Language Maintenanceand The Preservation of Ethnic Identity: A Case of Malay Muslims in Southern Thailand

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 297-308
Author(s):  
Nonglaksana Kama ◽  
Munirah Yamirudeng
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Language Shift ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Know How ◽  
Thai Language ◽  
Ethnic Language ◽  
Southern Thailand ◽  
Southern Border ◽  
Vital Element

Language is known to have an effect on ethnic identity.For cultural groups who hold knowledge of ethnic language as a core value, language shift can lead to a loss of ethnic identity, cultural fragmentation and “non-authentic” expressions of ethnicity Thelanguage has played and is still playing a symbolic role in the evolution and maintenance of ethnic identity within the Malay Muslim community in southern Thailand. Itis significant to know how the Malay language was used as a symbol to create and sustain the Malay identity on the ways in which Malay Muslims today understand ethnic identity, and how ethnic language fits into their own ethnic self-identifications.This paper attempts to answer the question why Malay language constitutes a vital element in the maintenance of Malay ethnic identity among the Malays of southern Thailand.Two facts have been identified regarding the language and ethnicity link among Malay Muslims. First, Malay language is seen as a relevant ethno-cultural marker and its usage is limited within family, relatives and close friends. Second, Malay language is preserved along with Thai language, making many Malay Muslims bilingual, which is quite typical in the southern border provinces of Thailand.

Muslim Identity, Local Networks, and Transnational Islam in Thailand's Southern Border Provinces

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 1383-1421 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOSEPH CHINYONG LIOW
Keyword(s):  
Muslim Community ◽  
Muslim Identity ◽  
Analytical Methodology ◽  
Local Networks ◽  
Southern Thailand ◽  
Southern Border ◽  
Muslim Majority ◽  
Transnational Islam ◽  
External Actors ◽  
Dynamic Terrain

AbstractThis paper discusses the nature of local permutations of transnational Muslim networks in Thailand's southern Muslim-majority provinces and assesses their impact on creed, custom, and conflict in the region. More specifically, the paper interrogates the agenda and methods of idea and norm-propagation on the part of these agents and networks, and their evolving role, as well as the structures and conduits through which they operate and mobilize. In so doing, it finds a tremendously fluid and dynamic terrain in southern Thailand, where narratives, representations, and expressions of Islamic doctrine, legitimacy, and authority, are increasingly heavily contested within the Muslim community as a whole. In addition, the paper investigates the transnational dimensions of on-going violence in the southern provinces. Here, it argues that there is little by way of substantive evidence of any sustained penetration of the conflict in southern Thailand by external actors. No doubt, many have attempted to draw conclusions to the contrary, but their evidence and arguments, not to mention analytical methodology, are tenuous at best.

The Role of the Chularajmontri (Shaykh al-IslOEm) in Resolving Ethno-religious Conflict in Southern Thailand

2010 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-53
Author(s):  
Imtiyaz Yusuf
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
National Level ◽  
Religious Conflict ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Religious Nationalism ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Southern Thailand ◽  
New Nation ◽  
Set Up

The century-old conflict in southern Thailand, which began with Siam’s annexation of the former Malay sultanate of Negara Patani in 1909, reemerged viciously in 2004 – with no end in sight. The Thai state expected that its official head of the Muslim community at the national level, the chularajmontri (shaykh al-Islam), whose office was set up in 1945 to integrate all Thai Muslims into the new nation-state of Thailand (formerly called Siam), would lay a significant role in resolving the southern conflict. Thus, this office was entrusted with tackling the issue of ethno-religious nationalism among the southern Muslims, an important factor lying at the root of this conflict. The office was expected to address the Thai nation-state’s political and socio-religious needs via promoting a pro-integration religious interpretation of Islam. This paper contends that its failure to contribute toward the conflict’s resolution lies in the differences in the two parties’ historical, ethnic, and religious interpretations of Islam.

scholarly journals The Correlation between Students’ Ethnic Identity and Self-Presentation in Interpersonal Communication in Different Cultural Groups

2020 ◽  
pp. 133-143
Author(s):  
В.И. Казаренков ◽  
М.М. Карнелович
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Communication ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
Higher Education Internationalization

Проблема межкультурного взаимодействия приобретает особую актуальность в связи с процессом интернационализации высшего образования. В ситуации межличностного взаимодействия студенты — представители разных культур являются субъектами самопрезентации их этнической идентичности. В связи с высокой прикладной значимостью проблемы эффективного и толерантного взаимодействия студентов в условиях поликультурной образовательной среды была выдвинута и подвергнута эмпирической проверке гипотеза о связи этнической идентичности и самопрезентации студентов, являющихся представителями разных культурных групп — русской, белорусской, туркменской и индийской. Цель работы — эмпирически выявить специфические особенности взаимосвязи типа этнической идентичности и тактик самопрезентации у студентов разных культурных групп в межличностном взаимодействии. В исследовании определены содержание и направленность связи между типами этнической идентичности — позитивной, нигилистичной, индифферентной, фанатичной, эгоистичной — с защитными и ассертивными стратегиями самопредъявления студентов. Предлагается обзор программы тренинга самопрезентации, направленного на коррекцию неадаптивных способов самопредъявления и формирование эффективных стратегий самопрезентации студентов в межличностном взаимодействии с представителями иных культурных групп. Результаты исследования представляют интерес для специалистов в области кросс-культурной коммуникации, этнической психологии и психологии личности. The issue of intercultural communication is gaining relevance because of the process of higher education internationalization. In situations of interpersonal communication, students, representatives of different cultures, define themselves and their ethnic identity. The investigation of students’ efficient and tolerant interaction in the conditions of multicultural learning environments enables the authors of the research to put forward a hypothesis that students’ ethnic identity is closely related to their self-presentation in multicultural groups (Russian, Belorussian, Turkmen, and Indian). The aim of the research is to empirically single out some specific peculiarities of students’ ethnic identity and self-presentation strategies in interpersonal communication. The research defines the content and the interconnection between ethnic identity — positive, nihilist, indifferent, fanatical, selfish — and protective and assertive strategies of students’ self-presentation. The article presents an overview of a self-presentation training course aimed at the correction of nonadaptive means of self-presentation and the formation of efficient strategies of self-presentation in interpersonal communication with representatives of other cultural groups. The results of the research may be useful for specialists in the sphere of cross-cultural communication, ethnic psychology and personal psychology.

Arabness from the Qur’an to an Ethnos

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Webb
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Formative Period ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Social Pressures ◽  
Early Islam ◽  
New Form ◽  
Muslim Communities

Pursuing the references to ‘Arabs’ in the Islamic-era poetry examined in Chapter 2, this chapter explores the processes by which Arab identity developed as a new form of community in early Islam. Analysis begins with the Qur’an, the first extant text to use the word ʿarabī to describe itself. It is revealed that the Qur’an’s Arabness is not a marker of ethnic identity, but it does mark key shifts which were amplified by new social processes following the Muslim Conquests. Employing models of ethnogenesis to interpret early Islam, this chapter demonstrates how the spread of Muslim communities and the centralisation of the Caliphate fostered an environment conducive to rethinking identities. The new social processes prompted early Muslims to experiment with various terms to define their community, and ‘Arab’ gradually gained traction during the later Umayyad period. The rise of Arabness as an ethnic identity thus closely intertwines with the maturation of Muslim community, but conflicting social pressures and imperfect communal cohesion meant that Umayyad-era Arab identity developed very unevenly in this formative period.

scholarly journals Record of Traditional Medicinal Practice of Herbalists of Muslim Community in Manipur

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 426-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed MOHD MUSTAQUE ◽  
S.K. BORTHAKUR
Keyword(s):  
Daily Basis ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Know How ◽  
Plant Parts ◽  
Whole Plant ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Female Case ◽  
Traditional Medicinal Practice ◽  
Body Ache

Many countries and cultures inherited knowledge of plant medicines to cure diseases and health problems from time immemorial. Field survey work and the registration of patients on a daily basis for a number of 129 randomly selected days, mainly in Thoubal district from January 2006 to October 2006 were conducted, alongside the collection of plants up to April, 2008. Recorded patients belonging to these communities included communities 514 Muslims: 390 Meeteis: 159 Tribals. Male and female were in a proportion of 614:548. The present study deals with 13 plant species, under 14 genera belonging to 13 families closely associated with 12 categories of treatment of diseases and human health problems. The plant parts/plants employed are categorised as leaves (L), 7 times; whole plant (WP), 2 times and Fruits (F), Whole plant without root (WPWR), Seeds (S), Bulbs (B), Roots (R); 1 time each. Category of illnesses and health problems and number of patients recorded were - Bone dislocation, fracture & other bone related problems (BDFOP 402); Ligament (LG 86); Kidney stone and kidney related problem (KSAP 47); Joint, body ache &associated problems( JBAP 37); Gastric problems (GST 35); Diabetes(DBT 35); Leiman or Bad Womb (BW 30); Dhatu or Piles & Constipation (PC 27); Phunba and Lengba or Congestion of chest (CC); Asthma (AST 16); Stomach and associated problems (SAP 14); Heart weakness (9); Liver problems (LP)(9); Lack of blood & Blood problem (LBBP 8); Chakmangba or post-birth lack of appetite female case (PBLAFC 8); Paralysis (P6); Female white discharge (FWD 4); Irregular Men’s Cycle (IMC 4); possessiveness due to black earth (PBE 4); Gall bladder stone (GBS 4); Fever (2) and others (OTS 366). The investigation of the traditional medicinal practices of Muslim herbalists in Manipur vis a vis finding along potentiality of the practical know how of indigenous medicinal knowledge. Comparative study of some plants for their useful aspects in solving health problems had been discussed in the paper.

Ethnic Identity: The Domain of Perceptions of and Attachment to Ethnic Groups and Cultures

1992 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Keefe
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Group Membership ◽  
The United States ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Ethnic Culture ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Prejudice And Discrimination ◽  
Ethnic Group Membership

This article integrates empirical findings from research in two cultural groups in the United States: Chicanos and Appalachians. Factor analysis of survey data concerning ethnicity gathered in the two groups produced similar factor patterns indicating three general dimensions of ethnicity: ethnic culture, ethnic group membership, and ethnic identity. Ethnic culture is the component of ethnicity that refers to the pattern of behaviors and beliefs that sets a group apart from others. Ethnic group membership refers to the network of people with whom an individual is in contact, and the ethnic affiliation of those people and the groups they form. Ethnic identity encompasses the perceptions of and personal affiliation with ethnic groups and cultures. Specifically, ethnic identity consists of: the perception of differences among ethnic groups; the feelings of attachment to and pride in one ethnic group and cultural heritage as opposed to others; and, at least where there are perceived physical differences between groups, the perception of prejudice and discrimination against one's own ethnic group. The dimension of ethnic identity is illustrated in depth with case study data collected during the Chicano research.

scholarly journals PERGESERAN BAHASA DAERAH LAMPUNG PADA MASYARAKAT KOTA BANDAR LAMPUNG

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Nandita Wana Putri
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous People ◽  
Language Shift ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Indigenous Languages ◽  
Language Experience ◽  
Know How ◽  
Sumatra Island ◽  
The City

<p>Lampung is one of the provinces in Indonesia which is located strategically. It is located at the Southern of Sumatra Island that makes Lampung as the only gateway for those who want to go to Sumatra Island. The complexity of the society in Lampung, especially in Bandar Lampung city, has an impact on the survival of indigenous people of Lampung itself. One of the effects is the waning of the indigenous languages of Lampung in the city. The aim of this study is to find out the reasons why Lampung is starting to be abandoned, to know how to use Lampung Language, to know what areas still survive in the use of Lampung Language, and to describe what efforts have been made to preserve the Lampung language in the Bandar Lampung city. The qualitative approach is used in this study. The data are obtained by applying the methods of observation, interview and document analysis. This study found that in Bandar Lampung city Lampung language experience a language shift which then will be extinction if not preserved optimally.</p>

scholarly journals Semantic Analysis of the Term Fitna in the Qur'an

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Muhammad Hanif Al Hakim ◽  
Azhar Alam
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Know How ◽  
Literary Sources

Some Muslim groups often quote the Qur'anic verse Chapter Al-Baqarah 191 which shows the meaning of al-fitnatu asyadd min al-qatl. Based on that verse, they encourage every member of the Muslim community not to cast slander to other Muslims because slander is worse than killing. The meaning of the term slander is still ambiguous and this article tries to explore its nuances. By using a qualitative approach and semantic analysis method, this study tries to describe various interpretations of slander from several prominent literary sources. This study aims to uncover the bulk of meanings of the word fitna as well to balance and to improve the narrow understanding of slander. This study found that the scope of meaning for the word fitna, includes words such as accusations, calamities, conflicts and disputes, which all have one purpose, i.e. efforts to find out which Muslims are good and which Muslims are bad. Fitna unexpectedly can befall us in various forms. Just like education tests, examinees or Muslims who are facing defamation must know how to overcome them.

scholarly journals Islamic Education Curriculum of Ban Budhee School from The South Thailand Muslim Minority

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-83
Author(s):  
Rohmatun Lukluk Isnaini
Keyword(s):  
Field Observation ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
Minority Communities ◽  
Kindergarten Education ◽  
Southern Thailand ◽  
Muslim Minority ◽  
Depth Interviews

The Pattani area of Southern Thailand, precisely in the district of Laem Pho, there is a large school called Ban Budhee. It is a royal Islamic-based school that has applied Islamic education curriculum. This study aims to see the components of the curriculum in terms of the limitations of Muslim minority communities in their country in implementing the Islamic education curriculum. This research uses qualitative approach; researcher conducts in-depth interviews, field observation and documentation at the location. This paper focuses on the model of Islamic education curriculum in Muslim minority areas, especially in Ban Budhee School. The Islamic education curriculum is implemented in formal schools and supported by a curriculum held in Tadika (Kindergarten Education Park). Both curriculum are well implemented in meeting the needs of the Muslim community.

scholarly journals Diaspora Komunitas Tamil di Sumatera Utara: Antara Menjadi India atau Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 575-582
Author(s):  
Suryo Adi Sahfutra
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Cultural Orientation ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Cultural Sustainability ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Adaptation Practices ◽  
North Sumatra

Cultural sustainability refers to inter-and intra-generation access to cultural heritage. The sustainability of non-material culture is complex because it is related to the experiences of cultural groups and is built by actors in their daily lives. Cultural sustainability is important for the diaspora community because it is an attempt to maintain their cultural identity in their communities while not completely losing contact with cultural elements in their ancestral lands. This paper discusses the strategies used by Muslim Tamils ​​in Medan, North Sumatra, The Muslim Tamils ​​in Indonesia use mainly informal strategies in the process of preserving culture. However, technological advances that have increased the ease of travel and communication have also enhanced the communication and closeness of these two communities with other Tamil communities around the world and have helped further the sustainability of art, language, culinary and religious practices. Muslim Tamils ​​in Medan are experiencing a crisis of identity as Tamils ​​because they are Muslim and many cultural identities conflict with Islamic teachings. Cross-ethnic marriage, assimilation with the non-Tamil community is strong enough to influence changes in cultural orientation, the identity that is still embedded in the Tamil Muslim community can only be found in weddings, culinary and some cultural adaptation practices. At the same time, as citizens of descent, they face the construction of a citizenship identity, becoming Tamils ​​who live in Indonesia or become Indonesians as ethnic Tamils.

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