The Illustrations of Indigenization of Islam in Indonesian Cultural Landscape

Abstract

This study discusses how religious development in Indonesia has resulted in switching the function of purity to non-purity in religious practices. Using a phenomenological approach, this review finds that some Muslims maintain their purity for various reasons, but some mix their beliefs with the local culture. This situation leads to the following study on a macro scale about Islam's indigenization in Indonesia's cultural landscape. This study found a relatively high cultural acculturation between Islam as a global religion and local Indonesian culture. The community reinforces this acculturation by promoting traditional leaders and the need for a sense of security that has been embedded in local communities.

Islam and Religious Pluralism in Indonesia

“…The graves are made magnificently and elaborately, showing the existence of beliefs about life after death. These are physical evidence of the expression of human religious experience at that time (Truna, 2021).…”

“…Is not every religion (supposedly) claiming that its religion is perfect, so there is no need for additional elements from other religions? (Truna, 2021) Therefore, Islam rejects this practice because it contains shirk, superstition, and superstition elements. This practice is unconsciously (or perhaps consciously) an acknowledgment of the imperfection of the Islamic religion, and this is rejected.…”

The Strategies of Ajengans in Mediating Islam and Local Traditions in Rural West Bandung Regency

“…It is, namely, in direct contact with local traditions that had long blossomed, developed, and ingrained in Indonesian society long before Islam was present, even to a certain extent the practice became a source of strength or power public trust (Miharja, 2014). Islam does not necessarily change or eliminate these traditions but maintains them until they express them with Islamic values (Truna, 2021).…”

“…Many (local) traditions still exist and function in society, such as incense burning, numbal, etc. This research will focus on studying practices -especially incense burning -by sharpening the problem of community perceptions of local rules and the role of ajengan in the struggle between local traditions and Islamic doctrine, especially in the Lembur Sawah Hamlet, West Bandung Regency (Truna, 2021).…”