Muhammad Adlin Sila
Biographic Data
| ID | 728894 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Muhammad Adlin Sila |
| GIVEN NAMES | Muhammad Adlin |
| FAMILY NAME | Sila |
| SIGNATURE | SILA M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1657-1628 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Communal Tolerance and the Politics of Non-Muslim Houses of Worship in Cilegon, Indonesia Extending Jeremy Menchik’s Theory of Communal Tolerance
This study examines the social dynamics and institutional barriers involved in establishing non-Muslim houses of worship in Cilegon City, Banten Province, Indonesia. Unlike prior case studies that rely primarily on legal-administrative analysis, this research combines legal and sociocultural approaches to examine how formal regulation, collective social memory, and local politics interact to shape religious tolerance in a Muslim-majority city. Us…
Discussing the critiques of the mathematization of economics
The subjectivity and quantification, assumptions on a non-static mechanism, and value-free sciences are critical to account for the disfavor of the mathematization of economics. These elements are essential to argue because economics involves subjective human behavior and is a non-static mechanism that cannot be accurately quantified, making it difficult for economics to conform to the value-free nature of science. This paper discusses several id…
Intertwining Beauty and Piety
This article discusses the intertwinement of beauty and piety among middle-class Muslim women in urban Indonesia through the use of cosmetics and beauty treatments within the broader trends of ḥalāl lifestyle. It uses an anthropological approach with case studies in Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, and Serang, the capital city of Banten Province. Jakarta and Serang were chosen because Jakarta is a picture-perfect example of an older area c…
Islamophobia among Muslims in Indonesia
Islamophobia has its long historical roots. Nonetheless, religiously motivated terrorism and the use of the name “Islam” by terrorist organizations such as the Islamic State (IS) may have amplified Islamophobia. Islamophobia has caused violence against Muslims in several stages and contexts. This study was held to investigate whether Islamophobia could also happen among Muslims in the largest Muslim population, Indonesia, as the majority Muslims …
Baku Tolong, Torang Samua Basudara
This paper present with a new perspective in understanding the management of ethnic and religious (ethnoreligious) diversity in Indonesia. The purpose of this study is to explore the management of ethnic and religious diversity between the Mongondownese-Muslim, Minahasanese-Christian community and the Balinese-Hindu community in the transmigration area, Dumoga, Bolaang Mongondow Regency, North Sulawesi Province. This research is important because…
Counterterrorism, Civil Society Organisations and Peacebuilding
Indonesia’s ongoing battle against terrorism has made deradicalisation programmes a major focus of the government. The National Counter-Terrorism Agency (BNPT) has primary responsibility for persuading terrorists to desist from, if not reject, violence as part of their Islamic struggle, but its ability to deal directly with terrorists and other radicalised communities is hampered by the depth of distrust and animosity that these communities feel …
Religious Authority and Local Governance in Eastern Indonesia, by Jeremy J. Kingsley
Revisiting Nu-Muhammadiyah in Indonesia
Previous empirical studies on Indonesia have supported the claim that the reformist movement of Muhammadiyah led to a decline in local culture. The popular call of the the reformist movements is that Muslims should return to a pristine Islam. However, little has been studied about how reformist Muslims accommodated local culture. In my field research employing ethnographic methodology, I found that the reformists of Muhammadiyah in Bima support l…
Kiai dan Blater
Yanwar Pribadi. 2018. Islam, State and Society: Local Politics in Madura. New York: RoutledgeThis book talks about the relationship between Islam, state and society in Indonesia with a focal point on local politics in Madura. Specifically, this book tries to explain factors that have shaped the development of contemporary Islam and politics in Madura. One of the main arguments of this book is that local elite figures play greater roles than forma…
Historicizing Islam
This article focuses on the understanding of Bima’s local interlocutors in the history of Islamization in the region, particularly in light of their construction of Bima vernacular manuscripts. This article provides the agency of Siti Maryam as the owner and caretaker of Samparaja museum who has given access to Bima’s manuscripts, locally called Bo’. Through in-depth interviews and participant observation, I examined how Siti Maryam as the manusc…
Maud'
This volume offers a fascinating case study of the Sayyid community of Cikoang in South Sulawesi – in particular, an examination of the role of the descendants of Sayyid Jalaluddin al-‘Aidid, a Hadhrami merchant-teacher of great authority and charisma who is said to have initially settled in Gowa in the 17th century. It is of particular interest because the migration of
Memahami Spektrum Islam di Jawa
Book Review: Timothy Daniels, Islamic Spectrum in Java, England: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2009. Ashgate e-book.Islam in Java has been a dominant theme within Indonesia's Islamic studies. For decades, the study on Islam in Java has indebted to the influential work of Clifford Geertz's The Religion of Java (1960). The work has become main reference for scholars and students interested in studying Islam in Java. Despite of many criticisms that ha…
Lembaga Keuangan Mikro dan Pengentasan Kemiskinan
This study explores the advent of microfinance institution that has been an important development in recent years. Through case study on one microfinance institution namely lumbung pitih nagari located in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, this study found that the existence of the micro credit institute has been influenced by several factors such as state regulations. In 1997, the central bank of Indonesia (BI) carried out regulatory reforms in or…
An Example of Neo-Tarekat in Bandung, Indonesia
At present, several tarekats surfaced in the urban centers of Indonesia and continued to perform as a vehicle of social and cultural cohesion. The emergence of these so-called neo-tarekats (neo-sufi mystical orders) introduced rational reference to the sacred texts and Islamic law and rejected the close association between tarekats and the veneration of saints and holy places as generally known as silsilah in the old version of tarekats. This art…
Menantang Negara Sekuler
Book Review: Arskal Salim, Challenging the Secular State: The Islamization of Law in Modern Indonesia. (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press,2008), xiv + 256.The book by Arskal Salim is one of the scholarly works which examines the relation between religion [Islam] and state, in particular the dynamics of its relation in contemporary Indonesia. The main focus of the discussion concerns with islamization of law in modern Indonesia, which consists …
The Festivity of Maulid Nabi in Cikoang, South Sulawesi
This article traces the problems of religious distinctiveness in a stratified community in the village of Cikoang on the south coast of South Sulawesi. With a population of approximately in most respects a typical Makassarese village (Source: Cikoang Dalam Angka 1994) The inhabitants calim to be Shafi'i Muslims (a school of Islamic Law within the Sunni branch of Islam), and have altogether a similar historical tradition.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v8i3.680
Pattumateang among Peoples of Cikoang, South Sulawesi
Pattumateang, conducted after the burial service, is conceived as a means through which the living can transfer blessings to the dead. This practice has been the cause for an everlasting debate among Muslims in Cikoang. Some object to the concept of being able to help the dead and call on followers to accept proper Islamic teachings and practices. This article is an illustration of how the Pattumateang ritual, and others like it, can lead to the …
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Menantang Negara Sekuler
Book Review: Arskal Salim, Challenging the Secular State: The Islamization of Law in Modern Indonesia. (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press,2008), xiv + 256.The book by Arskal Salim is one of the scholarly works which examines the relation between religion [Islam] and state, in particular the dynamics of its relation in contemporary Indonesia. The main focus of the discussion concerns with islamization of law in modern Indonesia, which consists …
The Festivity of Maulid Nabi in Cikoang, South Sulawesi
This article traces the problems of religious distinctiveness in a stratified community in the village of Cikoang on the south coast of South Sulawesi. With a population of approximately in most respects a typical Makassarese village (Source: Cikoang Dalam Angka 1994) The inhabitants calim to be Shafi'i Muslims (a school of Islamic Law within the Sunni branch of Islam), and have altogether a similar historical tradition.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v8i3.680
Pattumateang among Peoples of Cikoang, South Sulawesi
Pattumateang, conducted after the burial service, is conceived as a means through which the living can transfer blessings to the dead. This practice has been the cause for an everlasting debate among Muslims in Cikoang. Some object to the concept of being able to help the dead and call on followers to accept proper Islamic teachings and practices. This article is an illustration of how the Pattumateang ritual, and others like it, can lead to the …
An Example of Neo-Tarekat in Bandung, Indonesia
At present, several tarekats surfaced in the urban centers of Indonesia and continued to perform as a vehicle of social and cultural cohesion. The emergence of these so-called neo-tarekats (neo-sufi mystical orders) introduced rational reference to the sacred texts and Islamic law and rejected the close association between tarekats and the veneration of saints and holy places as generally known as silsilah in the old version of tarekats. This art…
Lembaga Keuangan Mikro dan Pengentasan Kemiskinan
This study explores the advent of microfinance institution that has been an important development in recent years. Through case study on one microfinance institution namely lumbung pitih nagari located in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, this study found that the existence of the micro credit institute has been influenced by several factors such as state regulations. In 1997, the central bank of Indonesia (BI) carried out regulatory reforms in or…
Memahami Spektrum Islam di Jawa
Book Review: Timothy Daniels, Islamic Spectrum in Java, England: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2009. Ashgate e-book.Islam in Java has been a dominant theme within Indonesia's Islamic studies. For decades, the study on Islam in Java has indebted to the influential work of Clifford Geertz's The Religion of Java (1960). The work has become main reference for scholars and students interested in studying Islam in Java. Despite of many criticisms that ha…
Maud'
This volume offers a fascinating case study of the Sayyid community of Cikoang in South Sulawesi – in particular, an examination of the role of the descendants of Sayyid Jalaluddin al-‘Aidid, a Hadhrami merchant-teacher of great authority and charisma who is said to have initially settled in Gowa in the 17th century. It is of particular interest because the migration of
Historicizing Islam
This article focuses on the understanding of Bima’s local interlocutors in the history of Islamization in the region, particularly in light of their construction of Bima vernacular manuscripts. This article provides the agency of Siti Maryam as the owner and caretaker of Samparaja museum who has given access to Bima’s manuscripts, locally called Bo’. Through in-depth interviews and participant observation, I examined how Siti Maryam as the manusc…
Kiai dan Blater
Yanwar Pribadi. 2018. Islam, State and Society: Local Politics in Madura. New York: RoutledgeThis book talks about the relationship between Islam, state and society in Indonesia with a focal point on local politics in Madura. Specifically, this book tries to explain factors that have shaped the development of contemporary Islam and politics in Madura. One of the main arguments of this book is that local elite figures play greater roles than forma…
Religious Authority and Local Governance in Eastern Indonesia, by Jeremy J. Kingsley
Revisiting Nu-Muhammadiyah in Indonesia
Previous empirical studies on Indonesia have supported the claim that the reformist movement of Muhammadiyah led to a decline in local culture. The popular call of the the reformist movements is that Muslims should return to a pristine Islam. However, little has been studied about how reformist Muslims accommodated local culture. In my field research employing ethnographic methodology, I found that the reformists of Muhammadiyah in Bima support l…
Baku Tolong, Torang Samua Basudara
This paper present with a new perspective in understanding the management of ethnic and religious (ethnoreligious) diversity in Indonesia. The purpose of this study is to explore the management of ethnic and religious diversity between the Mongondownese-Muslim, Minahasanese-Christian community and the Balinese-Hindu community in the transmigration area, Dumoga, Bolaang Mongondow Regency, North Sulawesi Province. This research is important because…
Counterterrorism, Civil Society Organisations and Peacebuilding
Indonesia’s ongoing battle against terrorism has made deradicalisation programmes a major focus of the government. The National Counter-Terrorism Agency (BNPT) has primary responsibility for persuading terrorists to desist from, if not reject, violence as part of their Islamic struggle, but its ability to deal directly with terrorists and other radicalised communities is hampered by the depth of distrust and animosity that these communities feel …
Intertwining Beauty and Piety
This article discusses the intertwinement of beauty and piety among middle-class Muslim women in urban Indonesia through the use of cosmetics and beauty treatments within the broader trends of ḥalāl lifestyle. It uses an anthropological approach with case studies in Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, and Serang, the capital city of Banten Province. Jakarta and Serang were chosen because Jakarta is a picture-perfect example of an older area c…
Islamophobia among Muslims in Indonesia
Islamophobia has its long historical roots. Nonetheless, religiously motivated terrorism and the use of the name “Islam” by terrorist organizations such as the Islamic State (IS) may have amplified Islamophobia. Islamophobia has caused violence against Muslims in several stages and contexts. This study was held to investigate whether Islamophobia could also happen among Muslims in the largest Muslim population, Indonesia, as the majority Muslims …
Discussing the critiques of the mathematization of economics
The subjectivity and quantification, assumptions on a non-static mechanism, and value-free sciences are critical to account for the disfavor of the mathematization of economics. These elements are essential to argue because economics involves subjective human behavior and is a non-static mechanism that cannot be accurately quantified, making it difficult for economics to conform to the value-free nature of science. This paper discusses several id…
Communal Tolerance and the Politics of Non-Muslim Houses of Worship in Cilegon, Indonesia Extending Jeremy Menchik’s Theory of Communal Tolerance
This study examines the social dynamics and institutional barriers involved in establishing non-Muslim houses of worship in Cilegon City, Banten Province, Indonesia. Unlike prior case studies that rely primarily on legal-administrative analysis, this research combines legal and sociocultural approaches to examine how formal regulation, collective social memory, and local politics interact to shape religious tolerance in a Muslim-majority city. Us…
Sociology (12 works) · Asian Studies and History (10 works) · Islam (10 works) · Islamic Studies and Radicalism (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Cultural and Religious Practices in Indonesia (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Religious studies (5 works)