Middle-class Muslims piety festival in Indonesia Islamic contemporary

Authors

  • Abd. Aziz Faiz Department of Sociology of Religion, Faculty of Ushuluddin and Islamic Thought, Universitas Islam Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta
  • Muthi’ah Zuhrotunnisa Department of Sociology of Religion, Faculty of Ushuluddin and Islamic Thought, Universitas Islam Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta
  • Subkhani Kusuma Dewi School of Social Scieces, Western Sydney University, Sydney
  • Zulfan Nabrisah Department of Islamic Community Development, Faculty of Dakwah, UIN Kiai Haji Achmad Siddiq, Jember

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24090/ibda.v21i2.6859

Keywords:

Islamic ethics, middle-class Muslims, cultivation, piety festival

Abstract

The public sphere in Indonesia features prominent piety demonstrations among middle-class Muslims, showcasing religious performances like al-Quran recitation competitions, Islamic films, and the selection of Muslim ambassadors, which collectively color the Islamic public sphere. Previous studies of middle-class Muslims and their religious practices have closely related to a perspective of the commodification of religion. Therefore, this study aims to provide another perspective on the practice of festival piety as a part of efforts to standardize their piety. This research focused on Putri Muslimah, Muslimah Preneur, and Duta Santri events. This research uses a qualitative-descriptive approach with a live-online observation method at the three festivals. The obtained data were analyzed and interpreted using a festival piety concept. It found three findings. First, Puteri Muslimah Indonesia, Duta Santri, and Muslimah Preneur are the locus for forming and demonstrating the piety of middle-class Muslims. Second, piety in the three festivals is a form of cultivation in which one is defined through a compromise of Islamic normativity and class composition. Third, practicing festival piety in the three festivals revives Islamic norms in dressing and class intervention through public spectacles. These findings demonstrate a new explanation of the standardization of Islamic ethics through the operation of Islamic normativity in class ideology.

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2023-09-14

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Faiz, A. A., Zuhrotunnisa, M., Dewi, S. K., & Nabrisah, Z. (2023). Middle-class Muslims piety festival in Indonesia Islamic contemporary. IBDA` : Jurnal Kajian Islam Dan Budaya, 21(2), 169–186. https://doi.org/10.24090/ibda.v21i2.6859

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