• 수완나부미
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.35-61
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• 2018

This paper explores the influence of Arab culture on the culture of Bugis-Makassar, the two major ethnic groups in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, particularly after their Islamization in the early 17^th century. The paper argues that since then, the on-going process of Islamization in the region has also brought a continuous flow of ideas and cultural practices from Mecca to Indonesia by means of the hajj pilgrims, Arab traders, and the establishment of Islamic educational institutions that emphasized the teaching and use of Arabic language in education. These factors, among others, have facilitated a cultural inflow which enabled cultural practices borne of West Asia (Middle East) to be integrated into local customs and beliefs. The paper particularly depicts the most observable forms of Arabic cultural integration, acculturation, and assimilation into the Bugis-Makassar culture such as the use of Arabic in Islamic schools and religious sermons; the Arab-style dressing by religious scholars, teachers, and students; the wearing of the hijab (head cover) by women; and the change of people's names from local into Arabic. By utilizing the historical and anthropological approach, this paper investigates this dynamic process of adaptation and integration of a foreign culture that first came through the Islamization of a local culture, exploring the role of an Islamic missionary and educational institutions in mediating and maintaining such cultural integration processes.

• 동남아시아연구
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.155-182
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• 2011

The purpose of this paper is to examine the process of Islamization in Java, focusing on religious discourse among Muslim intellectuals. How Islamic tradition and knowledge have been perceived and utilized and how they have interacted with those of non-Islamic origin will be discussed. For this, three Islam-related books written in different phases of Islamization are to be analyzed: Babad Tanah Jawi compiled by Mataram court in the 17th century, Serat Cabolek written by a court poet in the late 18th or early 19th century, and Fikih Anti-korupsi published by reformist and scriptural organization of Muhammadiyah in 2006. Babad portrays conversion to Islam as a process which does not demand a dramatic outward change in religious practice. Scriptural tradition of Islam and the dichotomy between what is Islamic and what is not were not mentioned in order to explain conversion. Spiritual and mystical enlightenment was emphasized heavily, and for this, the importance of non-Islamic traditions was fully acknowledged. Serat tells us that this period was characterized by the surge of scriptural and shariah-minded Islam, maintenance of non-Islamic traditions, clashes between scriptural Islam and old religious traditions, and Javanese efforts to harmonize these. In Fikih, non-Islamic tradition is replaced by scriptural Islam and disappears totally. Interpretations based on the Scriptures, however, do not monopolize it and are used together with mode of analysis from the West. It is too much to call this 'intellectual syncretism', in that Islamic Scriptures and Western knowledge do not mix but stand side by side. Three books under examination reveal that the process of Islamization in Java has not been uniform. It has been conditioned and shaped by local socio-cultural and historical circumstances, where active engagement and intellectual exercise of Javanese Muslims have played key roles. Even Islamization in the last few decades is not an exception. The surge of scripturalism and fundamentalism does not simply bring about a move to Arabization. Interacting with local intellectual and socio-cultural milieu, this has produced a sort of intellectual hybridity, which is unique to Muslim society of Java.

• Acta Via Serica
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.135-150
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• 2018

Ali Bey $H{\ddot{u}}seyinzade$ (1864-1940) was one of the most significant Azerbaijani Turkish intellectuals in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, formulating Azerbaijani national identity around its Turkish, Islamic and territorial dimensions. His solution to the ambiguities of the identity crisis among the Turkic-Muslim people of Azerbaijan was Turkification, Islamization and Europeanization for the Turkic and Muslim peoples of the Caucasus and Ottoman Turkey. Ali Bey $H{\ddot{u}}seyinzade$ was an influential Azerbaijani Turkish intellectual who had a direct impact on Turkish nationalists in the late Ottoman Empire and early Republican Turkey. $H{\ddot{u}}seyinzade^{\prime}s$ formulation of the triple processes of Turkification, Islamization and Europeanization spread among the Azerbaijani and Ottoman Turkish intellectuals in their respective countries. This article aims to discuss the ideas of Ali Bey $H{\ddot{u}}seyinzade$, especially regarding nationality, religion and Westernism and their impact on intellectuals and policy makers in the Caucasus and Turkey. His physical odyssey from Tsarist Russia into the Ottoman Empire is indicative of his ideological proclivities and his subsequent influence on the Turkish-speaking peoples in the two major empires in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

• 동남아시아연구
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.181-215
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• 2013

The purpose of this paper is to examine the process of Islamic change in Indonesia since the 1970s, which is commonly called 'Islamic resurgence' or 'Islamization.' A brief analysis of the reasons for Islamic resurgence is followed by discussions on its long-term effects on the life of Indonesian Muslims. Shift in the ways Islamic matters have been treated in public, gradual realization of what Islamic groups have demanded in non-religious areas, stipulation of local regulation based on shariah and spread of radicalism are to be investigated one by one. With these examinations, it will be argued that the most significant change throughout the last four decades has been the surge of Islam as a reference point to interpret everyday life of Muslims. The dichotomy of 'Islamic' and 'non-Islamic' is instated as a key in Islamic discourse and the Quran and Hadith, as a criterion to judge whether certain views and behavior are Islamic or not. These have strengthened the position of scripturalism in Indonesian Islam. Islamic resurgence has also resulted in the acceleration of the diversification of Indonesian Muslims. Muslims with radical, fundamental, reformist, traditional and liberal views coexist, competing for stronger social and religious influences. As radical and fundamental groups have been more active in dealing with socio-political affairs recently, whether their active involvement will result in wider influences over the ordinary Muslims is the key to understand the future dynamics of Indonesian Islam.

• 국제지역연구
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.513-530
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• 2009

체첸 민족의 역사는 외세의 연이은 침략에 대한 항쟁으로 점철된다. 특히나, 러시아와 체첸간의 갈등은 약 200여 년 동안이나 지속되어 현재까지도 해결되지 않는 문제로 남아있다. 양국은 체첸이 독자적으로 독립을 선언하면서 관계가 악화되어 전쟁으로까지 발전했는데, 이 때 러시아와 다른 체첸의 종교, 즉 이슬람이 체첸인들을 결집하게 한 원동력이 되었다. 즉, 이슬람의 신앙심과 수피 이슬람의 형제애가 체첸 민족주의와 결합하여 대(對)러시아 항쟁에 큰 역할을 한 것이다. 본 논문에서는 체첸-러시아 분쟁에 대한 근본적인 이해를 돕기 위해 체첸 민족 문화와 정체성, 체첸-러시아 갈등의 역사, 체첸 민족의 이슬람화 과정과 체첸 민족의 저항정신의 구심점인 수피 이슬람 세력의 대러시아 투쟁 과정을 중심으로 고찰해보고자 한다.

• 동남아시아연구
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.53-82
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• 2018

2017년 말레이시아는 총선이 정치, 경제, 사회, 외교 등 제 분야에서 핵심적 변수로 등장했다. 최대 여당인 통일말레이국민기구(UMNO)는 말레이계의 지지 확보에 주력하는데, 그 과정에서 야당인 범말레이시아이슬람당(PAS)과 공조를 강화했다. PAS의 탈세속주의(desecularization)에 그간 세속주의(secularization)를 견지한 UMNO간 협력으로 '정치적 이슬람'(political Islam)의 부상을 수반하는 정치사회적 주요 변화가 일어나고 있다. 정치적 이슬람의 부상과 맞물려 말레이계의 지지가 차기 총선의 핵심 변수로 등장함에 따라 인종(종족)(Race), 종교(Religion), 충성심(Royalty) 이른바 '3R' 요소가 더욱 중요해지고 있는 형국이다. 야당은 희망연합(PH)은 마하티르를 중심으로 선거를 준비하고 있다. 링깃 가치 하락이 진정되고 경제가 회복세를 보임에 따라 정부는 총선용 예산을 편성하였다. 외교에서도 말레이계 지지를 의도한 이슬람 관련 이슈에 집중했다. 중국의 영향력이 지속적으로 확대되는 추세 속에서 외교적 원칙과 전략보다는 국제관계 역시 국내정치의 연장이라는 측면에서 접근하고 있는 것으로 해석되기도 한다. 정치적 이슬람의 부상은 차기 총선뿐만 아니라 이후 말레이시아 정치 및 사회 전반에 큰 영향을 미칠 것으로 전망된다.