Abstract
Indonesian Islam has become the point of contestation of ideologies, particularly between the so-called globally-inspired and locallyrooted views of Islam. This article deals with the Salafism struggle in da’wah on the airwaves through the radio as locally rooted in Indonesia with a special reference to the Salafi radio highly popular in Batam of Riau, Hang Radio. It analyzes two main issues, first on the growth of religious thinking in Indonesian Islam and its relationship with media propaganda, and second on the Salafi struggle for Islamic identity by means of broadcasting through radio. It argues that through the radio the Salafists implement their ideology as part of their socio-religious identity in a public sphere. Through a hermeneutical-phenomology analaysis, this article finds that the Salafism struggle of Islamic identity by means of radio is fragmented rather than cohesive and solid. Moreover, this struggle is not immune to capitalism. Above all, this struggle is also influenced by transnational and local elements. Islam Indonesia telah menjadi topik kontestasi ideologi, khususnya antara pandangan tentang Islam yang terinspirasi global dan pandangan yang berakar dari lokal. Artikel ini fokus pada perjuangan dakwah kelompok Salafi melalui Radio di Batam Riau yakni Hang Radio. Artikel ini menganalisis dua isu utama, pertama tentang perkembangan pemikiran keagamaam di Indonesia dan hubungannya dengan propaganda media, dan kedua tentang perjuangan identitas Islam Salafi melalui radio. Artikel ini menjelaskan bahwa melalui radio kelompok Salafi mengimplementasikan ideologi mereka sebagai bagian dari identitas sosial-keagamaannya di ruang publik. Melalui analisis hermeneutis-fenomologi, artikel ini menemukan bahwa perjuangan identitas Islam Salafi melalui radio lebih terfragmentasi ketimbang kohesif dan solid. Apalagi perjuangan ini tidak kebal terhadap kapitalisme. Lebih dari itu, perjuangan ini juga dipengaruhi oleh unsur transnasional dan lokal.
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Masduki, Muzakki, A., Rosidi, I., & Hartono, T. (2022). Islam on the air: the struggle for Salafism through radio in Indonesia. Indonesian Journal of Islam and Muslim Societies, 12(1), 59–84. https://doi.org/10.18326/ijims.v12i1.59-84
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