Nahdlatul Ulama and the Struggle for Power within Islam and Politics in Indonesia

Bush, R. Mitchell

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“…16-24). However, other works reviewed here (e.g., Bush, 2009, Feillard, 1994, Kadir, 1999) also largely explains the theological reforms within the NU to be Rationalist scholars argue that the reforms were introduced as a response to the Suharto regime's policy to suppress the political activities of the NU beginning in the 1970s, which cut off state subsidies to NU-affiliated pesantren schools. This policy left the NU ulama to have serious political and financial difficulties.…”

Section: Culturalistmentioning

confidence: 85%

“…societies, and summarizes the outcomes of the reforms that each of them undertook within the past three decades: 22 For Nahdlatul Ulama, see Bush, 2009;Fealy, 1998;Jung, 2009;Kadir, 1999;Leong, 2008;andRamage, 1995. For Muhammadiyah, see Alfian, 1989;Jung, 2009;Leong, 2008;Noer, 1973;Peacock, 1978;and Syamsuddin, 1991.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Since a group of political scientists and other scholars of Indonesian politics have written in-depth case study analyses on the NU and its role in Indonesian politics for the past three decades, 62 they have used one of these theoretical frameworks to explain the theological and political changes within the 62 See for instance Bush (2009);Fealy (1998);Jung (2009);Kadir (1999); Leong (2008); Liddle (1996b); Ramage (1995);and van Bruinessen (1994).…”

Section: Alternative Explanations On the Theological Reforms Within Tmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Wahid for the NU chairmanship and supported his reforms in exchange for a promise by the reformers to restore the government subsidies for their pesantren schools and other patronage projects (Bush, 2009, p. 71, Leong, 2008. As the result of this alliance, Wahid successfully won his first election as NU Chairman in 1984 and managed to successfully enact his reform proposals (Kadir, 1999, p. 203).…”

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Faith, Moral Authority, and Politics: The Making of Progressive Islam in Indonesia

Arifianto

2013

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Several Islamic organizations have experience major changes in their theological frames and political identities away from fundamentalist and revivalist theological orientation to one that embraces a progressive Islamic theology that synthesizes these norms with classical Islamic teachings. What are the factors that explain these theological changes? What are the causal mechanisms that help to promote them? Using the moral authority leadership theory, I argue that Islamic groups would be able to change their theological frames and political identities if the changes are promoted by religious leaders with 'moral authority' status, who are using both ideational and instrumental strategies to reconstruct the theological frames of their organizations. In addition to moral authority leadership, intermediary variables that also affect the likelihood of a theological change within Islamic groups are the institutional culture of the organization -the degree of tolerance for non-Islamic theological teachings -and the relationship between the Islamic group and the state.This study is a comparative historical analysis of two Indonesian Islamic groups: the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and the Muhammadiyah. It finds that the NU was able to successfully change its theological positions due to the presence of a charismatic moral authority leader, the tolerant institutional culture within the organization, and the ability of the organization to ally with the Suharto regime, allowing the reform to be institutionalized with little intervention from the regime.On the other hand, theological reform within the Muhammadiyah was not successful due to the lack of a leader with moral authority status who could have

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Faith, Moral Authority, and Politics: The Making of Progressive Islam in Indonesia

Arifianto

2013

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“…Instead, the terms 'scripturalist' and 'substantialist' (Bush 2009;Effendy 2003; see also Anwar 2007) come closer to what is at the core of these heated discussions, namely a basic difference of opinion regarding the question of how to approach and interpret religious texts, the Quran and hadith in particular. While scripturalists see these texts as direct messages from God, to humans living wherever and whenever, that need little interpretation, substantialists argue for a more flexible interpretation, encouraging Muslims to focus on the substance of Islam.…”

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Citizenship and Democratization in Southeast Asia

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Nordholt²,

Bakker³

2017

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Nahdlatul Ulama's “Funny Brigade”: Piety, Satire, and Indonesian Online Divides

Hoesterey

2021

CyberOrient

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Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), arrived relatively late on the Islamic social media scene. By the time Nahdlatul Ulama leadership recognized and commissioned the need for online advocacy, a generation of young media‐savvy preachers had already stoked the embers of sectarian divides and cast suspicion on those deemed secular or liberal. Even within Nahdlatul Ulama, a sprawling network of religious leaders and Islamic schools mostly in Central and East Java, the rise of social media revealed internal schisms about the meaning of Islam and the future politics of NU. By 2015, some Nahdlatul Ulama members began to speak in the name of an NU Straight Brigade (NU Garis Lurus) that proclaimed to return Nahdlatul Ulama to its original roots purportedly betrayed by current NU leadership. In response, a diverse group of NU youth – notorious for a love of humor – formed the NU Funny Brigade (NU Garis Lucu), a social media community that used satire and humor to temper the accusations of NU Garis Lurus and to mobilize social media as a uniting force within Nahdlatul Ulama and Indonesia more broadly. In this article, I examine the interplay between these two Nahdlatul Ulama communities, paying special attention to how social media reveals fragments and fault lines, while also providing online space to bridge doubts and divides.

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Nahdlatul Ulama and the Struggle for Power within Islam and Politics in Indonesia

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Faith, Moral Authority, and Politics: The Making of Progressive Islam in Indonesia

Faith, Moral Authority, and Politics: The Making of Progressive Islam in Indonesia

Citizenship and Democratization in Southeast Asia

Nahdlatul Ulama's “Funny Brigade”: Piety, Satire, and Indonesian Online Divides

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