Islamic Values

Islamic acculturation in traditional Ngaju Dayak marriage: History of Muslim communities in Petak Bahandang Village, Katingan Regency, Central Kalimantan. There are three main issues to be discussed in this paper, namely how is the history of the village, how is the history and procession of traditional marriages and how is the acculturation of Islamic values and local culture in traditional marriages carried out by the Dayak Ngaju ethnic Muslim community. This article uses a type of historiographic research using a spoken history approach. The findings concluded that the Muslim community of Dayak Ngaju in Katingan Regency, Central Kalimantan Province, is still carrying out customary marriages. For them, the purpose of carrying out a traditional marriage is not as a symbol of the validity of a marriage relationship, but to preserve local wisdom and is a prevention of divorce by making an agreement. Muslim communities still have to fulfill the path of hadat drawn from the maternal lineage and in the procession the Muslim community first conducts a marriage according to religion. After that, they conduct a marriage according to the custom. This custom marriage represents Islamic values.

scholarly journals Kegalauan Identitas: Dilema Hubungan Muslimin dan Hindu di Bali

ULUMUNA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 443-464
Author(s):  
Siti Raudhatul Jannah
Keyword(s):  
Social Ethics ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Moral Principles ◽  
The Social ◽  
Religious Law ◽  
Key Word ◽  
History Of ◽  
Muslim Communities ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between Hindu and Muslim communities in Bali has been recorded in the long trajectory of history of both communities. As a human relationship, the relationship sometimes becomes strength, but at the other hand, as the adherents of different religions, it becomes challenge to them. The challenge is how the Muslim community in Bali can respect and honor Hindu religious traditions, and how the Hindu community can do the same to the Muslim community. The article aims to elaborate further about it. The author presents three cases as examples of how Muslims practice their religion in Bali context. Tolerance is the key word how to mingle in the social, moral principles, religious law and social ethics.  

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