22Mar 2023 by foggkwilliam No Comments
Article on the “Reconciliation” within NW

Article on the “Reconciliation” within NW

Contemporary Issues, Research
Supporters of NW-Anjani protest at the provincial office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights on September 18, 2019 In the October 2022 issue of the Cornell-based journal Indonesia, I was very pleased to have an article with my colleague Dr. Saipul Hamdi of Universitas Mataram on the process of "reconciliation" in the Islamic organization Nahdlatul Wathan (based on Lombok) and the role of the national government in that process. You can see the full article at https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/255/article/869998/summary Here is the abstract: The Islamic organization Nahdlatul Wathan is the most influential religious group on the island of Lombok in West Nusa Tenggara province, but since the death of its founder in 1997 the group has been split between two factions. This article examines the conflict, its endurance, and especially…
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06Feb 2022 by foggkwilliam No Comments

Old Post: New Article on Charisma in Alkhairaat

Research
This post was originally from May 25, 2018. This week, my article about " Reinforcing Charisma in the Bureaucratisation of Indonesian Islamic Organisations" has been published in the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs. Here's the abstract: 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…
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