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Understanding Islam Nusantara: Principles, Features and Challenges

Year 2024, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 81 - 94, 31.12.2024

Abstract

Established in 1926, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) is Indonesia's largest and most influential Islamic organization. NU introduced the concept of Islam Nusantara in 2015, emphasizing a spiritually enriched Islam in Indonesia that promotes character, cultural diversity, and universal love while rejecting extremist interpretations. Islam Nusantara advocates for a pluralistic approach, embracing diversity, rejecting authoritarian views, and aligning with core Islamic teachings. It encourages peaceful coexistence with followers of other religions, rejects extremism, and adheres to Sunni Islam principles. This article aims to analyze the concept of Islam Nusantara from diverse viewpoints, conducting a thorough examination of its principles, essential features, and distinctive characteristics. Additionally, it addresses the primary criticisms and challenges associated with it.

References

  • Arifianto, A. R. (2016). Islam Nusantara: NU’s Bid to Promote ‘Moderate Indonesian Islam.’. RSIS Commentary, 114.
  • Baytarrahmah (August 2015): Historic Nahdlatul Ulama Congress a Battleground Between Opposing Forces, https://baytarrahmah.org/2015_08_30_historic-nahdlatul-ulama-congress/ ((last accessed March 17, 2023).
  • Baytarrahmah (October 2016): International Summit of Moderate Islamic Leaders (ISOMIL) Nahdlatul Ulama Declaratio, https://www.baytarrahmah.org/media/2016/NU-Declaration-and-ISOMIL-Sample-Media-Coverage.pdf (last accessed March 10, 2023).
  • Baytarrahmah (May 2017): Gerakan Pemuda Ansor Declaration on Humanitarian Islam, https://www.baytarrahmah.org/media/2017/Gerakan-Pemuda-Ansor_Declaration-on-Humanitarian-Islam.pdf (last accessed November 8, 2023).
  • Baytarrahmah (October 2018a): The Nusantara Manifesto, https://www.baytarrahmah.org/media/2018/Nusantara-Manifesto.pdf (last accessed November 8, 2023).
  • Baytarrahmah (October 2018b): Nusantara Statement, https://www.baytarrahmah.org/media/2018/Nusantara-Statement.pdf (last accessed November 8, 2023).
  • CNBC (Aug 27, 2023). Indonesia is moving its capital from Jakarta to Nusantara. Here’s why it won’t be so easy, https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/28/indonesia-to-move-capital-from-jakarta-to-nusantara-but-it-wont-be-easy.html
  • Esfandiar, M. (2022). Islam Nusantara and The Challenges of Political Islam in The Contemporary World. Islam Nusantara: Journal for the Study of Islamic History and Culture, 3(1), 21-36.
  • Eygi, M. Ş. (2008). Dinde Reform Sapıklığı, https://www.milligazete.com.tr/makale/875417/mehmed-sevket-eygi/dinde-reform-sapikligi
  • Garia, M. (1991). Kur’an- Kerim’in ve Sünnetin Işığı Altında Milliyetçilik, içinde İslam Dünyası ve Milliyetçilik (ed. M. Gıyaseddin), (çev. Taha Cevdet), İstanbul: Pınar
  • Göksoy, İ. H. (2006). "Nehdatü’l-Ulemâ", TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 32. Cilt, pp. 541-542
  • Hoesterey, J. B. (2020). Islamic soft power in the age of Trump: Public diplomacy and Indonesian mosque communities in America. Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations, 31(2), 191-214.
  • Ismail, F. 2011. “The Nahdlatul Ulama: Its Early History and Contribution to the Establishment of Indonesian State.” Journal of Indonesian Islam. 5:2, 247–282.
  • Kato, H. (2021). The Islam Nusantara Movement in Indonesia. In Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements (pp. 110-128). Brill.
  • Mandaville, P., & Hamid, S. (2018). Islam as statecraft: How governments use religion in foreign policy. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution.
  • Muhammad, C. L., & Duderija, A. (2022). Understanding the Context and Concept of Islam Nusantara. ICR Journal, 13(1), 92-111.
  • Nakavi, A. M. (2005). İslam ve Milliyetçilik, İstanbul: Çıra
  • Oruç, M. (2004). Dinlerarası Diyalog Tuzağı ve Dinde Reform, İstanbul: Arı Sanat
  • Öztürk, M. (2009). İslam Dünyasında Yenilik ve Yenilikçilik Karşıtlığının Zihniyet Kodları-Modern Türkiye Örneği.
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi (ÇÜİFD), 9(1), 1-21.
  • Pektas, S. (2021). A comparative analysis of three Sunni Muslim organizations on ‘moderate’and ‘radical’Islam in Egypt, Morocco and Indonesia. Religion, 51(2), 190-213.
  • Saenong, F. F. (2021). Nahdlatul Ulama (NU): A Grassroots Movement Advocating Moderate Islam. In Handbook of Islamic sects and movements (pp. 129-150). Brill.
  • Schumann, O. (1974). ISLAM IN INDONESIA. International Review of Mission, 63(251), 429–438
  • Staquf, Y. C. (2015). “How Islam Learned to Adapt in ‘Nusantara’?” Strategic Review: The Indonesian Journal of Leadership, Policy, and World Affairs 5 (2): 18–28.
  • Sezen, Y. (2006). Dinlerarası Diyalog İhaneti: Dini-Psikolojik-Sosyolojik Tahlili, İstanbul: Kelam Yayınları
  • Sifil, E. (2005). Dinlerarası Diyalog ve Misyonerlik Faaliyetleri, https://ebubekirsifil.com/dergi-yazilari/dinlerarasi-diyalog-ve-misyonerlik-faaliyetleri-inkisaf-dergisi-eylul-kasim-2005-arsiv/
  • Zubaida, Sami. “Islam and Nationalism: Continuities and Contradictions.” Nations and Nationalism 10, no. 4 (2004): 407–420. doi: 10.1111/j.1354-5078.2004.00174.x

Nusantara İslam'ını Anlamak: İlkeler, Özellikler ve Sorunlar

Year 2024, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 81 - 94, 31.12.2024

Abstract

1926 yılında kurulan Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Endonezya'nın en büyük ve etkili İslami örgütüdür. NU, 2015'te "Nusantara İslam’ı" kavramını ortaya atarak, kültürel çeşitliliği ve evrensel sevgiyi teşvik eden, aşırılığı reddeden ve manevi açıdan zengin bir Endonezya İslam'ını savunmuştur. Nusantara İslam’ı, çeşitliliği kucaklayan, otoriter görüşlere karşı duran ve temel İslami öğretilerle uyumlu olan çoğulcu bir yaklaşımı benimsemektedir. Ayrıca, Sünni İslam ilkelerine bağlı kalarak diğer dinlerin takipçileriyle barış içinde bir arada yaşamayı teşvik etmekte ve aşırılığı reddetmektedir. Bu makale, Nusantara İslam’ı kavramını çeşitli bakış açılarıyla analiz etmeyi, ilkelerini, temel özelliklerini ve ayırt edici özelliklerini detaylı bir şekilde incelemeyi amaçlamakta; aynı zamanda bu kavrama yönelik temel eleştirileri ve bu bağlamdaki zorlukları ele almaktadır.

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References

  • Arifianto, A. R. (2016). Islam Nusantara: NU’s Bid to Promote ‘Moderate Indonesian Islam.’. RSIS Commentary, 114.
  • Baytarrahmah (August 2015): Historic Nahdlatul Ulama Congress a Battleground Between Opposing Forces, https://baytarrahmah.org/2015_08_30_historic-nahdlatul-ulama-congress/ ((last accessed March 17, 2023).
  • Baytarrahmah (October 2016): International Summit of Moderate Islamic Leaders (ISOMIL) Nahdlatul Ulama Declaratio, https://www.baytarrahmah.org/media/2016/NU-Declaration-and-ISOMIL-Sample-Media-Coverage.pdf (last accessed March 10, 2023).
  • Baytarrahmah (May 2017): Gerakan Pemuda Ansor Declaration on Humanitarian Islam, https://www.baytarrahmah.org/media/2017/Gerakan-Pemuda-Ansor_Declaration-on-Humanitarian-Islam.pdf (last accessed November 8, 2023).
  • Baytarrahmah (October 2018a): The Nusantara Manifesto, https://www.baytarrahmah.org/media/2018/Nusantara-Manifesto.pdf (last accessed November 8, 2023).
  • Baytarrahmah (October 2018b): Nusantara Statement, https://www.baytarrahmah.org/media/2018/Nusantara-Statement.pdf (last accessed November 8, 2023).
  • CNBC (Aug 27, 2023). Indonesia is moving its capital from Jakarta to Nusantara. Here’s why it won’t be so easy, https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/28/indonesia-to-move-capital-from-jakarta-to-nusantara-but-it-wont-be-easy.html
  • Esfandiar, M. (2022). Islam Nusantara and The Challenges of Political Islam in The Contemporary World. Islam Nusantara: Journal for the Study of Islamic History and Culture, 3(1), 21-36.
  • Eygi, M. Ş. (2008). Dinde Reform Sapıklığı, https://www.milligazete.com.tr/makale/875417/mehmed-sevket-eygi/dinde-reform-sapikligi
  • Garia, M. (1991). Kur’an- Kerim’in ve Sünnetin Işığı Altında Milliyetçilik, içinde İslam Dünyası ve Milliyetçilik (ed. M. Gıyaseddin), (çev. Taha Cevdet), İstanbul: Pınar
  • Göksoy, İ. H. (2006). "Nehdatü’l-Ulemâ", TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 32. Cilt, pp. 541-542
  • Hoesterey, J. B. (2020). Islamic soft power in the age of Trump: Public diplomacy and Indonesian mosque communities in America. Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations, 31(2), 191-214.
  • Ismail, F. 2011. “The Nahdlatul Ulama: Its Early History and Contribution to the Establishment of Indonesian State.” Journal of Indonesian Islam. 5:2, 247–282.
  • Kato, H. (2021). The Islam Nusantara Movement in Indonesia. In Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements (pp. 110-128). Brill.
  • Mandaville, P., & Hamid, S. (2018). Islam as statecraft: How governments use religion in foreign policy. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution.
  • Muhammad, C. L., & Duderija, A. (2022). Understanding the Context and Concept of Islam Nusantara. ICR Journal, 13(1), 92-111.
  • Nakavi, A. M. (2005). İslam ve Milliyetçilik, İstanbul: Çıra
  • Oruç, M. (2004). Dinlerarası Diyalog Tuzağı ve Dinde Reform, İstanbul: Arı Sanat
  • Öztürk, M. (2009). İslam Dünyasında Yenilik ve Yenilikçilik Karşıtlığının Zihniyet Kodları-Modern Türkiye Örneği.
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi (ÇÜİFD), 9(1), 1-21.
  • Pektas, S. (2021). A comparative analysis of three Sunni Muslim organizations on ‘moderate’and ‘radical’Islam in Egypt, Morocco and Indonesia. Religion, 51(2), 190-213.
  • Saenong, F. F. (2021). Nahdlatul Ulama (NU): A Grassroots Movement Advocating Moderate Islam. In Handbook of Islamic sects and movements (pp. 129-150). Brill.
  • Schumann, O. (1974). ISLAM IN INDONESIA. International Review of Mission, 63(251), 429–438
  • Staquf, Y. C. (2015). “How Islam Learned to Adapt in ‘Nusantara’?” Strategic Review: The Indonesian Journal of Leadership, Policy, and World Affairs 5 (2): 18–28.
  • Sezen, Y. (2006). Dinlerarası Diyalog İhaneti: Dini-Psikolojik-Sosyolojik Tahlili, İstanbul: Kelam Yayınları
  • Sifil, E. (2005). Dinlerarası Diyalog ve Misyonerlik Faaliyetleri, https://ebubekirsifil.com/dergi-yazilari/dinlerarasi-diyalog-ve-misyonerlik-faaliyetleri-inkisaf-dergisi-eylul-kasim-2005-arsiv/
  • Zubaida, Sami. “Islam and Nationalism: Continuities and Contradictions.” Nations and Nationalism 10, no. 4 (2004): 407–420. doi: 10.1111/j.1354-5078.2004.00174.x
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Primary Language English
Subjects Sociology (Other), Regional Studies, International Relations (Other)
Journal Section Articles
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Murat Kaçer 0000-0001-6076-3403

Publication Date December 31, 2024
Submission Date November 18, 2023
Acceptance Date December 27, 2024
Published in Issue Year 2024 Volume: 8 Issue: 2

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APA Kaçer, M. (2024). Understanding Islam Nusantara: Principles, Features and Challenges. Ulisa: Uluslararası Çalışmalar Dergisi, 8(2), 81-94.
AMA Kaçer M. Understanding Islam Nusantara: Principles, Features and Challenges. Ulisa: Uluslararası Çalışmalar Dergisi. December 2024;8(2):81-94.
Chicago Kaçer, Murat. “Understanding Islam Nusantara: Principles, Features and Challenges”. Ulisa: Uluslararası Çalışmalar Dergisi 8, no. 2 (December 2024): 81-94.
EndNote Kaçer M (December 1, 2024) Understanding Islam Nusantara: Principles, Features and Challenges. Ulisa: Uluslararası Çalışmalar Dergisi 8 2 81–94.
IEEE M. Kaçer, “Understanding Islam Nusantara: Principles, Features and Challenges”, Ulisa: Uluslararası Çalışmalar Dergisi, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 81–94, 2024.
ISNAD Kaçer, Murat. “Understanding Islam Nusantara: Principles, Features and Challenges”. Ulisa: Uluslararası Çalışmalar Dergisi 8/2 (December 2024), 81-94.
JAMA Kaçer M. Understanding Islam Nusantara: Principles, Features and Challenges. Ulisa: Uluslararası Çalışmalar Dergisi. 2024;8:81–94.
MLA Kaçer, Murat. “Understanding Islam Nusantara: Principles, Features and Challenges”. Ulisa: Uluslararası Çalışmalar Dergisi, vol. 8, no. 2, 2024, pp. 81-94.
Vancouver Kaçer M. Understanding Islam Nusantara: Principles, Features and Challenges. Ulisa: Uluslararası Çalışmalar Dergisi. 2024;8(2):81-94.
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