Haji Agus Salim (1884-1954) was an Indonesian Muslim political figure of the Nationalist Era (1908-1945). He was influential in two important associations; Sarekat Islam (SI-Islamic Union) and the Jong Islamieten Bond (JIB-Young Muslim Union). Salim was born into religious family and had a Western education. In 1915 when he joined the Sarekat Islam it was at the height of its popularity. Salim …
This thesis is intended to describe the evolution of Indonesian Islam and the complex role played by the 'ulama' in the modern history of Indonesia and ularly during the Japanese occupation. partic-In contrast to Dutch policy, the Japanese chose the 'ulama' to participate in their administration. The 'ulama' seized this fortuitous opportunity to prepare the Indonesians for the achievement of th…
This thesis deals with the PPP, from its emergence in 1973 until 1987. The study attempts to describe the political journey of this party. It examines the position of the PPP in the political system of Indonesia's New Order as a whole. Immediately after the rise of the New Order government, a systematic program to restructure and simplify the political system was launched. It aimed, primarily, …
This thesis is a study of the doctrine of maqämät (stations) and ahwal (states), the crucial doctrine of süfism, as described in two different books, al-Risalah al-Qushayriyah and Kashf al-Mahjüb, by two different masters of Süfism: one Sunni-Shafiri, al-Qushayri, the other Sunni-Hanafi, al-Hujwīrī. After introducing their positions in the history of süfism, the thesis examines their ba…
This thesis studies in a comparative framework the impact of colonial experience on the religious and social thought of two modernists, Ahmad Khan of India and Ahmad Hassan of Indonesia. At the religious level, both modernists were much concerned with the purification of Islam. They called upon the Muslims to return to the Qur'an and hadith, abandon taqlid and to undertake ijtihad. Ahmad Khan, …
This thesis studies the attitudes of the religious scholars associated with the dayah, the traditional institution of religious learning in Aceh, Indonesia, towards issues of the modernization of Islamic law. In the history of Islamic society in Aceh, these scholars, the 'ulama dayah, have shown great initiative in guiding their society as it sought solutions to various problems. Their response…
This thesis studies the response of the traditionalist Muslim groups of Minangkabau, Indonesia, to the modernist movement of the early decades of this century. In their effort to lay the foundations of a rational and progressive Muslim society and rediscovery the true ethics of Islam, the modernists had called for fresh ijtihad. The traditionalists rejected the possibility, or necessity, of new…