Until currently there have been no specific publications, particularly in English, on women in traditional Islamic educational institutions in Indonesia, known as pesantren, which played a significant role in shaping the gender issues in the Indonesian Muslim community. This informative and insightful book contributes to two booming fields in Indonesian studies: the study of Islam and the study…
Most Muslim-majority countries have legal systems that enshrine both Islam and liberal rights. While not necessarily at odds, these dual commitments nonetheless provide legal and symbolic resources for activists to advance contending visions for their states and societies. Using the case study of Malaysia, Constituting Religion examines how these legal arrangements enable litigation and feed th…
Cirebon; Rituals; Islam; Muslims; Indonesia
Pada tahun 1970-198oan, perempuan berfesyen muslimah sangat jarang, namun saat ini penggunaannya semakin marak dengan mode yang berkembang pesat. Di ruang publik, pemakaian fesyen muslimah dapat ditemukan di kantor, sekolah, dan tidak terbatas pada institusi yang berkaitan dengan agama. Terlihat bahwa fesyen muslimah menjadi komoditas yang menjanjikan, tidak hanya dalam urusan dagang tetapi jug…
This new volume of essays marks eighty years since the death of Marmaduke Pickthall. His various roles as translator of the Qurʾan, traveller to the Near East, political journalist writing on behalf of Muslim Turkey, and creator of the Muslim novel are discussed. In later life Pickthall became a prominent member of the British Muslim community in London and Woking, co-worker with Muslims in …
This study examines the religious life of reformist Muslims in a Yogyakarta village. The foci of this discussion are on Muslim villagers’ construction, with the help of the reformist paradigm, of the image of the ‘good Muslim’ and ‘Muslim-ness’, on their efforts to incorporate an (reformist) Islamic framework to question taken-for-granted practices and ideas, on the position of tradit…