New Media, New Relations: Cyberstalking on Social Media in the Interaction of Muslim Scholars and the Public in West Sumatra, Indonesia

Syahputra, Iswandi

doi:10.17576/jkmjc-2018-3401-09

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“…Ulama figures in West Sumatra still have a significant role to play until the present era of modernity. Syahputra (2018) argues that the relationship between ulama and the people of West Sumatra today categorized into the third wave of interaction between Muslim intellectuals and the public [16]. The first wave is coloured by direct communication through surau, madrasah, or other educational institutions.…”

Section: West Sumatran People's Perception About Ulamamentioning

confidence: 99%

New Normal: What Ulama Can Do as a Norm Entrepreneur

Permata¹,

Nanda²,

Dermawan³

2021

Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Science, Political Science, and Humanities (ICoSPOLHUM 2020)

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This research attempts to examine the role of Ulama as a norm entrepreneur in the adaptation of the new normal in West Sumatra. West Sumatra is one of the fifteen provinces in Indonesia with the highest number of Covid-19 cases. In the past week, West Sumatra was one of the five provinces where the number of Covid-19 cases increased significantly. With this number, we need to optimize the adaptation of the WHO's norm in West Sumatra. With the majority of the population being Muslim, West Sumatra has an influential Islamic identity. The religious character of society opens up space for Ulama to play a role in performing the adaptation of the new normal to cope with the spread of Covid-19. The norms originate globally, in order to be applied must be localized. The method applied in this research is a qualitative method using secondary and primary data. Norm entrepreneur and norm localization employed in this research as the concept. The result shows that in optimizing the adaptation of a new order in West Sumatra, Ulama frames the idea of a new normal using the hadith and verses of the Koran. The new normal norm reconstructed and linked to the existing values in West Sumatra. This idea persuaded through discourses delivered in public spaces. It easier for Ulama as local actors with a reputation in West Sumatra to localize norms originating from WHO.

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Section: West Sumatran People's Perception About Ulamamentioning

confidence: 99%

New Normal: What Ulama Can Do as a Norm Entrepreneur

Permata¹,

Nanda²,

Dermawan³

2021

Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Science, Political Science, and Humanities (ICoSPOLHUM 2020)

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“…Terminologically speaking, individuals that are especially interested in pursuing religious knowledge are referred to as the Ummah, whereas those who pursue religion, in general, are referred to as the students of knowledge. The difference between the two is not restricted by the media's distance or mediation, but by their religious understanding (Iswandi, 2018).…”

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“…Social media, however, has been found to be hired by Muslim scholars as a new technological network, consisting of Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube, Twitter, Telegram, etc., as a medium to offer religious sermons or teachings. Not only that, several Muslim scholars have regarded social media as an instrument that can be used for various constructive social interaction (Iswandi, 2018).…”

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Muslim scholars and the world of social media: opportunities and challenges

Sule

Abdulkareem

2020

ICJ

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<p>The paper has examines what is considered dual contributions of the internet based medium of communication in Da’wah. These platforms for social interaction and communication have become medium of spreading Islamic messages by Islamic scholars. The objective of the paper is to analyze how internet related mane of communications and interaction have aided Da’wah. The researchers adopted an explanatory type of research whose aim is to explain a phenomenon of choice. The researchers sourced data from the secondary sources and analyzed them. It is on the basis of such that, the findings of this research have portrayed that social media as medium of social interaction have been adopted as tools for Da’wah which learned Islamic scholars are using to propagate Islam and its teachings. However, the outcomes confirmed that social media have provided a fruitful ground for the germination of cyber space Islamic scholars, people who are not learned but share texts, video and audio containing distorted and misleading information. This has challenged the age long Islamic practice in Islam where any issues regarding Islamic Da’wah and Fatwa are exclusively for the learned Islamic Scholars. The study in addition reveal that what is obtainable on the social media now is, cyber scholars and quick to post or comment on issues that are exclusive the purview of Islamic scholars.</p>

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“…In the West Sumatera context, ulemas of the past would interact with their followers through the surau (place of worship smaller than a mosque), madrasah, or religious study groups, the advent of social media as a form of new media has, however, altered these relations. 42 Social media serves as a 'neutral ground' for ulemas and the public to convey and deliberate on any topic they are interested in discussing. According to Helland 43 , this era offers an interactive atmosphere in which every individual experience and idea can be exchanged via virtual space.…”

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Islam Nusantara, ulemas, and social media: understanding the pros and cons of Islam Nusantara among ulemas of West Sumatera

Ridwan

Syahputra

Tarigan

et al. 2019

Indonesian J. Islam Muslim Soc.

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The concept of Islam Nusantara, which is defined as Islam that accommodates the customs and culture of the (Indonesian) Archipelago, has been rejected by the West Sumatera branch of Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI). Meanwhile, other groups in West Sumatera support the Islam Nusantara concept. This article explains the pros and cons of Islam Nusantara among religious leaders in West Sumatera in the context of social media activities. Ulemas rejected Islam Nusantara in West Sumatera based on the perspective that Islam as a religion has reached peak perfection, adding the word Nusantara is, thus, unnecessary. Other religious leaders in West Sumatera have embraced Islam Nusantara based on the view that in terms of customs in Minangkabau, the principle of Adaik Bersandi Syarak, Syarak Bersandi Kitabullah is followed. This is a field study employing the qualitative method of approach. Data were obtained via in-depth interviews with four West Sumatran religious figures (ulemas) and subsequently analyzed in an interpretative and descriptive manner. The findings in this study show that the ulemas’ rejection of Islam Nusantara via Facebook indicates a shift in the definition of ulemas as religious leaders to that of opinion makers. This is a new finding that has never been studied before as it places the pros and cons of Islam Nusantara within the context of virtual culture. Consequently, this study has implications on the definition of ulemas as religious leaders overlapping with their part as opinion makers and opinion leaders in the current era of new media.Gagasan Islam Nusantara sebagai Islam yang mengakomodir adat dan budaya Nusantara ditolak kehadirannya oleh Majelis Ulama Indonesia wilayah Sumatera Barat. Sementara itu terdapat kelompok lain yang mendukung gagasan Islam Nusantara di Sumatera Barat. Artikel ini menjelaskan pro dan kontra di antara pemuka agama tentang Islam Nusantara di Sumatera Barat dalam konteks aktivitas di media sosial. Islam Nusantara di tolak oleh Ulama di Sumatera Barat didasari oleh pandangan umum bahwa Islam sebagai agama telah mencapai sempurna, sehingga tidak diperlukan penambahan kata Nusantara. Sedangkan pemuka agama lainnya menerima Islam Nusantara di Sumatera Barat karena didasari oleh pandangan umum bahwa adat di Minangkabau Sumatera Barat berpegang pada prinsip Adaik Bersandi Syarak, Syarak Bersandi Kitabullah. Data penelitian dikumpulkan melalui wawancara mendalam terhadap empat pemuka agama (ulama) di Sumatera Barat. Temuan penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa aktivitas ulama yang menolak Islam Nusantara melalui facebook menggambarkan pergeseran makna Ulama dari religius leader ke opinion maker. Namun pergeseran tersebut justru mengokohkan ulama sebagai pemilik otoritas keagamaan. Temuan ini dapat berimplikasi pada terminologi ulama sebagai religius leader pada era media baru akan berhimpitan dengan terminologi opinion maker dan opinion leader sebagai terminologi baru pada era media baru.

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New Media, New Relations: Cyberstalking on Social Media in the Interaction of Muslim Scholars and the Public in West Sumatra, Indonesia

Cited by 7 publications

References 11 publications

New Normal: What Ulama Can Do as a Norm Entrepreneur

New Normal: What Ulama Can Do as a Norm Entrepreneur

Muslim scholars and the world of social media: opportunities and challenges

Islam Nusantara, ulemas, and social media: understanding the pros and cons of Islam Nusantara among ulemas of West Sumatera

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