scholarly journals Traditional Islam and Global Religious Connectivity: Nahdlatul Ulama in The Netherlands

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-162
Author(s):  
Amin Mudzakkir
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Identity Politics ◽  
Multicultural Society ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Gender Culture ◽  
History Of ◽  
Nahdlatul Ulama ◽  
Traditional Pattern ◽  
Traditional Islam

This article examines the Nahdlatul Ulama in the Netherlands. Nahdlatul Ulama is the largest Muslim organization in Indonesia which is now starting to open branches overseas, including in the Netherlands. Despite its traditional pattern, NU has a religious vision which has been very responsive to global connectivity from the beginning. Based on interviews and observations, this article demonstrates the ability of the Dutch NU to portray itself as a religious diaspora organization that bridges the identity needs of its members regarding the homeland and the reality of daily life in the Dutch multicultural society. Keywords: Nahdlatul Ulama, traditional Islam, religious connectivity, Indonesia, Dutch multicultural society REFERENCE: Anderson, Bennedict R. O’G. 1992. “Long-distance nationalism: World capitalism and the rise of identity politics”. The Wertheim Lecture 1992. CASA-Centre for Asian Studies Amsterdam. Azra, Azyumardi. 1994. Jaringan ulama : Timur Tengah dan kepulauan Nusantara abad XVII dan XVIII : melacak akar-akar pembaruan pemikiran Islam di Indonesia. Bandung: Mizan. Helly, Denise. 2006. “Diaspora: History of an idea” dalam Haideh Moghissi (ed.). Muslim diaspora: Gender, culture and identity. London/New York: Routledge. Laffan, Michael Francis. 2003. Islamic nationhood and colonial Indonesia: The umma below the winds. London/New York: Routledge. Noer, Deliar. 1980. Gerakan Moderen Islam di Indonesia, 1900-1942. Jakarta: LP3ES. Sujadi. 2017. Persatuan Pemuda Muslim se-Eropa: identity, encouragement for giving, and network, 1971-2009, Disertasi Universitas Leiden. Wawancara, Ahmad Maksum Hambali, 9 Maret 2019. Wawancara, Nur Hasyim Sobandi, 12 Maret 2019. Wawancara, Nana Supriatna, 14 Maret 2019. Korespondensi, M. Latif Fauzi, 31 Oktober 2019. https://www.nu.or.id/post/read/107683/konferensi-internasional-nu-belanda-perkuat-promosi-islam-moderat http://nubelanda.nl/conference2019/selected-papers/120-conference2019 https://islam.nu.or.id/post/read/76456/seminar-internasional-islam-nusantara-awali-konfercab-nu-belanda

scholarly journals DIASPORA DAN IDENTITAS KOMUNITAS EKSIL ASAL INDONESIA DI BELANDA

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Gusnelly Gusnelly
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Cold War

This paper is the result of research on Indonesian migration that focuses on the diaspora of the exile community in the Netherlands. The purpose to discuss this issue is to tell about the existence of an Indonesian community that has been exiled from the country for decades and became stateless or lost citizenship, because its passport was revoked by the Indonesian government. They are the generation who have been forced to move to several countries and choose to seek asylum in various Western European countries after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The history of their existence abroad as a result of the event of G30S/1965. They were abroad when the G30S occurred in the country. Their departure abroad was in the leftist (socialist) countries of the mid-1960s not because of political affairs but for various interests, but in fact it was related to the occurrence of the G30S/1965. In 1989 with the fall of communism and the end of the cold war after the collapse of the superpower of the Soviet Union, most of them have registered themselves as asylum seekers to several countries in Western Europe, including to the Netherlands. As a Dutch citizen, their descendants get education and work in the Netherlands. Their descendants feel that the Dutch or Europeans are his identity but the exiles keep their nationalism for Indonesia. We call that with long-distance nationalism.Keywords: Dutch, diaspora, exile community, asylum, citizenshipABSTRAKTulisan ini merupakan hasil penelitian tentang migrasi orang Indonesia yang fokus pada diaspora komunitas eksil di Belanda. Tujuan untuk membahas masalah ini adalah untuk menceritakan tentang keberadaan komunitas Indonesia yang sejak puluhan tahun terbuang dari tanah air dan menjadi stateless atau kehilangan kewarganegaraan, sebab pasportnya dicabut oleh pemerintah Indonesia. Mereka merupakan anak bangsa dari satu generasi yang terpaksa pindah ke beberapa negara dan memilih mencari suaka ke berbagai negara Eropa Barat pascaruntuhnya Uni Soviet. Sejarah keberadaan mereka di luar negeri sebagai akibat dari peristiwa G30S tahun 1965. Mereka sedang berada di luar negeri ketika terjadi peristiwa G30S di dalam negeri. Kepergian mereka ke luar negeri yaitu di negara-negara beraliran kiri (sosialis) di pertengahan tahun 60-an bukan karena hanya karena urusan politik, tetapi untuk berbagai kepentingan, namun pada kenyataannya disangkutpautkan dengan terjadinya peristiwa G30S tahun 1965 tersebut. Pada tahun 1989 dengan kejatuhan komunisme dan berakhirnya perang dingin setelah keruntuhan negara adi kuasa Uni Soviet sebagian besar mereka telah mendaftarkan diri menjadi pencari suaka ke beberapa negara di Eropa Barat, termasuk ke Belanda. Sebagai warga negara Belanda, anak keturunannya mendapatkan pendidikan dan bekerja di Belanda. Anak-anak keturunannya merasa Belanda atau Eropa adalah identitasnya akan tetapi orang eksil tetap menjaga nasionalisme mereka buat tanah airnya yaitu Indonesia. Kami menyebutnya dengan nasionalisme jarak jauh.  Kata Kunci: Belanda, diaspora, komunitas eksil, suaka, kewarganegaraan

Book Reviews

2004 ◽  
Vol 78 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 123-191
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Redactie KITLV
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
Literary History ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
University Of North Carolina ◽  
New York University ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Frankfurt Am Main ◽  
Chapel Hill ◽  
History Of

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scholarly journals Urban Islam in the Netherlands: What Mosques Can Tell

Islamology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Welmoet Boender
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Identity Politics ◽  
Religious Identity ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Analytical Instrument ◽  
Dutch Society ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of ◽  
Dutch Cities

In the Netherlands the number of newly built mosques has grown fast in the past decades, attracting attention of academic observers, politicians and citizens alike. This paper presents a seven-fold typology of Dutch mosques, as one possible way to discuss how mosques have integrated into the urban landscape of Dutch cities and towns. Each type emphasizes a specific imagery of the material expression of the mosque’s ethnic-social-religious identity in Dutch society. Providing illustrative examples that support this classification, the typology will serve as analytical instrument to provide insight in the history of identity politics and dynamic notions of aesthetics.

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