Expanding the Indonesian Tarbiyah Movement through Ta‘āruf and Marriage

This paper will shed light into the most current phenomena of how Islamist groups create and expand their influence and membership. In view of the Islamists like the Indonesian Tarbiyah movement, Islamisation of society and the state is the ultimate goal to be achieved. Families become the most impo...

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Main Authors: Suaidi Asyari, M. Husnul Abid
Format: Article
Language:Arabic
Published: State Islamic University Sunan Kalijaga 2016-12-01
Series:Al-Jami'ah: Journal of Islamic Studies
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Online Access:http://aljamiah.or.id/index.php/AJIS/article/view/575
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spelling doaj-2b23d6fa8f674930bce119000d6644632020-11-24T21:16:06ZaraState Islamic University Sunan KalijagaAl-Jami'ah: Journal of Islamic Studies0126-012X2338-557X2016-12-0154233736810.14421/ajis.2016.542.337-368211Expanding the Indonesian Tarbiyah Movement through Ta‘āruf and MarriageSuaidi Asyari0M. Husnul Abid1State Institute for Islamic Studies (IAIN) Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin, JambiState Institute for Islamic Studies (IAIN) Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin, JambiThis paper will shed light into the most current phenomena of how Islamist groups create and expand their influence and membership. In view of the Islamists like the Indonesian Tarbiyah movement, Islamisation of society and the state is the ultimate goal to be achieved. Families become the most important means of Islamisation. If all families have been successfully made “Islamic”, people and the country will follow suit. Preparing the family as the basis of making up society and the establishment of an Islamic state is, therefore, urgent. One of the ways is to match young men and women to get married through taʻāruf or “Islamic introduction”, which goes against the very popular trend of dating among youths nowadays. In addition to be practiced within Tarbiyah members, marriage is also promoted to the larger public. This group of Islamists use most contemporary modern media to expand their influence. By doing so, this kind of movement will have a tremendous and strong socio-political implication in the long run of Indonesian politics. [Tulisan ini mengkaji fenomena kontemporer tentang bagaimana sebuah kelompok (Gerakan Tarbiyah) membentuk dan meluaskan pengaruh serta keanggotaannya. Kelompok Islam tersebut melihat bahwa Islamisasi masyarakat dan Negara merupakan tujuan utama yang harus dicapai termasuk yang terpenting adalah keluarga. Mereka menganggap bahwa jika unit keluarga sudah menjadi ‘Islam’ maka masyarakat dan Negara secara otomatis akan mengikutinya. Oleh karena itu keluarga perlu disiapkan sebagai pondasi menuju masyarakat dan Negara yang Islamis. Salah satu cara paling awal adalah dengan memperkenalkan konsep Taʻāruf bagi muda mudi yang ingin menikah, sekaligus sebagai tandingan terhadap konsep ‘pacaran’ yang saat ini populer. Untuk mempromosikan konsep tersebut ke khalayak yang lebih luas, mereka pun menggunakan media yang paling modern dan masif. Sehingga gerakan mereka tampak kuat implikasinya dalam peta perpolitikan di Indonesia. ]http://aljamiah.or.id/index.php/AJIS/article/view/575Tarbiyah movementIndonesian political IslamDemographic Jihad
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author Suaidi Asyari
M. Husnul Abid
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M. Husnul Abid
Expanding the Indonesian Tarbiyah Movement through Ta‘āruf and Marriage
Al-Jami'ah: Journal of Islamic Studies
Tarbiyah movement
Indonesian political Islam
Demographic Jihad
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M. Husnul Abid
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title Expanding the Indonesian Tarbiyah Movement through Ta‘āruf and Marriage
title_short Expanding the Indonesian Tarbiyah Movement through Ta‘āruf and Marriage
title_full Expanding the Indonesian Tarbiyah Movement through Ta‘āruf and Marriage
title_fullStr Expanding the Indonesian Tarbiyah Movement through Ta‘āruf and Marriage
title_full_unstemmed Expanding the Indonesian Tarbiyah Movement through Ta‘āruf and Marriage
title_sort expanding the indonesian tarbiyah movement through ta‘āruf and marriage
publisher State Islamic University Sunan Kalijaga
series Al-Jami'ah: Journal of Islamic Studies
issn 0126-012X
2338-557X
publishDate 2016-12-01
description This paper will shed light into the most current phenomena of how Islamist groups create and expand their influence and membership. In view of the Islamists like the Indonesian Tarbiyah movement, Islamisation of society and the state is the ultimate goal to be achieved. Families become the most important means of Islamisation. If all families have been successfully made “Islamic”, people and the country will follow suit. Preparing the family as the basis of making up society and the establishment of an Islamic state is, therefore, urgent. One of the ways is to match young men and women to get married through taʻāruf or “Islamic introduction”, which goes against the very popular trend of dating among youths nowadays. In addition to be practiced within Tarbiyah members, marriage is also promoted to the larger public. This group of Islamists use most contemporary modern media to expand their influence. By doing so, this kind of movement will have a tremendous and strong socio-political implication in the long run of Indonesian politics. [Tulisan ini mengkaji fenomena kontemporer tentang bagaimana sebuah kelompok (Gerakan Tarbiyah) membentuk dan meluaskan pengaruh serta keanggotaannya. Kelompok Islam tersebut melihat bahwa Islamisasi masyarakat dan Negara merupakan tujuan utama yang harus dicapai termasuk yang terpenting adalah keluarga. Mereka menganggap bahwa jika unit keluarga sudah menjadi ‘Islam’ maka masyarakat dan Negara secara otomatis akan mengikutinya. Oleh karena itu keluarga perlu disiapkan sebagai pondasi menuju masyarakat dan Negara yang Islamis. Salah satu cara paling awal adalah dengan memperkenalkan konsep Taʻāruf bagi muda mudi yang ingin menikah, sekaligus sebagai tandingan terhadap konsep ‘pacaran’ yang saat ini populer. Untuk mempromosikan konsep tersebut ke khalayak yang lebih luas, mereka pun menggunakan media yang paling modern dan masif. Sehingga gerakan mereka tampak kuat implikasinya dalam peta perpolitikan di Indonesia. ]
topic Tarbiyah movement
Indonesian political Islam
Demographic Jihad
url http://aljamiah.or.id/index.php/AJIS/article/view/575
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