Jaringan u: pembaharuan dan rekonsiliasi dalam tradisi intelektual islam di dunia Melayu-Indonesia
STl]ilIA ISLAIIII(A
INDONESIAN
rounlrnl FoR tslAtvlrc sruDtES
Volume
11,
Number 2,2004
DnpnNomc THE MaPsrv oF IsLAM:
INooNEsrA's FRoNT PEMBELA IsLAM (FPI) 1998-2003
jajang |ahroni
OF AN ISLAMIC LEADER:
Maray PSRCSPTTONS OF IEN SXUP,S TRILTMPH AND
THE DOMINATIoF+"OF THE WaHHABIS IN SAUDT Anann
IN SNENCH
Mohammad Redzuan Othman
BBINc A SHI.ITE AMONG THE SUNNI MAJORITY
IN NDONESIA: A PNNTNUINARY STUOY OT
Usrapz HusrrN AL-HABSYT
Zulkifli
rssN 0215-0492
(1921,-1994)
$TI]ilIA I$IAilIIIiA
Vol. 11, no.
2,2004
EDITORIAL BOARD:
M. Quraish Shilub (UlN
laknrta)
Taufik Abdullah (LIPI lakarta)
Nur A. Fadlil Lubis (IAIN Sumatra Utara)
M.C. Ricklefs ( Melbourne Uniztersity )
Martin aan Bruinessen (Utrecht Uniztersity)
lolm R. Bowen (Washington Uniztersity, St. Louis)
M. Atln Mudzhar (IAIN Yogyaknrta)
M. Kamal Hasan (lnternational Islamic Uniaersity, Kuala Lumpur)
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Azyumardi Azra
EDITORS
Saiful Mujani
lamhari
lajat Burhanuddin
Fu'ad labali
Oman Fathuralmran
ASSISTANT TO THE EDITORS
Heni Nuroni
ENCLISH LANGUAGE ADVISOR
Lucy Rhydwen-Marett
ARABIC LANGUAGE ADVISOR
Nursamad
COVER DESIGNER
S. Prinka
STUDIA ISLAMIKA (ISSN 0215-0492) is a journal published by the Center for the
Study of lslan and Society (PPIM) UIN Syarif Hidayatullah, laknrta (STT DEPPEN No.
T27/SK/DITIEN/PPG/STT/L976)
(All). k
specializes
and sponsored by the Australia-Indonesia lnstitute
in Indonesian Islamic studies in particular, and South-east Asian
Islamic Studies in general, and is intended to communicate original researches and cunent
issues on the subject. This joumal wamtly ioelcomes contributions from schalars of related
disciplines.
AII articles publishtd do not necessarily rcpresent the aieus of the iournal, or othzr
institutions to which it is ffiIiated. Tlrcy are solely tlrc aiews of the authors. The articles
contained
in
this journal luoe been ret'ereed by tlrc Board of Editors.
STUDIA ISLAMIKA has been accredited by The Ministry of National Education,
Republic of Indonesia as ai academic journal (SK Dirjen Dikti No. 23a/DIKTI/2004.
Book Reaiew
Jaringan Ulama: Pembaharuan dan
Rekonsiliasi dalam Tradisi Intelektual
Islam di Dunia Melayu-Indonesia
Oman Fathurahman
of Islamic Reforntism in Southeast Asia: Netzuorks of
Mnlay-Indonesinn and Middle Eastent'Ulann' in the Settenteenth and Eighteerttlt
Centu'ies, Australia: Allen & Unwin, 2004, ix + 254 pages
Azyumardi Azra, The Origins
Abstract: lslamic reformian hns, up tLntil nozu, been linked to the 20tt'
century Islanic ntoaements uhich deaeloped in line zuith the socio-ctLlttLrql
changes antongst MtLslints as a resrLlt of the Dutch colonisl gouernment's
ptLsh for modernism in Indonesia. Islamic refornixn ns aoiced by Cairo
'ulam6'
specificnlly MtLhanmnd 'Abdtth and Rnshtd Rida through
-n7ore
al-Manar- zuas their point of intellectunl reference, r'ultich
then becante known ns MtLsIim refornixn. Their nnin agenda 7'0as an
nttentpt to introduce lslam ruith a nelu face, in line zuith the spirit of
nndern progress. Modern schools and instittLtions, journals, newspnpers
and religious books becane the nnin t'enture of the Muslim reforntist
ntooentent, replacing the traditiottsl edtLcation system o/ pesantren
(Islamic boarding schools) ad kttab kuning (the "yellozu books" used in
pesantren).
a number of intportant T.lnysThis book attentpts to enrich and
the iow'nnl
-in
this nomenclnture of " Islamic reforntisttt" . Tnking ntoderrtisrtt
ns its starting point, this book explains Islanic reforntism by tracirtg tlte
historical path of the intportant concept o/ sharr'ah in the religiotts
thoughts nnd prnctices of MtLsIin'Ls, nnd hou it becanrc the dontinttnt
discottrse. This concept uas aoiced by pron'Linent Ittdonesian'ulan:.d' in
the 17tt' and l|tt' centrrries. More intportantly, this concept emerged parallel
to their intellectunl contnct zuith the Harnnuyn'ulam6' (in Mecctt ad
Me dinn), zuhich gaae rise to the process of Islnmic trnnsnission tfuough a
contplex netruork of sttLdent-tencher relationships. This process, krLotun as
the 'ulama' netzuork, is the fouLs of discttssiorL in this book.
also to reaise
367
SttLdia Islnnrikn,Vol. 11,No. 2, 2004
Book Rerieu
It is irnportal'Lt to note tlmt the ntain isstLe, ruhich formed the core
tlnught in the trnnsn'Lission process outlined aboae, zuns the retLLrn to
Islnnic orthodoxy zuith an entphasis on the reconcilicttion betztteen nspects
o/sharr'ah and rasawwuf (Sufism). This concept, knoun ns neo-Sufisnt,
forning tl'Le pntterns of tltotLght in
the Mnlny-Indonesinn conmtunity at that time, and also dttring the
LL)as'lery in'rportant, partia.Llarly in
follorumg period. The dissenination of this concept of Islantic reforrrisnt
through entphnsisittg neo-StLfisnt in turn restLlted in the intettsificntiott
of lslnnisation.
Understnnding the trsnsnission process of Islanic knotuledge in the
Mnlay Archipelngo is ztery intportant becntLse this regiort is genernlly
considered to be periphernl to the lslamic zuorld, not included in the
nuinstream, and as a result there is n tendency amongst researchers of
Islnm not to incltLde tlrc Malny Archipelago regiott irt tlrcir disctLssions on
Islnm, becctttse it does not hnae a stsble Islanic traditiott. Thus, Islnnt itr
this region is o.ften considered to be "rLnstLthentic", uilike lslam in the
Middle East, ruhich is "central".
Tl'Lerefore, though this book, ruith the inclusion of aariotLs dnta and
strong nrgtnnents, Azytunnrdi Azra attentpts to conaince the render thnt
sidelining the existence of locnl influences on the type of Islnnt
-zuithout
thnt deaeloped- tlrcre is contintLity betrueen Islnm thnt deaeloped in the
Middle Enst rmd Islnm irL the Malny At'chipelago.This continttity ocuLrred
tlrr ortglt llte conrplex of r clatiortships belrueerr 'trlamA' itt the Mnlny
Archi1:elngo and a nunber of prontinent 'ulamd' in the Middle East.
This book ruas initinlly the ffifthor's dissertatiott at Cohuttbin Uniaersity,
I,treru York (1992), tohiclt was Intcr publislred in Indonesinn (7994) nnd
Arnbic (1999). The structure of the book hns experienced n feu changes
nnd adnptntiolls compared zuith tlrc originnl dissertation, and tlte Indonesmn
and Arabic aersiotts. Tltese chnnges Tuere nppnrently ntade to stLpport the
thesis that the atLthor zuctnts to highlight, nbout the roots of Islantic
refornilsm in the Malny Archipelngo in genernl, nnd in Indonesia ntore
specifically.
Although tlrcre is a gap of ntore than ten yenrs since the book wns first
uritten nnd published in Indonesia, this boolc is still releasnt and
interesting, benrirLg irt ntind tlnt dw'ittg this period of time there hns not
been nn eqtLianlent study tltat cnn be nccessed by a brond readership.
Moreoaer, aside fronr updating the bibliogrnphy, in the finnl section Azrn
lns nlso ndded nn epilogtre thnt ntcr eases tlrc nntotutt of ctLrrent inforntntiott
abotLt tlte topic of stud!, nnd attentpts to plnce the research it'L tltis book itt
a bronder context.
Stttd ia Islnnrikn, V ol.'1 1, N o. 2, 240 4
Book Reuieru
]aringan Ulama: Pembaharuan dan
Rekonsiliasi dalam Tradisi Intelektual
Islam di Dunia Melayu-Indonesia
Oman Fathurahman
Azyumardi Azra, Thc Origitts of lslanic Refornism in Soutlrcast Asia: Netroorks of
Malay-htdonesinn nnd Middle EnsterrL'Ulnnu' in the Se-oenteentlr ard Eighteerttlt
Centuries, Australia: Allen & Unwin, 2004, tx + 254 pages
:i,-,e)V
JI +.-)\-p)1 af}l L-Jl, *a-zf 6-J\ dBl_r c5rl";!l J;il ;J-L- :-'r:"2\ -Jl +:!,1 t'-;;\
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tisJ oJ-o J^1JU"i ,. ;7lJl a:"- 4I J"+ dl ar4.r'-:Jl A{ }\3
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(J4"- '4lKJl \tt ;a -r,.r.-:Jl ;r ,:)\bY1 j. !'t+ ta- *i- A -P.)\
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a*i e- Ai1)ti atu Jy-; r/ -r,-r-o:il
dtJl fJl e
taJl ,.:-o: fi ;,fu ,,+: r6$L W Lr:J1 .:LrL11-9
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1ill \:^J*il v Lpt .:jl ;' b v'* \a,")-)l
v.;Ib,- f" \: -a 4rr
--traJ-..c; *tJ\,'r,
r4 Li t-(+
r.;- ert+i a ;l*rlr +ba ua Cl ,t^Ul a(;
-t
. ,,L(Jl
(Azyumardi lt;\ ,.5))1"J.;I +;J\ g;Jt .rtj
INDONESIAN
rounlrnl FoR tslAtvlrc sruDtES
Volume
11,
Number 2,2004
DnpnNomc THE MaPsrv oF IsLAM:
INooNEsrA's FRoNT PEMBELA IsLAM (FPI) 1998-2003
jajang |ahroni
OF AN ISLAMIC LEADER:
Maray PSRCSPTTONS OF IEN SXUP,S TRILTMPH AND
THE DOMINATIoF+"OF THE WaHHABIS IN SAUDT Anann
IN SNENCH
Mohammad Redzuan Othman
BBINc A SHI.ITE AMONG THE SUNNI MAJORITY
IN NDONESIA: A PNNTNUINARY STUOY OT
Usrapz HusrrN AL-HABSYT
Zulkifli
rssN 0215-0492
(1921,-1994)
$TI]ilIA I$IAilIIIiA
Vol. 11, no.
2,2004
EDITORIAL BOARD:
M. Quraish Shilub (UlN
laknrta)
Taufik Abdullah (LIPI lakarta)
Nur A. Fadlil Lubis (IAIN Sumatra Utara)
M.C. Ricklefs ( Melbourne Uniztersity )
Martin aan Bruinessen (Utrecht Uniztersity)
lolm R. Bowen (Washington Uniztersity, St. Louis)
M. Atln Mudzhar (IAIN Yogyaknrta)
M. Kamal Hasan (lnternational Islamic Uniaersity, Kuala Lumpur)
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Azyumardi Azra
EDITORS
Saiful Mujani
lamhari
lajat Burhanuddin
Fu'ad labali
Oman Fathuralmran
ASSISTANT TO THE EDITORS
Heni Nuroni
ENCLISH LANGUAGE ADVISOR
Lucy Rhydwen-Marett
ARABIC LANGUAGE ADVISOR
Nursamad
COVER DESIGNER
S. Prinka
STUDIA ISLAMIKA (ISSN 0215-0492) is a journal published by the Center for the
Study of lslan and Society (PPIM) UIN Syarif Hidayatullah, laknrta (STT DEPPEN No.
T27/SK/DITIEN/PPG/STT/L976)
(All). k
specializes
and sponsored by the Australia-Indonesia lnstitute
in Indonesian Islamic studies in particular, and South-east Asian
Islamic Studies in general, and is intended to communicate original researches and cunent
issues on the subject. This joumal wamtly ioelcomes contributions from schalars of related
disciplines.
AII articles publishtd do not necessarily rcpresent the aieus of the iournal, or othzr
institutions to which it is ffiIiated. Tlrcy are solely tlrc aiews of the authors. The articles
contained
in
this journal luoe been ret'ereed by tlrc Board of Editors.
STUDIA ISLAMIKA has been accredited by The Ministry of National Education,
Republic of Indonesia as ai academic journal (SK Dirjen Dikti No. 23a/DIKTI/2004.
Book Reaiew
Jaringan Ulama: Pembaharuan dan
Rekonsiliasi dalam Tradisi Intelektual
Islam di Dunia Melayu-Indonesia
Oman Fathurahman
of Islamic Reforntism in Southeast Asia: Netzuorks of
Mnlay-Indonesinn and Middle Eastent'Ulann' in the Settenteenth and Eighteerttlt
Centu'ies, Australia: Allen & Unwin, 2004, ix + 254 pages
Azyumardi Azra, The Origins
Abstract: lslamic reformian hns, up tLntil nozu, been linked to the 20tt'
century Islanic ntoaements uhich deaeloped in line zuith the socio-ctLlttLrql
changes antongst MtLslints as a resrLlt of the Dutch colonisl gouernment's
ptLsh for modernism in Indonesia. Islamic refornixn ns aoiced by Cairo
'ulam6'
specificnlly MtLhanmnd 'Abdtth and Rnshtd Rida through
-n7ore
al-Manar- zuas their point of intellectunl reference, r'ultich
then becante known ns MtLsIim refornixn. Their nnin agenda 7'0as an
nttentpt to introduce lslam ruith a nelu face, in line zuith the spirit of
nndern progress. Modern schools and instittLtions, journals, newspnpers
and religious books becane the nnin t'enture of the Muslim reforntist
ntooentent, replacing the traditiottsl edtLcation system o/ pesantren
(Islamic boarding schools) ad kttab kuning (the "yellozu books" used in
pesantren).
a number of intportant T.lnysThis book attentpts to enrich and
the iow'nnl
-in
this nomenclnture of " Islamic reforntisttt" . Tnking ntoderrtisrtt
ns its starting point, this book explains Islanic reforntism by tracirtg tlte
historical path of the intportant concept o/ sharr'ah in the religiotts
thoughts nnd prnctices of MtLsIin'Ls, nnd hou it becanrc the dontinttnt
discottrse. This concept uas aoiced by pron'Linent Ittdonesian'ulan:.d' in
the 17tt' and l|tt' centrrries. More intportantly, this concept emerged parallel
to their intellectunl contnct zuith the Harnnuyn'ulam6' (in Mecctt ad
Me dinn), zuhich gaae rise to the process of Islnmic trnnsnission tfuough a
contplex netruork of sttLdent-tencher relationships. This process, krLotun as
the 'ulama' netzuork, is the fouLs of discttssiorL in this book.
also to reaise
367
SttLdia Islnnrikn,Vol. 11,No. 2, 2004
Book Rerieu
It is irnportal'Lt to note tlmt the ntain isstLe, ruhich formed the core
tlnught in the trnnsn'Lission process outlined aboae, zuns the retLLrn to
Islnnic orthodoxy zuith an entphasis on the reconcilicttion betztteen nspects
o/sharr'ah and rasawwuf (Sufism). This concept, knoun ns neo-Sufisnt,
forning tl'Le pntterns of tltotLght in
the Mnlny-Indonesinn conmtunity at that time, and also dttring the
LL)as'lery in'rportant, partia.Llarly in
follorumg period. The dissenination of this concept of Islantic reforrrisnt
through entphnsisittg neo-StLfisnt in turn restLlted in the intettsificntiott
of lslnnisation.
Understnnding the trsnsnission process of Islanic knotuledge in the
Mnlay Archipelngo is ztery intportant becntLse this regiort is genernlly
considered to be periphernl to the lslamic zuorld, not included in the
nuinstream, and as a result there is n tendency amongst researchers of
Islnm not to incltLde tlrc Malny Archipelago regiott irt tlrcir disctLssions on
Islnm, becctttse it does not hnae a stsble Islanic traditiott. Thus, Islnnt itr
this region is o.ften considered to be "rLnstLthentic", uilike lslam in the
Middle East, ruhich is "central".
Tl'Lerefore, though this book, ruith the inclusion of aariotLs dnta and
strong nrgtnnents, Azytunnrdi Azra attentpts to conaince the render thnt
sidelining the existence of locnl influences on the type of Islnnt
-zuithout
thnt deaeloped- tlrcre is contintLity betrueen Islnm thnt deaeloped in the
Middle Enst rmd Islnm irL the Malny At'chipelago.This continttity ocuLrred
tlrr ortglt llte conrplex of r clatiortships belrueerr 'trlamA' itt the Mnlny
Archi1:elngo and a nunber of prontinent 'ulamd' in the Middle East.
This book ruas initinlly the ffifthor's dissertatiott at Cohuttbin Uniaersity,
I,treru York (1992), tohiclt was Intcr publislred in Indonesinn (7994) nnd
Arnbic (1999). The structure of the book hns experienced n feu changes
nnd adnptntiolls compared zuith tlrc originnl dissertation, and tlte Indonesmn
and Arabic aersiotts. Tltese chnnges Tuere nppnrently ntade to stLpport the
thesis that the atLthor zuctnts to highlight, nbout the roots of Islantic
refornilsm in the Malny Archipelngo in genernl, nnd in Indonesia ntore
specifically.
Although tlrcre is a gap of ntore than ten yenrs since the book wns first
uritten nnd published in Indonesia, this boolc is still releasnt and
interesting, benrirLg irt ntind tlnt dw'ittg this period of time there hns not
been nn eqtLianlent study tltat cnn be nccessed by a brond readership.
Moreoaer, aside fronr updating the bibliogrnphy, in the finnl section Azrn
lns nlso ndded nn epilogtre thnt ntcr eases tlrc nntotutt of ctLrrent inforntntiott
abotLt tlte topic of stud!, nnd attentpts to plnce the research it'L tltis book itt
a bronder context.
Stttd ia Islnnrikn, V ol.'1 1, N o. 2, 240 4
Book Reuieru
]aringan Ulama: Pembaharuan dan
Rekonsiliasi dalam Tradisi Intelektual
Islam di Dunia Melayu-Indonesia
Oman Fathurahman
Azyumardi Azra, Thc Origitts of lslanic Refornism in Soutlrcast Asia: Netroorks of
Malay-htdonesinn nnd Middle EnsterrL'Ulnnu' in the Se-oenteentlr ard Eighteerttlt
Centuries, Australia: Allen & Unwin, 2004, tx + 254 pages
:i,-,e)V
JI +.-)\-p)1 af}l L-Jl, *a-zf 6-J\ dBl_r c5rl";!l J;il ;J-L- :-'r:"2\ -Jl +:!,1 t'-;;\
c!-;y-u1 + aJrrj,li d:JL-i^.!l --r(Lt V. (* cJr c+-r*rLr 6 r*
tisJ oJ-o J^1JU"i ,. ;7lJl a:"- 4I J"+ dl ar4.r'-:Jl A{ }\3
Jt*r e! r+ L=9 \g; g.l\ J'-$ilJ aU.r.; ttltall J>'- 3"Vt
d fy-)! .A-,A\ Jo uG::-L)l eft .;6 s ca:-)\-e)l \{ }\
.rL*;111 Jt*At p$r: ,nrt-rlt djt-(} c1"r":Jl y t*l; ;4-r-J=t r,sa
;; :d'1
.r" ql-rJt .-Kll ,l-r--1s *ll ,t--Att:, *\^Jl et--;;-rJly
f t5-r$tJt "#l f!'!jlJ $)\t i.IJi; ,-ae}-e)l Jr:-LJi "a:t---+;
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a*i e- Ai1)ti atu Jy-; r/ -r,-r-o:il
dtJl fJl e
taJl ,.:-o: fi ;,fu ,,+: r6$L W Lr:J1 .:LrL11-9
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tj ^.f' J; L-f ;&)).J1 p o,\Att f. g-Jt Jt;d\ e _L*-+trl
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1ill \:^J*il v Lpt .:jl ;' b v'* \a,")-)l
v.;Ib,- f" \: -a 4rr
--traJ-..c; *tJ\,'r,
r4 Li t-(+
r.;- ert+i a ;l*rlr +ba ua Cl ,t^Ul a(;
-t
. ,,L(Jl
(Azyumardi lt;\ ,.5))1"J.;I +;J\ g;Jt .rtj