Pilgrimage and Network Formation in Two Contemporary B   Alaw  Hawl in Central Java

Alatas, Ismail Fajrie

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“…Each year, on 12 Shawwal in the Islamic calendar (about two weeks after the end of Ramadan), Alkhairaat observes the hawl, or the anniversary of the death, of Sayyid Idrus. Hawl are a common feature of Sufi life in the Arab world, and similar events are also held for several Hadrami Arabs who were active on Java (Alatas 2014). For Alkhairaat and for Palu as a town, this serves both as a routinised annual event -a central ritual of 'organisational culture' -and as reinforcement of the charisma of Sayyid Idrus.…”

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Reinforcing Charisma in the Bureaucratisation of Indonesian Islamic Organisations

Fogg¹

2018

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs

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Many studies of Islam in Indonesia have focused on the mass Islamic organisations that form the backbone of civil society and Indonesian religious life. However, studies of these organisations have not appreciated the central place of charisma amid their bureaucratic features. This article looks at the case of Alkhairaat, a mass Islamic organisation headquartered in Central Sulawesi but spread throughout eastern Indonesia, as a bureaucracy built to reinforce and perpetuate the charisma of its founder, Sayyid Idrus bin Salim al-Jufri. The case of Alkhairaat demonstrates how mass Islamic organisations in Indonesia bureaucratise Islam but also, in doing this, defy the broader trend of legalisation. Instead, the on-going veneration of the founder's charisma helps to make sense of the continuing attention to supernatural occurrences among traditionalist Indonesian Muslims and the power of organisational leaders over their followers.

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Section: The Perpetuation Of Charisma Through Bureaucracymentioning

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Reinforcing Charisma in the Bureaucratisation of Indonesian Islamic Organisations

Fogg¹

2018

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs

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“…To commemorate the author of Simthud Durar, every month of Rabī` al-Thānī (the fourth month of the Islamic calendar), the Riyadh mosque holds the annual death commemoration (haul) of Habib ' Ali. In this event, the maulid celebration is performed with the recitation of Simthud Durar (for a detailed account of this haul, see Alatas, 2014;Slama, 2011). In 2014, the municipality of Surakarta incorporated this program into an annual governmental program under the framework of the policy of Solo as "the city of shalawat.…”

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The Dynamics of the Indonesian Hadramis on the Maulid Celebration

As’ad

2020

Qijis

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This article seeks to explore the debate between two groups of Indonesian Hadhramis (Bā ‘Alawi and non-Sayyid) concerning the maulid celebration. It is based on a qualitative research study. The data was collected through a combination of library research and field study. The fieldwork was completed in Surakarta by observing the maulid celebration of the Bā ‘Alawi community in the city. The study results show the debate between the Sayyid and non-Sayyid communities surrounding the maulid has occurred since the early 20th century and continues until today. The first group, also known as the Bā ‘Alawi, have consistently supported the maulid practice since the early 20th century, starting with the establishment of Jamiat Khair to several Bā ‘Alawi preachers such as the ones in the Riyadh Mosque in Surakarta that are explained in this text. Regarding the second group, the maulid is promoted by the Al-Irsyad faction, which do not condemn the maulid but only criticize some practices within the celebration they regard as bid’a. In the present day, Al-Irsyad is separated into two groups: Al-Irsyad Al-Islamiyah and the Salafis of Perhimpunan al-Irsyad. This article finds that the former preserves the old stance of the organization regarding the maulid. However, the latter has a stricter teaching on the maulid, stating it is bid’a and recommends its members and followers not to practice it.

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“…While Islamic pilgrimage practice in Java has received significant anthropological attention (Alatas ; Christomy ; Quinn ; Van Doorn‐Harder & de Jong ; Zamhari ), the question of the emergence of new pilgrimage sites and destinations, particularly the processes of history‐making behind them, has not been adequately addressed, nor has it been comprehensively theorized, except in a couple of notable works (Slama ; Smith ). Glenn Smith, for example, reports that on the island of Madura, ‘a specific tomb on the property can become sacred when a member of the family has a dream ( amempè ) in which he or she is instructed to provide a shelter for it’ (: 216).…”

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Dreaming saints: exploratory authority and Islamic praxes of history in Central Java

Alatas

2019

Royal Anthropological Inst

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This article examines dreaming as an Islamic practice of historical inquiry among traditionalist Muslims of Central Java, Indonesia. Combining insights from the anthropologies of Islam and history, it looks at alternative praxes of history, how they are interpreted through Islamic frameworks, and how they generate forms of religious authority. The article follows the work of a Sufi master, Habib Luthfi bin Yahya, in identifying old unmarked graves as saintly tombs through dreams. Successful history-making projects have resulted in the increasing -albeit contested -recognition of Habib Luthfi's role as a dreaming saint, a form of Islamic authority premised on his perceived ability to oneirically explore the past on behalf of others and arbitrate history. By observing the connection between praxes of history and the formation of religious authority, the article calls for the broadening of anthropological studies of Islam beyond their current preoccupation with the religion's prescriptive dimension.On 15 March 2017, Indonesia's second most circulated newspaper, Jawa Pos, published an article on the inauguration of a newly built saintly mausoleum in the village of Jagalan, in Kendal, Central Java. The mausoleum is built on top of an old grave that had recently been identified by one of Indonesia's most influential Sufi masters, Habib Muhammad Luthfi bin Yahya (b. 1947) of Pekalongan, Central Java, as belonging to a historical saint, Ahmad bin ʿAqil al-Munawwar. A villager interviewed by the reporter explained that the tomb was discovered in early 2017 when Habib Luthfi stopped by the village on his way to visit the tomb of a well-known saint nearby. He visited the village cemetery, stood by one particular unmarked grave, and prayed. He then identified the grave and advised the villagers to build a mausoleum over it and institute an annual commemoration for the saint. This report illustrates one of the many projects of history-making involving Habib Luthfi, a contemporary Indonesian Sufi master who has been engaged in identifying old unmarked graves as saintly tombs and instituting new pilgrimage practice, whether in his native town of Pekalongan, Central Java, or in far-flung places like West Java, East Borneo, and even a small Indonesian island off of Singapore.Javanese Muslims embark on pilgrimage (Ar. ziyāra, Ind. ziarah) for various reasons, including to seek divine blessings, magical powers, esoteric knowledge, and even

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Pilgrimage and Network Formation in Two Contemporary B Alaw Hawl in Central Java

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Reinforcing Charisma in the Bureaucratisation of Indonesian Islamic Organisations

Reinforcing Charisma in the Bureaucratisation of Indonesian Islamic Organisations

The Dynamics of the Indonesian Hadramis on the Maulid Celebration

Dreaming saints: exploratory authority and Islamic praxes of history in Central Java

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