Converting Belief, Connecting People: The Kingdoms and the Dynamics of Islamization in Pre-Colonial Archipelago

Burhanudin, Jajat

Article Details

Converting Belief, Connecting People: The Kingdoms and the Dynamics of Islamization in Pre-Colonial Archipelago

Authors:

Burhanudin, Jajat

Publisher:

Center for Study of Islam and Society (PPIM) Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University

Main Topics:

Religion

Journal:

Studia Islamika Vol.25 Issue 2, pp.0-0

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2018

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001859534

pISSN:

0215-0492

Abstract:

 The pre-colonial Archipelago period of Indonesian history witnessed rapid Islamization. The kingdoms or sultanates served as the centre of emerging Islamic socio-political and cultural dynamics. In this article, the crucial role that the kingdoms played in facilitating Islamization will be examined, giving strong emphasis to how they emerged as hubs for ‘ulamā’ who Islamized the people of the Archipelago. This process created an Islamic network with the ‘ulamā’ introducing rulers and society to Islam. Islamization unified the people in the “lands below the winds” under one religion. This connecting process was further facilitated by the rise of Malay language alongside the Jawi (Arabic) script as a medium for intra-regional communication as well as Islamic expression. The experience of being Islamized created a collective memory of being part of “the others” and laid a strong foundation for the unification of Indonesian society today.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v25i2.5682.

Article Details

Converting Belief, Connecting People: The Kingdoms and the Dynamics of Islamization in Pre-Colonial Archipelago

Authors: Burhanudin, Jajat

Publisher: Center for Study of Islam and Society (PPIM) Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University

Main Topics: Religion

Journal: Studia Islamika Vol.25 Issue 2, pp.0-0

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 1/2018

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001859534

pISSN: 0215-0492

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Authors:

Burhanudin, Jajat

Publisher:

Center for Study of Islam and Society (PPIM) Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University

Main Topics:

Religion

Journal:

Studia Islamika Vol.25 Issue 2, pp.0-0

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2018

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001859534

pISSN:

0215-0492