This article aims to expalin identity construction of the Hatuhaha muslim community in Pelauw ter... more This article aims to expalin identity construction of the Hatuhaha muslim community in Pelauw territory, one which use ritual as its main arena. Data on ma’atenu ritual was collected through of ma’atenu implementation, and interviewing of informants in Pelauw.There are ritual partisans and ritual leaders who use symbols in the ritual. The article relates the present ritual to their historical evens and the current condition of local community. This research concludes that (1) the ritual has been a useful and strategic media for identity construction, and (2) through the ritual implementationof ritual, the interpersonal olidarity of Pelauw poeple or Hatuhaha muslim community has been well-developed, it is knoum locally the maningkamu relation.
This article aims to explain in a ritualistic religiosity Aroha, a typical ritual Muslim communit... more This article aims to explain in a ritualistic religiosity Aroha, a typical ritual Muslim community in the State Hatuhaha Pelauw Haruku Island District of Central Maluku district to honor the Prophet Muhammad, Islam ancestors and broadcasters. It is assumed that there is an attitude in the ritual religiosity into a wealth of traditions and diversity of religious practices of Islam in Indonesia. This paper is built from the author's observation on the implementation of ritual Aroha in 2011 and interviews with several informants in Pelauw State. Analysis of the implementation of these rituals using interpretation models developed by Clifford Geertz. Encountered that first, the implementation of Aroha is a moment to evaluate the behavior of any person or citizens of the country or the people, and fix it in everyday life, which in this study is understood as part of the local community religiosity. Second, Aroha becomes effective in order to understand the dialectic of tradition and ...
The aims of this article is to provide a perspective on teaching Christian Religious Education (C... more The aims of this article is to provide a perspective on teaching Christian Religious Education (CRE/PAK) in the context of multi-religious society. The question for this paper is what made religious pluralism, diversity or learning context PAK. It is expected that the PAK learning in school and the Church does not ignore diversity, especially religious diversity in this paper referred to as a learning base PAK. Associated with it, it is necessary that the same conceptual understanding of pluralism and religious pluralism that can be used correctly to interpret the PAK learning in the community. This time there has been a paradigm shift from a religious teaching religious education to religious education and peace education, an education that is more contextual paradigm in Indonesian society and multireligious society in general.
Artikel ini bertujuan mengembangkan pemikiran tentang dialog, secara khusus diantara umat beragam... more Artikel ini bertujuan mengembangkan pemikiran tentang dialog, secara khusus diantara umat beragama. Dialog antar agama bukan hal baru tetapi tetap relevan dan penting dikaji hingga kini karena praktik dialog yang terjadi diantara umat beragama menunjukkan bahwa hakekat dialog belum dipahami secara tepat sehingga kebanyakan dialog menampilkan pemaksaan pemikiran dari satu pihak atau kalangan yang cenderung juga mendominasi dan menghegemoni pihak lain. Dalam kaitan itu, artikel ini menawarkan pemikiran pengembangan dengan membangun kesadaran kritis setiap orang untuk bersikap tepat dalam membangun dialog diantara pemeluk agama yang beragam ini. Dialog sebagaimana dimaksud dikaitkan pula dengan pelaksanaan misi atau dagwah terutama di kalangan Agama Kristen dan Islam sebagai agama-agama misi yang sangat memperhatikan aspek misi dan dagwah, tetapi cenderung mengabaikan eksistensi yang lain. Padahal misi yang transformatif justeru peduli terhadap kemanusiaan yang melampaui batas-batas a...
This article examines student social movements with a focus of student activities in extra-campus... more This article examines student social movements with a focus of student activities in extra-campus organizations, especially the Islamic Students Association (HMI) and the Indonesian Christian Students’ Movement (GMKI) at the campus of the Pattimura University, State College of Islamic Studies Of Ambon and the State College of Protestant Christian Studies Ambon, which aims to describe forms of student social movements in responding to social issues and development in the city of Ambon and Maluku after the conflict. The data of this study were collected using a qualitative method approach through observation, interviews and document study. Therefore, this study is qualitative, the data were analyzed qualitatively and presented descriptively. This study found that first, cadres or members of HMI and GMKI always strive to master public spaces on campus through the distribution of their cadres to occupy strategic positions in the executive bodies or the student senate, even the seniors w...
Secara makro di dunia, praktik keagamaan muslim Syi‘ah dan Sunni diposisikan berhadap-hadapan dal... more Secara makro di dunia, praktik keagamaan muslim Syi‘ah dan Sunni diposisikan berhadap-hadapan dalam praktik keagamaan Islam. Di Indonesia Sunni diklaim sebagai kelompok muslim yang diakui dan dianut penduduk Indonesia. Padahal sejarah pembentukan Islam menunjukkan bahwa justeru orang-orang golongan Syi’ah lah yang memiliki andil besar dalam penyiaran dan pembentukan Islam di Nusantara, termasuk wilayah Indonesia sekarang ini. Artikel ini mengungkapkan pengaruh Syi’ah yang besar dalam masyarakat Maluku, dan juga dijumpai pada sejumlah komunitas muslim Indonesia di berbagi pulau. Studi saya tentang komunitas muslim Hatuhaha di Pulau Haruku, Maluku Tengah, menemukan bahwa pertama, Syi’ah merupakan kelompok muslim tua di Maluku, yang keberadaannya tetap terpelihara dalam ancaman hegemoni ”politik integrasi agama” di Indonesia yang menyeragamkan pemeluk agama Islam di Indonesia sebagai Sunni. Kedua, eksistensi Syi’ah di kalangan komunitas muslim Hatuhaha yang dikaji secara jelas tampak d...
This article explores contemporary development of a minority of Muslim in the largest Muslim coun... more This article explores contemporary development of a minority of Muslim in the largest Muslim country Indonesia. It closely examines the minority Muslim Papuan and looks at the construction and the institutionalisation of Muslim identity in post-special autonomy (otonomi khusus) of Papua. Through a series of fieldwork in Jayapura, the capital of the Papua Province, in 2016 and reviews of documents, the article argues that the Council of Papuan Muslim (Majelis Muslim Papua/MMP) serves not only a the association of minority Muslim Papuan but also as a political instrument for the minority to fight for equality in Papuan public sphere. Importantly, the Muslim Papuan try reconcile the popular, but contradicted, notion of Muslim -and Islamas newcomer -if not to mention as the colonialin Papua and the presence of Muslim as a symbolic expectation for progress of the Papuan in general. Thus, the institutionalization of Islam, through the establishment of The Majelis Muslim Papua in Papua res...
Abstrak Relasi dialogis antara kebudayaan lokal atau adat dengan agama tidak dapat dipisahkan dar... more Abstrak Relasi dialogis antara kebudayaan lokal atau adat dengan agama tidak dapat dipisahkan dari sejarah kelompok-kelompok masyarakat beragama di Indonesia sekarang. Artikel ini bertujuan mendeskripsikan bentuk dialog adat dan agama di kalangan KMH di Maluku Tengah sebagai upaya memahami pola-pola dialog adat dan agama secara khusus Islam di Indonesia. Tulisan ini dibangun dari hasil penelitian lapangan di Pulau Haruku Maluku Tengah tahun 2009, menggunakan paradikma penelitian kualitatif. Penelitian ini menemukan bahwa (1) telah terjadi relasi dialogis antara agama (Islam) dan budaya lokal (=adat) sejak Islam diterima sebagai "ideologi" baru kelompok-kelompok masyarakat di kepulauan Indonesia. (2) terdapat tiga model dialog antara adat dan agama yang dijumpai pada masyarakat Islam di Indoneisa, yakni model "dominasi" model "akomodasi" dan model "kontekstual". The dialog between local culture and religion cannot be separated with the history ...
This paper is a critical effort made to respond to the reality of what happened in Maluku related... more This paper is a critical effort made to respond to the reality of what happened in Maluku related to the widespread development of capitalism. With reviews that uses narrative approach, then this article seeks to present issues related to the influence of capitalism and the hegemonic power (governmental) on the Maluku people who have an impact on the welfare and comfort of their lives, a small community. It must be recognized that this writing is still far from eligibility as a good writing. However, with the existing shortcomings we try to explain it, assisted by the use of the theory of the takeover secretly (the silent take over), Hertz and hegemony (Gramsci), so this article can explain about problems multiulturalisme as teriadi in Maluku. Keywords: Capitalism, Hegemony of Power, Multiculturalism, Small Community Rights
Buku ini merupakan suatu upaya belajar bersama tentang dialog, dengan meninjau berbagai pemikiran... more Buku ini merupakan suatu upaya belajar bersama tentang dialog, dengan meninjau berbagai pemikiran dan bentuk-bentuk masyarakat dialog. Masyarakat dialog sebagai contoh dalam buku ini mengedepankan kelompok-kelompok etnik dan agama di Ambon, satu wilayah di bagian Timur Indonesia yang pernah mengalami guncangan badai konflik dan meluluh lantakan negeri ini, tetapi dengan kekuatan dialog daridalam, pertikaian telah diakhiri dan hubungan antar kelompok yang berbeda telah pulih dan mengalami tranfornmasi signifikan di dalam masyarakat.
This paper analyses the issues of religion and social change, whether religion influences the cha... more This paper analyses the issues of religion and social change, whether religion influences the changes in the life of communities. It aims at revealing the role of religion in the development of changes in Muslim community, especially that of Hatuhaha in Pelauw Central Moluccas. This paper is based on the fieldwork in Pelauw, Pulau Haruku, Central Maluku, using the historical-anthropological approach of qualitative method. The research found that religion (Islam) has become an important strength of the development of community and social change in Pelauw.
Ethnic and religious diversity have often been used as a source of conflict between different gro... more Ethnic and religious diversity have often been used as a source of conflict between different groups of people. However, pluralistic societies’ local wisdom offers a potential tool for long-term building of peace. This study investigated the practice of diversity management by post-conflict communities in Tual, Maluku Province, Indonesia, along with the factors that support community-based diversity management and forms of activities that contribute to the creation of social harmony in the city. Research was conducted in 2017 through a field study, using qualitative methods to observe the ways in which community groups in the region developed post-conflict social harmony, with data constantly updated to determine the dynamics of diversity management in the community. Two important findings were made. First, shared cultural and historical factors, availability of public spaces for encounters, and traumatic transformation influence and support diversity management and contribute to th...
The Moslem community in Haruku Island has been discriminated since the colonial era. Before the E... more The Moslem community in Haruku Island has been discriminated since the colonial era. Before the Europeans entered the Moluccas Islands, colonizing and Christianizing most negeri in Central Moluccas, the great negeri of Haruku Island in Uli Hatuhaha consisting of Pelauw, Hulaliuw, Rohomoni, Kailolo and Kabauw were Moslem dominated areas. In the colonial era, the Moslem community in central Moluccas did not enjoy the same access and opportunity as the Christian community to education. This affected the economic, political and social life of Moslem communities until the early days of the Indonesian struggle for Independence. Besides discrimination by the Dutch colonizers, the Moslem community in Haruku Island was also subordinated by other groups (Moslems and Christians). This research studies the identity construction and change occurring in the Moslem community in Pelauw, Haruku Island district, Central Maluku regency. This research observes that the Moslem Maluku community in Pelauw...
Dekade terakhir menunjukkan bahwa fenomena radikalisme dan ekstrimisme agama semakin menguat di I... more Dekade terakhir menunjukkan bahwa fenomena radikalisme dan ekstrimisme agama semakin menguat di Indonesia, padahal Indonesia dikenal sebagai negara yang religius dan toleran. Bahkan, di Indonesia pendidikan agama diberikan sejak masa Sekolah Dasar hingga Perguruan Tinggi tetapi rupanya belum mampu membangun perspektif dan sikap beragama yang inklusif. Diasumsiskan bahwa pendidikan agama di sekolah-sekolah di Indonesia hingga kini masih berorientasi pada pengajaran yang menekankan doktrin sendiri secara sempit dan belum banyak melihat eksistensi keberagaman sebagai salah satu konteks penting dalam pembelajaran agama di sekolah. Artikel ini bertujuan mempromosikan pendidikan agama sebagai fondasi moderasi beragama di Indonesia. Pendidikan agama dipandang strategis dan potensial dijadikan fondasi moderasi beragama karena selain telah terstruktur dalam sistem pendidikan di Indonesia, semua agama mengajari pentingnya kasih, perdamaian, keadilan dan keseimbangan relasi antara sesama manu...
The dialog between local culture and religion cannot be separated with the history of religious c... more The dialog between local culture and religion cannot be separated with the history of religious communities in Indonesia. This article is aimed to describe a form of dialogue between local culture and religion among Muslims of Hatuhaha community in the Central Moluccas. It is particularly to understand forms of dialogue between local culture and religion, specifically Islam in Indonesia. This article is based on a field research in the Haruku island of Central Moluccas in 2009 by using qualitative method. It has been found that, firstly, there has a constructive dialogue between Islam as a religion and local culture since the religion was accepted as a “new ideology†within island communities in Indonesia. Secondly, there are three models of dialogue between the religion and local culture, i.e. “dominationâ€, “accommodationâ€, and “contextualâ€.n
This article aims to expalin identity construction of the Hatuhaha muslim community in Pelauw ter... more This article aims to expalin identity construction of the Hatuhaha muslim community in Pelauw territory, one which use ritual as its main arena. Data on ma'atenu ritual was collected through of ma'atenu implementation, and interviewing of informants in Pelauw.There are ritual partisans and ritual leaders who use symbols in the ritual. The article relates the present ritual to their historical evens and the current condition of local community. This research concludes that (1) the ritual has been a useful and strategic media for identity construction, and (2) through the ritual implementationof ritual, the interpersonal olidarity of Pelauw poeple or Hatuhaha muslim community has been well-developed, it is knoum locally the maningkamu relation. ABSTRAK Artikel ini bertujuan menjelaskan konstruksi identitas komunitas Muslim Hatuhaha di negeri Pelauw, yang berlangsung dalam ritual sebagai arena utamanya. Mengapa ritual dijadikan sebagai sarana atau media konstruksi identitas mer...
The interpretation of disaster through a religious lens has produced diverse theological perspect... more The interpretation of disaster through a religious lens has produced diverse theological perspectives regarding disaster. This article seeks to analyze the theology of disaster from a Protestant perspective, which may be combined with local knowledge and modern science to create disaster response strategies. This study is based on field studies and related literature analysis with qualitative method using an ethno science approach to see disaster phenomena in the context of Indonesian society, using primary data and secondary data. This study finds out that within Christian theology and among its followers disasters can be seen as the means through which God glorifies His creation while punishing those who have sinned and abandoned His teachings. It concludes, first, that God – the Creator – shows His love and mercy even through disaster. In the Protestant perspective, God seeks to honor His creation by mercifully creating balance. Second, disaster, as part of a natural cycle, shoul...
This article analyzes the pattern of the spread of Islam in Nusantara, especially in Maluku islan... more This article analyzes the pattern of the spread of Islam in Nusantara, especially in Maluku islands. It aims to develop the thought of spread of Islam as proposed by Taufik Abdullah and Djoko Suryo. It is constructed based on the writer’s research findings in Ternate and Tidore North Maluku, also in Ambon island and Haruku island, Central Maluku. Besides field data, literature study on the spread of Islam in Indonesia and Southeast Asia is used as well. Referring to the macro context proposed by Taufik Abdullah and Djoko Suryo, the writer examines the micro context of Maluku islands, and it is found that: First, the spread of Islam in Maluku takes place through a contextualization pattern. Second, the presence of Islam in Maluku islands is a momentum for the development of society in the past and influenced the existence of Islam until now. Through Islam, the local communities are able to realize the outside world and build a wider communication that allows them to experienced moder...
This article aims to expalin identity construction of the Hatuhaha muslim community in Pelauw ter... more This article aims to expalin identity construction of the Hatuhaha muslim community in Pelauw territory, one which use ritual as its main arena. Data on ma’atenu ritual was collected through of ma’atenu implementation, and interviewing of informants in Pelauw.There are ritual partisans and ritual leaders who use symbols in the ritual. The article relates the present ritual to their historical evens and the current condition of local community. This research concludes that (1) the ritual has been a useful and strategic media for identity construction, and (2) through the ritual implementationof ritual, the interpersonal olidarity of Pelauw poeple or Hatuhaha muslim community has been well-developed, it is knoum locally the maningkamu relation.
This article aims to explain in a ritualistic religiosity Aroha, a typical ritual Muslim communit... more This article aims to explain in a ritualistic religiosity Aroha, a typical ritual Muslim community in the State Hatuhaha Pelauw Haruku Island District of Central Maluku district to honor the Prophet Muhammad, Islam ancestors and broadcasters. It is assumed that there is an attitude in the ritual religiosity into a wealth of traditions and diversity of religious practices of Islam in Indonesia. This paper is built from the author's observation on the implementation of ritual Aroha in 2011 and interviews with several informants in Pelauw State. Analysis of the implementation of these rituals using interpretation models developed by Clifford Geertz. Encountered that first, the implementation of Aroha is a moment to evaluate the behavior of any person or citizens of the country or the people, and fix it in everyday life, which in this study is understood as part of the local community religiosity. Second, Aroha becomes effective in order to understand the dialectic of tradition and ...
The aims of this article is to provide a perspective on teaching Christian Religious Education (C... more The aims of this article is to provide a perspective on teaching Christian Religious Education (CRE/PAK) in the context of multi-religious society. The question for this paper is what made religious pluralism, diversity or learning context PAK. It is expected that the PAK learning in school and the Church does not ignore diversity, especially religious diversity in this paper referred to as a learning base PAK. Associated with it, it is necessary that the same conceptual understanding of pluralism and religious pluralism that can be used correctly to interpret the PAK learning in the community. This time there has been a paradigm shift from a religious teaching religious education to religious education and peace education, an education that is more contextual paradigm in Indonesian society and multireligious society in general.
Artikel ini bertujuan mengembangkan pemikiran tentang dialog, secara khusus diantara umat beragam... more Artikel ini bertujuan mengembangkan pemikiran tentang dialog, secara khusus diantara umat beragama. Dialog antar agama bukan hal baru tetapi tetap relevan dan penting dikaji hingga kini karena praktik dialog yang terjadi diantara umat beragama menunjukkan bahwa hakekat dialog belum dipahami secara tepat sehingga kebanyakan dialog menampilkan pemaksaan pemikiran dari satu pihak atau kalangan yang cenderung juga mendominasi dan menghegemoni pihak lain. Dalam kaitan itu, artikel ini menawarkan pemikiran pengembangan dengan membangun kesadaran kritis setiap orang untuk bersikap tepat dalam membangun dialog diantara pemeluk agama yang beragam ini. Dialog sebagaimana dimaksud dikaitkan pula dengan pelaksanaan misi atau dagwah terutama di kalangan Agama Kristen dan Islam sebagai agama-agama misi yang sangat memperhatikan aspek misi dan dagwah, tetapi cenderung mengabaikan eksistensi yang lain. Padahal misi yang transformatif justeru peduli terhadap kemanusiaan yang melampaui batas-batas a...
This article examines student social movements with a focus of student activities in extra-campus... more This article examines student social movements with a focus of student activities in extra-campus organizations, especially the Islamic Students Association (HMI) and the Indonesian Christian Students’ Movement (GMKI) at the campus of the Pattimura University, State College of Islamic Studies Of Ambon and the State College of Protestant Christian Studies Ambon, which aims to describe forms of student social movements in responding to social issues and development in the city of Ambon and Maluku after the conflict. The data of this study were collected using a qualitative method approach through observation, interviews and document study. Therefore, this study is qualitative, the data were analyzed qualitatively and presented descriptively. This study found that first, cadres or members of HMI and GMKI always strive to master public spaces on campus through the distribution of their cadres to occupy strategic positions in the executive bodies or the student senate, even the seniors w...
Secara makro di dunia, praktik keagamaan muslim Syi‘ah dan Sunni diposisikan berhadap-hadapan dal... more Secara makro di dunia, praktik keagamaan muslim Syi‘ah dan Sunni diposisikan berhadap-hadapan dalam praktik keagamaan Islam. Di Indonesia Sunni diklaim sebagai kelompok muslim yang diakui dan dianut penduduk Indonesia. Padahal sejarah pembentukan Islam menunjukkan bahwa justeru orang-orang golongan Syi’ah lah yang memiliki andil besar dalam penyiaran dan pembentukan Islam di Nusantara, termasuk wilayah Indonesia sekarang ini. Artikel ini mengungkapkan pengaruh Syi’ah yang besar dalam masyarakat Maluku, dan juga dijumpai pada sejumlah komunitas muslim Indonesia di berbagi pulau. Studi saya tentang komunitas muslim Hatuhaha di Pulau Haruku, Maluku Tengah, menemukan bahwa pertama, Syi’ah merupakan kelompok muslim tua di Maluku, yang keberadaannya tetap terpelihara dalam ancaman hegemoni ”politik integrasi agama” di Indonesia yang menyeragamkan pemeluk agama Islam di Indonesia sebagai Sunni. Kedua, eksistensi Syi’ah di kalangan komunitas muslim Hatuhaha yang dikaji secara jelas tampak d...
This article explores contemporary development of a minority of Muslim in the largest Muslim coun... more This article explores contemporary development of a minority of Muslim in the largest Muslim country Indonesia. It closely examines the minority Muslim Papuan and looks at the construction and the institutionalisation of Muslim identity in post-special autonomy (otonomi khusus) of Papua. Through a series of fieldwork in Jayapura, the capital of the Papua Province, in 2016 and reviews of documents, the article argues that the Council of Papuan Muslim (Majelis Muslim Papua/MMP) serves not only a the association of minority Muslim Papuan but also as a political instrument for the minority to fight for equality in Papuan public sphere. Importantly, the Muslim Papuan try reconcile the popular, but contradicted, notion of Muslim -and Islamas newcomer -if not to mention as the colonialin Papua and the presence of Muslim as a symbolic expectation for progress of the Papuan in general. Thus, the institutionalization of Islam, through the establishment of The Majelis Muslim Papua in Papua res...
Abstrak Relasi dialogis antara kebudayaan lokal atau adat dengan agama tidak dapat dipisahkan dar... more Abstrak Relasi dialogis antara kebudayaan lokal atau adat dengan agama tidak dapat dipisahkan dari sejarah kelompok-kelompok masyarakat beragama di Indonesia sekarang. Artikel ini bertujuan mendeskripsikan bentuk dialog adat dan agama di kalangan KMH di Maluku Tengah sebagai upaya memahami pola-pola dialog adat dan agama secara khusus Islam di Indonesia. Tulisan ini dibangun dari hasil penelitian lapangan di Pulau Haruku Maluku Tengah tahun 2009, menggunakan paradikma penelitian kualitatif. Penelitian ini menemukan bahwa (1) telah terjadi relasi dialogis antara agama (Islam) dan budaya lokal (=adat) sejak Islam diterima sebagai "ideologi" baru kelompok-kelompok masyarakat di kepulauan Indonesia. (2) terdapat tiga model dialog antara adat dan agama yang dijumpai pada masyarakat Islam di Indoneisa, yakni model "dominasi" model "akomodasi" dan model "kontekstual". The dialog between local culture and religion cannot be separated with the history ...
This paper is a critical effort made to respond to the reality of what happened in Maluku related... more This paper is a critical effort made to respond to the reality of what happened in Maluku related to the widespread development of capitalism. With reviews that uses narrative approach, then this article seeks to present issues related to the influence of capitalism and the hegemonic power (governmental) on the Maluku people who have an impact on the welfare and comfort of their lives, a small community. It must be recognized that this writing is still far from eligibility as a good writing. However, with the existing shortcomings we try to explain it, assisted by the use of the theory of the takeover secretly (the silent take over), Hertz and hegemony (Gramsci), so this article can explain about problems multiulturalisme as teriadi in Maluku. Keywords: Capitalism, Hegemony of Power, Multiculturalism, Small Community Rights
Buku ini merupakan suatu upaya belajar bersama tentang dialog, dengan meninjau berbagai pemikiran... more Buku ini merupakan suatu upaya belajar bersama tentang dialog, dengan meninjau berbagai pemikiran dan bentuk-bentuk masyarakat dialog. Masyarakat dialog sebagai contoh dalam buku ini mengedepankan kelompok-kelompok etnik dan agama di Ambon, satu wilayah di bagian Timur Indonesia yang pernah mengalami guncangan badai konflik dan meluluh lantakan negeri ini, tetapi dengan kekuatan dialog daridalam, pertikaian telah diakhiri dan hubungan antar kelompok yang berbeda telah pulih dan mengalami tranfornmasi signifikan di dalam masyarakat.
This paper analyses the issues of religion and social change, whether religion influences the cha... more This paper analyses the issues of religion and social change, whether religion influences the changes in the life of communities. It aims at revealing the role of religion in the development of changes in Muslim community, especially that of Hatuhaha in Pelauw Central Moluccas. This paper is based on the fieldwork in Pelauw, Pulau Haruku, Central Maluku, using the historical-anthropological approach of qualitative method. The research found that religion (Islam) has become an important strength of the development of community and social change in Pelauw.
Ethnic and religious diversity have often been used as a source of conflict between different gro... more Ethnic and religious diversity have often been used as a source of conflict between different groups of people. However, pluralistic societies’ local wisdom offers a potential tool for long-term building of peace. This study investigated the practice of diversity management by post-conflict communities in Tual, Maluku Province, Indonesia, along with the factors that support community-based diversity management and forms of activities that contribute to the creation of social harmony in the city. Research was conducted in 2017 through a field study, using qualitative methods to observe the ways in which community groups in the region developed post-conflict social harmony, with data constantly updated to determine the dynamics of diversity management in the community. Two important findings were made. First, shared cultural and historical factors, availability of public spaces for encounters, and traumatic transformation influence and support diversity management and contribute to th...
The Moslem community in Haruku Island has been discriminated since the colonial era. Before the E... more The Moslem community in Haruku Island has been discriminated since the colonial era. Before the Europeans entered the Moluccas Islands, colonizing and Christianizing most negeri in Central Moluccas, the great negeri of Haruku Island in Uli Hatuhaha consisting of Pelauw, Hulaliuw, Rohomoni, Kailolo and Kabauw were Moslem dominated areas. In the colonial era, the Moslem community in central Moluccas did not enjoy the same access and opportunity as the Christian community to education. This affected the economic, political and social life of Moslem communities until the early days of the Indonesian struggle for Independence. Besides discrimination by the Dutch colonizers, the Moslem community in Haruku Island was also subordinated by other groups (Moslems and Christians). This research studies the identity construction and change occurring in the Moslem community in Pelauw, Haruku Island district, Central Maluku regency. This research observes that the Moslem Maluku community in Pelauw...
Dekade terakhir menunjukkan bahwa fenomena radikalisme dan ekstrimisme agama semakin menguat di I... more Dekade terakhir menunjukkan bahwa fenomena radikalisme dan ekstrimisme agama semakin menguat di Indonesia, padahal Indonesia dikenal sebagai negara yang religius dan toleran. Bahkan, di Indonesia pendidikan agama diberikan sejak masa Sekolah Dasar hingga Perguruan Tinggi tetapi rupanya belum mampu membangun perspektif dan sikap beragama yang inklusif. Diasumsiskan bahwa pendidikan agama di sekolah-sekolah di Indonesia hingga kini masih berorientasi pada pengajaran yang menekankan doktrin sendiri secara sempit dan belum banyak melihat eksistensi keberagaman sebagai salah satu konteks penting dalam pembelajaran agama di sekolah. Artikel ini bertujuan mempromosikan pendidikan agama sebagai fondasi moderasi beragama di Indonesia. Pendidikan agama dipandang strategis dan potensial dijadikan fondasi moderasi beragama karena selain telah terstruktur dalam sistem pendidikan di Indonesia, semua agama mengajari pentingnya kasih, perdamaian, keadilan dan keseimbangan relasi antara sesama manu...
The dialog between local culture and religion cannot be separated with the history of religious c... more The dialog between local culture and religion cannot be separated with the history of religious communities in Indonesia. This article is aimed to describe a form of dialogue between local culture and religion among Muslims of Hatuhaha community in the Central Moluccas. It is particularly to understand forms of dialogue between local culture and religion, specifically Islam in Indonesia. This article is based on a field research in the Haruku island of Central Moluccas in 2009 by using qualitative method. It has been found that, firstly, there has a constructive dialogue between Islam as a religion and local culture since the religion was accepted as a “new ideology†within island communities in Indonesia. Secondly, there are three models of dialogue between the religion and local culture, i.e. “dominationâ€, “accommodationâ€, and “contextualâ€.n
This article aims to expalin identity construction of the Hatuhaha muslim community in Pelauw ter... more This article aims to expalin identity construction of the Hatuhaha muslim community in Pelauw territory, one which use ritual as its main arena. Data on ma'atenu ritual was collected through of ma'atenu implementation, and interviewing of informants in Pelauw.There are ritual partisans and ritual leaders who use symbols in the ritual. The article relates the present ritual to their historical evens and the current condition of local community. This research concludes that (1) the ritual has been a useful and strategic media for identity construction, and (2) through the ritual implementationof ritual, the interpersonal olidarity of Pelauw poeple or Hatuhaha muslim community has been well-developed, it is knoum locally the maningkamu relation. ABSTRAK Artikel ini bertujuan menjelaskan konstruksi identitas komunitas Muslim Hatuhaha di negeri Pelauw, yang berlangsung dalam ritual sebagai arena utamanya. Mengapa ritual dijadikan sebagai sarana atau media konstruksi identitas mer...
The interpretation of disaster through a religious lens has produced diverse theological perspect... more The interpretation of disaster through a religious lens has produced diverse theological perspectives regarding disaster. This article seeks to analyze the theology of disaster from a Protestant perspective, which may be combined with local knowledge and modern science to create disaster response strategies. This study is based on field studies and related literature analysis with qualitative method using an ethno science approach to see disaster phenomena in the context of Indonesian society, using primary data and secondary data. This study finds out that within Christian theology and among its followers disasters can be seen as the means through which God glorifies His creation while punishing those who have sinned and abandoned His teachings. It concludes, first, that God – the Creator – shows His love and mercy even through disaster. In the Protestant perspective, God seeks to honor His creation by mercifully creating balance. Second, disaster, as part of a natural cycle, shoul...
This article analyzes the pattern of the spread of Islam in Nusantara, especially in Maluku islan... more This article analyzes the pattern of the spread of Islam in Nusantara, especially in Maluku islands. It aims to develop the thought of spread of Islam as proposed by Taufik Abdullah and Djoko Suryo. It is constructed based on the writer’s research findings in Ternate and Tidore North Maluku, also in Ambon island and Haruku island, Central Maluku. Besides field data, literature study on the spread of Islam in Indonesia and Southeast Asia is used as well. Referring to the macro context proposed by Taufik Abdullah and Djoko Suryo, the writer examines the micro context of Maluku islands, and it is found that: First, the spread of Islam in Maluku takes place through a contextualization pattern. Second, the presence of Islam in Maluku islands is a momentum for the development of society in the past and influenced the existence of Islam until now. Through Islam, the local communities are able to realize the outside world and build a wider communication that allows them to experienced moder...
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