This book explores Muslim communities in Southeast Asia, the integration of Islamic culture with diverse ethnic cultures of the region and practice of cultural and religious coexistence in various realms.
This book explores Muslim communities in Southeast Asia, the integration of Islamic culture with diverse ethnic cultures of the region and practice of cultural and religious coexistence in various realms.
The volume traces the origins and processes of adoption, transmission and adaptation of Islam by diverse ethnic communities such as the Malay, Acehnese, Javanese, Sundanese, Sulawesi, Batak, Betawi and Madurese communities, among others. It looks at the experimentations and integration of Islam within local politics, cultural networks, law, rituals, education, art and architecture which engendered unique regional Muslim identities. The book also examines distinctive examples of cultural pluralism, cosmopolitanism and syncretism that persisted in Islamic religious practices in the region due to its maritime economy and its reputation as a marketplace of goods, languages, cultures and ideas.
Part of the Global Islamic Culture series that looks at integrated and indigenized Islam, this book will be of interest to students and researchers of theology and religion, Islamic studies, religious history, political Islam, cultural studies, and Southeast Asian Studies. It will also be useful to readers who are interested in world religions and cultures.
List of figures vii
List of contributors viii
Introduction: Southeast Asian Islam Integration and indigenisation 1
Nasr M. Arif and Abbas Panakkal
PART I
Theology, Jurisprudence, and Traditions 11
1 Arrival, adoption, and adaptation: integrating Islam in maritime Southeast
Asia 13
Carool Kersten
2 Living sunna: scholars, community leaders, and the integration of Islam in
Java 37
Ismail Fajrie Alatas
3 Islamic jurisprudence and adat in Southeast Asia 61
R. Michael Feener
4 Integration of South Asia within Southeast Asian traditions 86
Abbas Panakkal
PART II
State and Society 119
5 Integration of Islam into the Malay and Bugis-Makassar kingdoms 121
Muhamad Ali
6 Muslim womens dress in Southeast Asia: Islamic law, fashion, and national
identity 143
Euis Nurlaelawati and Nina Mariani Noor
7 Muslim cosmopolitanism in Southeast Asia: marketplaces as sites of
interaction and integration 167
Khairudin Aljunied
PART III
Architecture, Arts, and New Cultures 187
8 Cultural adaptation and integration: Islam in Southeast Asia 189
Anthony Reid
9 Pondok education, public discourse, and cultural pluralism in Malaysia and
Indonesia 208
Azmil Tayeb
10 The Islamic art of Southeast Asia 234
Robert Hillenbrand
11 The mosques of Southeast Asia: a narrative of representation and
negotiation 263
Tutin Aryanti
Index 290
Nasr M. Arif is Visiting Professor at St Andrews University, UK, and Professor of Political Science at Cairo University in Egypt. He served as Professor of Islamic Studies and founding Executive Director of the Institute for Islamic World Studies at Zayed University, UAE. His works have been published in Arabic and translated into English, Spanish, Hungarian, Kurdish, Persian, and Urdu. His research concentrates on Islamic traditions and political thought, the history of Islamic cultures, political development, and comparative political systems. He received a PhD degree in political science (1995), Cairo University, Egypt, and the University of Maryland, College Park, USA.
Abbas Panakkal is a historian currently affiliated with the School of History, University of St Andrews, UK. He serves as a member of the advisory board for the Religious Life and Belief Centre at the University of Surrey, UK. Panakkal is presently engaged in a research project that explores the diverse processes of integration and indigenization within vernacular communities. He holds the position of Director at the Ibn Battuta International Centre of Intercultural Studies and is also Director of the International Interfaith Initiative. In the past, he was a fellow at Griffith University in Australia. His research encompasses a wide range of subjects, including language, religion, law, indigenization, integration, interreligious engagements, and intercultural cooperation.
