Sumanto Al Qurtuby
Biographic Data
| ID | 94128 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sumanto Al Qurtuby |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sumanto |
| FAMILY NAME | Al Qurtuby |
| SIGNATURE | AL QURTUBY S |
| AFFILIATIONS | King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6475-945X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Challenging the Common Claim
The article aims threefold as follows. First, to challenge and problematize the general assumption that before the Christian-Muslim communal violence in Maluku from 1999 to 2005 (and continued in the following years), the social condition in the region was peaceful and harmonious. Second, to identify the location of pre-interreligious violence by tracing the colonial era, from the Portuguese to the Japanese, and its post-colonial impact on interr…
Sino-Indo Muslim Cultures
This study re-examines the formation of Muslim communities in the Malay–Indonesian world through the presence of Zheng He, with particular attention to the role of Chinese Muslim networks in the early history of Islam in Indonesia. Employing a qualitative approach grounded in historical and library-based research, the study focuses its analysis on Javanese historical evidence related to diplomacy, maritime networks, and religious life prior to th…
Kirsten E. Schulze. Contesting Indonesia
Suicide in Manggarai, Eastern Indonesia
Suicide is a complex phenomenon that affects individuals and society, demanding global attention and requiring diverse approaches to be fully understood. This article presents a comparative study of suicide, analyzing both its conceptual and practical aspects within the frameworks of Islamic law, Catholic law, and customary law. For the conceptual analysis, a literature review focusing primarily on Islamic and Catholic law was utilized, while for…
The Development and Innovation of Religious, Secular, and Archaeological Tourism in Saudi Arabia
Various fundamental changes have occurred in Saudi Arabia in recent decades. One sector that has experienced robust change and innovation in present-day Saudi Arabia is tourism. This article discusses the contemporary shift in Saudi Arabia’s religious, secular, and archaeological tourism sectors, as well as the history and development of Saudi tourism, in order to understand the factors, motives, logic, and driving forces that contribute to this …
Beyond Liberal Peace
Since the downfall of Suharto’s authoritarian government in 1998, Indonesia has witnessed a variety of violent conflicts, intergroup tensions and Islamist radicalism, which in turn pose threats to the country’s security, safety and peace. This article examines various forms of religious violence, particularly Islamist violence, and ways of overcoming them tactically or strategically in post-Suharto Indonesia. This article underscores the need to …
Connecting worlds
This article is a comparative study of Filipino and Indonesian migrant workers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It investigates how these two different transnational communities envisage their lives in the Kingdom. It examines (1) the historical dynamics and contemporary developments of Filipinos and Indonesians in Saudi Arabia, (2) the underlying motives, purposes and rationales of their sojourn and employment in the Kingdom, and (3) their percep…
Terrorism and Counter-terrorism in Saudi Arabia and Indonesia
Urgensi Agama dan Spiritualitas
Fenomena munculnya “agama publik” di berbagai negara, termasuk Indonesia, menunjukkan bahwa dunia agama dan spiritualitas tidak lenyap dari muka bumi. Artikel-artikel pada edisi ini melukiskan sebuah benang merah bahwa agama dan spiritualitas tetap dipandang dan diyakini sebagai entitas yang penting oleh (sebagian) masyarakat yang mampu dijadikan sebagai sumber inspirasi dan aktivitas positif baik dalam ruang yang lebih kecil (misalnya keluarga d…
Between Polygyny and Monogamy
Saudi Arabia has long been portrayed as a “hub of polygyny,” a practice of marriage in which a man marries several women simultaneously. However, my recent research among Saudi male youths suggest that this practice is waning nowadays. A younger generation in the Kingdom seems to prefer monogamy—a man marrying one wife—to polygamy for several essential reasons, factors and arguments. Based on interviews and conversations with a number of young Sa…
Polemics on smoking among Indonesian Muslims and Islamic organizations
Saudi Arabia and Indonesian Networks
This article investigates Indonesian scholars educated in Saudi Arabia, both historically and in contemporary contexts, including those who pursued non-Islamic fields and developed academic careers within Saudi higher education. The study adopts a qualitative approach grounded in historical inquiry and literature-based research. It traces long-standing traditions of scholarly mobility from the Malay–Indonesian world to the Saudi Arabia, particula…
Islam, Muslim and Anthropology
Is there a link between Islam and anthropology?Is there a need for anthropological study of Islam and its adherents (Muslim societies)?This article discusses the connection between Islam and anthropology as well as the vitality of anthropology as a significant component of the study of Islam and Muslim societies across the world.Moreover, it tries to examine Muslim society-related issues and themes anthropology should focus on in order to grasp t…
Islam, Travel, and Learning
This article focuses on the study of the relationship between Islam, travel, and learning by conducting a case study on Indonesian Muslim students who studied (or are studying) in Saudi Arabia. Specifically, it examines the changing dynamics of these students who traveled, immigrated to, and studied in Saudi Arabia in search of knowledge from previous centuries to the contemporary era. This article shows that Indonesian students in this peninsula…
Terrorism and Counterterrorism in Saudi Arabia
Since 2001, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been fighting domestic terrorism and adopting policies and strategies in countering radicalism and terrorism. How effective are these policies, strategies, and tactics in combating terrorist ideology, reducing the number of terrorist activists and sympathizers, as well as preventing terrorist acts in the Kingdom? Although the government’s roles and efforts in counterterrorism programs are fruitful and a…
Buddhism and worldliness in modern Taiwan
Buddhism has long been typified as an ascetic religion that puts emphasis on spirituality and otherworldliness. This article, examining the linkage between Buddhism and worldliness in contemporary Taiwan, challenges this conventional dominant view. Contrary to popular opinion, Taiwan has witnessed the emergence of the ‘earthly Buddha’, characterized by the desire to engage with worldly matters such as altruistic, capitalist, and economic activiti…
Saudi Arabia and Indonesian Networks
What is the relationship between Saudi Arabia and Indonesia? For centuries, Indonesians have travelled to Saudi Arabia and have been deeply involved in education, scholarship and the creation of centres for Islamic learning in the country. Yet the impact of this type of migration has not yet been the focus of scholarly research and little is known about the important intellectual connections that now exist. This book examines Indonesian education…
The Paradox of Civil Society
This article discusses the ambiguous role of religiously-marked civil society organisations during the Christian-Muslim communal violence in Maluku, eastern Indonesia, from approximately 1999 to 2004. During the Maluku violence, some social groups supported peace and reconciliation, while others were major backers for the collective conflict. Using Maluku as the primary case study, this article aims to re-examine a well-established Western concep…
Arabs and 'Indo-Arabs' in Indonesia
This article outlines the origins, development and historical dynamics of Arabs in Indonesia and discusses responses of Indonesians, particularly Muslims, towards this group. It sketches a variety of Indonesia's Arabs-sadah and non-sadah alikeand their contributions to the shape of Indonesian Islam, Islamic cultures and Muslim politics. It also traces the roots of-and depicts the historical dynamics and changes-social relations and interactions b…
Religious Violence and Conciliation in Indonesia
Maluku in eastern Indonesia is the home to Muslims, Protestants, and Catholics who had for the most part been living peaceably since the sixteenth century. In 1999, brutal conflicts broke out between local Christians and Muslims, and escalated into large-scale communal violence once the Laskar Jihad, a Java-based armed jihadist Islamic paramilitary group, sent several thousand fighters to Maluku. As a result of this escalated violence, the previo…
Religious Violence and Conciliation in Indonesia
Religious Violence and Conciliation in Indonesia: Christians and Muslims in the Moluccas. By Sumanto Al Qurtuby. Abingdon, Oxon.: Routledge, 2016. Hardcover: 215pp. Between 1999 and 2001, rival ethnic and religious communities fought violent conflicts in five Indonesian provinces which led to large-scale loss of life, displacement and destruction. In the decade and a half since then, a series of in-depth quality academic studies have given us a g…
Ambonese Muslim Jihadists, Islamic Identity, and the History of Christian–muslim Rivalry in the Moluccas, Eastern Indonesia
From 1999 to 2004, communal violence between Christians and Muslims broke out in the Moluccas of northeastern Indonesia, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths and injuries, and displacing hundreds of thousands of others. Unlike previous studies and analyses that give much attention to the political economy of the conflict, the dynamics of national politics, and the role of security forces – particularly the army and the police – and non-Molucc…
Interethnic Violence, Separatism and Political Reconciliation in Turkey and Indonesia
This comparative article discusses the local dynamics of interethnic violence and separatist movement in Turkey and Indonesia, and examines the role of the central governments in these two countries in responding to, and resolving, the conflict and separatism. More specifically, the article focuses on Turkish–Kurdish conflict and Indonesian–Acehnese violence, and explores perspectives of the secessionist groups of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) an…
Violence and vengeance
In 1999, just months following the downfall of Suharto dictatorial regime, and continuing for more than three years, the Moluccas, stretching from North Maluku and Ambon to Banda and Southeast Malu
Public Islam in Southeast Asia
The article focuses on the study of public Islam in Southeast Asia, the world’s most populous Islamic region. More specifically, it examines “late modernity” and its relation to the unprecedented growth of Islam, the Islamic resurgence, and Muslim politics in the public domains of modern Southeast Asia, particularly in Indonesia and the Philippines. It also examines the history of Islam’s resurgence, the underlying factors driving the region’s Is…
Peacebuilding in Indonesia
This article aims to examine two major issues: (1) religious roots of reconciliation and forgiveness, which are often unfortunately forgotten in the academic discussion of peacebuilding and peace policy-related issues, and (2) Christians' and Muslims' attempts to quell interreligious violence and prevent renewed outbreaks in the conflict zone of Ambon of the Moluccas (Maluku) in eastern Indonesia. More specifically, it discusses the role of Ambon…
Buddhism and worldliness in modern Taiwan
Buddhism has long been typified as an ascetic religion that puts emphasis on spirituality and otherworldliness. This article, examining the linkage between Buddhism and worldliness in contemporary Taiwan, challenges this conventional dominant view. Contrary to popular opinion, Taiwan has witnessed the emergence of the ‘earthly Buddha’, characterized by the desire to engage with worldly matters such as altruistic, capitalist, and economic activiti…
Interethnic Violence, Separatism and Political Reconciliation in Turkey and Indonesia
This comparative article discusses the local dynamics of interethnic violence and separatist movement in Turkey and Indonesia, and examines the role of the central governments in these two countries in responding to, and resolving, the conflict and separatism. More specifically, the article focuses on Turkish–Kurdish conflict and Indonesian–Acehnese violence, and explores perspectives of the secessionist groups of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) an…
Terrorism and Counterterrorism in Saudi Arabia
Since 2001, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been fighting domestic terrorism and adopting policies and strategies in countering radicalism and terrorism. How effective are these policies, strategies, and tactics in combating terrorist ideology, reducing the number of terrorist activists and sympathizers, as well as preventing terrorist acts in the Kingdom? Although the government’s roles and efforts in counterterrorism programs are fruitful and a…
Arabs and 'Indo-Arabs' in Indonesia
This article outlines the origins, development and historical dynamics of Arabs in Indonesia and discusses responses of Indonesians, particularly Muslims, towards this group. It sketches a variety of Indonesia's Arabs-sadah and non-sadah alikeand their contributions to the shape of Indonesian Islam, Islamic cultures and Muslim politics. It also traces the roots of-and depicts the historical dynamics and changes-social relations and interactions b…
Violence and vengeance
In 1999, just months following the downfall of Suharto dictatorial regime, and continuing for more than three years, the Moluccas, stretching from North Maluku and Ambon to Banda and Southeast Malu
The Tao of Islam
The fact that "Sino-Javanese Muslim Cultures" are scattered over Banten, Jakarta, Cirebon, Semarang, Demak, Jepara, Lasem, Gresik, and Surabaya on the northern coast of Java (see also below) is strong evidence of the encounter between Cheng Ho (and other Chinese Muslims) and Javanese societies over the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. These "Sino-Javanese Muslim cultures" are not only found in the form of mosques which show evidence of accultu…
Catholics, Muslims, and Global Politics in Southeast Asia
This article discusses the role of catholics, muslims, and civic associations in the global politics of the Philippines and Indonesia. The two countries have shared in common with regard to the geographical feature (both are archipelagic countries), the diversity of societies and cultures, and the history of colonialism, dictatorship, ethno-religious violence, and political movement, to name but a few. In addition to their similarities, both coun…
The Islamic Roots of Liberation, Justice, and Peace
Using the concept of Tawhid—a cardinal Islamic belief, as a point of departure and as a theoretical framework, this paper examines the Islamic roots and theological foundations for the ideas and practices of liberation, peacebuilding, justice, and nonviolence within Islam. It argues that the notions of pacification, equality, freedom, and fairness hold a central place in Islam because such ideas are deeply rooted in the concept of tawhid. Unlike …
Public Islam in Southeast Asia
The article focuses on the study of public Islam in Southeast Asia, the world’s most populous Islamic region. More specifically, it examines “late modernity” and its relation to the unprecedented growth of Islam, the Islamic resurgence, and Muslim politics in the public domains of modern Southeast Asia, particularly in Indonesia and the Philippines. It also examines the history of Islam’s resurgence, the underlying factors driving the region’s Is…
Peacebuilding in Indonesia
This article aims to examine two major issues: (1) religious roots of reconciliation and forgiveness, which are often unfortunately forgotten in the academic discussion of peacebuilding and peace policy-related issues, and (2) Christians' and Muslims' attempts to quell interreligious violence and prevent renewed outbreaks in the conflict zone of Ambon of the Moluccas (Maluku) in eastern Indonesia. More specifically, it discusses the role of Ambon…
Public Islam in Southeast Asia
The article focuses on the study of public Islam in Southeast Asia, the world’s most populous Islamic region. More specifically, it examines “late modernity” and its relation to the unprecedented growth of Islam, the Islamic resurgence, and Muslim politics in the public domains of modern Southeast Asia, particularly in Indonesia and the Philippines. It also examines the history of Islam’s resurgence, the underlying factors driving the region’s Is…
Ambonese Muslim Jihadists, Islamic Identity, and the History of Christian–muslim Rivalry in the Moluccas, Eastern Indonesia
From 1999 to 2004, communal violence between Christians and Muslims broke out in the Moluccas of northeastern Indonesia, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths and injuries, and displacing hundreds of thousands of others. Unlike previous studies and analyses that give much attention to the political economy of the conflict, the dynamics of national politics, and the role of security forces – particularly the army and the police – and non-Molucc…
Interethnic Violence, Separatism and Political Reconciliation in Turkey and Indonesia
This comparative article discusses the local dynamics of interethnic violence and separatist movement in Turkey and Indonesia, and examines the role of the central governments in these two countries in responding to, and resolving, the conflict and separatism. More specifically, the article focuses on Turkish–Kurdish conflict and Indonesian–Acehnese violence, and explores perspectives of the secessionist groups of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) an…
Violence and vengeance
In 1999, just months following the downfall of Suharto dictatorial regime, and continuing for more than three years, the Moluccas, stretching from North Maluku and Ambon to Banda and Southeast Malu
Religious Violence and Conciliation in Indonesia
Maluku in eastern Indonesia is the home to Muslims, Protestants, and Catholics who had for the most part been living peaceably since the sixteenth century. In 1999, brutal conflicts broke out between local Christians and Muslims, and escalated into large-scale communal violence once the Laskar Jihad, a Java-based armed jihadist Islamic paramilitary group, sent several thousand fighters to Maluku. As a result of this escalated violence, the previo…
Religious Violence and Conciliation in Indonesia
Religious Violence and Conciliation in Indonesia: Christians and Muslims in the Moluccas. By Sumanto Al Qurtuby. Abingdon, Oxon.: Routledge, 2016. Hardcover: 215pp. Between 1999 and 2001, rival ethnic and religious communities fought violent conflicts in five Indonesian provinces which led to large-scale loss of life, displacement and destruction. In the decade and a half since then, a series of in-depth quality academic studies have given us a g…
The Paradox of Civil Society
This article discusses the ambiguous role of religiously-marked civil society organisations during the Christian-Muslim communal violence in Maluku, eastern Indonesia, from approximately 1999 to 2004. During the Maluku violence, some social groups supported peace and reconciliation, while others were major backers for the collective conflict. Using Maluku as the primary case study, this article aims to re-examine a well-established Western concep…
Arabs and 'Indo-Arabs' in Indonesia
This article outlines the origins, development and historical dynamics of Arabs in Indonesia and discusses responses of Indonesians, particularly Muslims, towards this group. It sketches a variety of Indonesia's Arabs-sadah and non-sadah alikeand their contributions to the shape of Indonesian Islam, Islamic cultures and Muslim politics. It also traces the roots of-and depicts the historical dynamics and changes-social relations and interactions b…
Saudi Arabia and Indonesian Networks
What is the relationship between Saudi Arabia and Indonesia? For centuries, Indonesians have travelled to Saudi Arabia and have been deeply involved in education, scholarship and the creation of centres for Islamic learning in the country. Yet the impact of this type of migration has not yet been the focus of scholarly research and little is known about the important intellectual connections that now exist. This book examines Indonesian education…
Islam, Travel, and Learning
This article focuses on the study of the relationship between Islam, travel, and learning by conducting a case study on Indonesian Muslim students who studied (or are studying) in Saudi Arabia. Specifically, it examines the changing dynamics of these students who traveled, immigrated to, and studied in Saudi Arabia in search of knowledge from previous centuries to the contemporary era. This article shows that Indonesian students in this peninsula…
Terrorism and Counterterrorism in Saudi Arabia
Since 2001, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been fighting domestic terrorism and adopting policies and strategies in countering radicalism and terrorism. How effective are these policies, strategies, and tactics in combating terrorist ideology, reducing the number of terrorist activists and sympathizers, as well as preventing terrorist acts in the Kingdom? Although the government’s roles and efforts in counterterrorism programs are fruitful and a…
Buddhism and worldliness in modern Taiwan
Buddhism has long been typified as an ascetic religion that puts emphasis on spirituality and otherworldliness. This article, examining the linkage between Buddhism and worldliness in contemporary Taiwan, challenges this conventional dominant view. Contrary to popular opinion, Taiwan has witnessed the emergence of the ‘earthly Buddha’, characterized by the desire to engage with worldly matters such as altruistic, capitalist, and economic activiti…
Saudi Arabia and Indonesian Networks
This article investigates Indonesian scholars educated in Saudi Arabia, both historically and in contemporary contexts, including those who pursued non-Islamic fields and developed academic careers within Saudi higher education. The study adopts a qualitative approach grounded in historical inquiry and literature-based research. It traces long-standing traditions of scholarly mobility from the Malay–Indonesian world to the Saudi Arabia, particula…
Islam, Muslim and Anthropology
Is there a link between Islam and anthropology?Is there a need for anthropological study of Islam and its adherents (Muslim societies)?This article discusses the connection between Islam and anthropology as well as the vitality of anthropology as a significant component of the study of Islam and Muslim societies across the world.Moreover, it tries to examine Muslim society-related issues and themes anthropology should focus on in order to grasp t…
Terrorism and Counter-terrorism in Saudi Arabia and Indonesia
Urgensi Agama dan Spiritualitas
Fenomena munculnya “agama publik” di berbagai negara, termasuk Indonesia, menunjukkan bahwa dunia agama dan spiritualitas tidak lenyap dari muka bumi. Artikel-artikel pada edisi ini melukiskan sebuah benang merah bahwa agama dan spiritualitas tetap dipandang dan diyakini sebagai entitas yang penting oleh (sebagian) masyarakat yang mampu dijadikan sebagai sumber inspirasi dan aktivitas positif baik dalam ruang yang lebih kecil (misalnya keluarga d…
Between Polygyny and Monogamy
Saudi Arabia has long been portrayed as a “hub of polygyny,” a practice of marriage in which a man marries several women simultaneously. However, my recent research among Saudi male youths suggest that this practice is waning nowadays. A younger generation in the Kingdom seems to prefer monogamy—a man marrying one wife—to polygamy for several essential reasons, factors and arguments. Based on interviews and conversations with a number of young Sa…
Polemics on smoking among Indonesian Muslims and Islamic organizations
Beyond Liberal Peace
Since the downfall of Suharto’s authoritarian government in 1998, Indonesia has witnessed a variety of violent conflicts, intergroup tensions and Islamist radicalism, which in turn pose threats to the country’s security, safety and peace. This article examines various forms of religious violence, particularly Islamist violence, and ways of overcoming them tactically or strategically in post-Suharto Indonesia. This article underscores the need to …
Connecting worlds
This article is a comparative study of Filipino and Indonesian migrant workers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It investigates how these two different transnational communities envisage their lives in the Kingdom. It examines (1) the historical dynamics and contemporary developments of Filipinos and Indonesians in Saudi Arabia, (2) the underlying motives, purposes and rationales of their sojourn and employment in the Kingdom, and (3) their percep…
Political science (24 works) · Law (22 works) · Sociology (20 works) · Asian Studies and History (19 works) · Islam (15 works) · Politics (14 works) · Islamic Studies and Radicalism (10 works) · Indonesian (9 works) · Law (9 works) · Philosophy (9 works)