Salafi activism and the promotion of a modern Muslim identity: evolving mediums of Da’wa amongst Yogyakartan university students

Chaplin, Chris (2018) Salafi activism and the promotion of a modern Muslim identity: evolving mediums of Da’wa amongst Yogyakartan university students. South East Asia Research, 26 (1). pp. 3-20. ISSN 0967-828X

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Abstract

ndonesia has witnessed the emergence of a market of Islamic goods, services and media platforms that have catalysed a qualitative shift in the ways individuals come to express their religious convictions. Salafi Islam is no exception to this transformation, and this article provides a case study of contemporary Salafi propagation amongst Yogyakarta’s students and graduates. Through description and analysis of campus based religious lectures, websites, magazines and fashion outlets linked to the al-Atsary Islamic Education Foundation, this article explores the intricacies of campus affiliated da’wa. Linked to a ‘literalist’ interpretation of Islam reliant on scholars in Saudi Arabia, Salafism is frequently denounced as foreign to Indonesian norms. Yet, while activists do indeed promote a rigid adherence to Islamic tenets, they also align Islamic values to concerns with a modern Muslim identity. By framing Salafism as sensitive to ideas of professional employment, while juxtaposing it against images of a less well-educated rural Islam, they have thus have created a unique strand of urban Salafi propagation.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://journals.sagepub.com/home/ser
Additional Information:	© 2018 IP Publishing
Divisions:	Methodology
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
Date Deposited:	15 Mar 2018 10:52
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 21:34
Funders:	Evans Fund, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/87230

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