Political Islam: Global and Local Manifestations and Challenges

Report on the LMEI's one-week intensive course on political Islam at SOAS (March 23-27, 2009

IMPLEMENTATION OF SIKOLA AMMA BAPA TO IMPROVE POSITIVE PARENTING COMPETENCE FOR ISLAMIC ACTIVISTS

Violence against children continues to increase and needs the appropriate prevention for families who are vulnerable to get violence. This service research applied the treatment of the educational model in the form of Sikola Amma Bapa to the parents or caregivers to get positive parenting competencies. This research was conducted in Gowa Regency for six months, from March to August 2020, where 15 samples were selected with purposive sampling techniques. The data collection instrument used was a parenting competency scale, adapted from the Mindfulness in Parenting Questionnaire (MIPQ) by McCaffrey and was added by some specific parenting competency items based on the Sikola Amma Bapa module. Pre- and post-test data were evaluated using inferential analysis of paired sample t-tests. The results showed that the application of Sikola Amma Bapa became effective. The model can increase the competence of care for Islamic activists in assisting vulnerable families who get violent in the Gowa regency as proven by p = 0.000 (p 0.001). The data showed a very significant difference between the pre-test and the post-test; the average after-treatment (post-test value) is 143.6667, which is higher than the treatment (pre-test value) of 107.0067. Abstrak: Kekerasan pada anak terus mengalami peningkatan sehingga diperlukan pencegahan secara tepat yang menyasar keluarga yang rentan kekerasan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menerapkan perlakuan model pendidikan dalam bentuk Sikola Amma Bapa bagi orangtua/pengasuh agar membentuk kompetensi pengasuhan positif. Penelitian dilaksanakan di Kabupaten Gowa selama enam bulan dengan melibatkan sampel sebanyak 15 orang yang dipilih dengan teknik purposive sampling. Instrumen pengumpulan data yang digunakan berupa skala kompetensi pengasuhan yang diadaptasi dari Mindfulness in Parenting Questionnaire (MIPQ) dari McCaffrey dengan menambahkan item kompetensi pengasuhan secara spesifik yang sesuai dengan modul Sikola Amma Bapa. Data dianalisis menggunakan analisis inferensial paired sample t-test dengan bantuan komputerisasi. Hasil dalam penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penerapan Sikola Amma Bapa dapat meningkatkan kompetensi pengasuhan pada aktivis Islam dalam mendampingi keluarga yang rentan kekerasan di Kabupaten Gowa. Hal itu dibuktikan dari nilai p = 0.000 (p < 0.001) menunjukkan ada perbedaan sangat signifikan nilai sebelum dan setelah perlakuan dimana rata-rata nilai setelah perlakuan sebesar 143,6667 lebih tinggi dibanding nilai sebelum perlakuan sebesar 107,0067.Kekerasan pada anak terus mengalami peningkatan sehingga diperlukan pencegahan secara tepat yang menyasar keluarga yang rentan kekerasan. Penelitian pengabdian ini menerapkan perlakuan model pendidikan atau pendidikan dalam bentuk sikola amma bapa bagi orangtua/pengasuh agar memiliki kompetensi pengasuhan postif. Penelitian dilaksanakan di Kabupaten Gowa selama enam bulan yaitu bulan Maret – Agustus 2020 melibatkan sample sebanyak 15 yang dipilih dengan teknik purposive sampling. Instrumen pengumpulan data yang digunakan berupa skala kompetensi pengasuhan yang diadaptasi dari Mindfulness in Parenting Questionnaire (MIPQ) dari McCaffrey yang penulis tambah item kompetensi pengasuhan secara spesifik yang sesuai dengan modul Sikola Amma Bapa. Data pre dan posttes dianalisis menggunakan analisis inferensial paired sample t-test dengan bantuan komputerisasi. Hasil dalam penelitian menunjukkan penerapan sikola amma bapa efektif meningkatkan kompetensi pengasuhan pada aktivis Islam dalam mendampingi keluarga yang rentan kekerasan di Kabupaten Gowa. Hal itu dibuktikan dari nilai p = 0.000 (p < 0.001) menunjukkan ada perbedaan sangat signifikan nilai pre dengan posttest dimana rata-rata setelah perlakuan (nilai posttest) sebesar 143,6667 lebih tinggi dibanding sebelum perlakuan (nilai pretest) sebesar 107,0067

ISU TERORISME DALAM PEMBERITAAN DI INTERNET

Writers interested in the theme of terrorism because disturbed by an issue that is circulating in the media when Islam is imaged as if the religion of the terrorists. Particularly in the online media that is currently accessible by anyone, anytime, and anywhere. Moving on from the inconvenience of this, the authors decided to take the research that motivated ghirah as a Muslim. But still based on objectivity by reason and conception can be justified scientifically. In this study, the author uses descriptive quantitative research methods to determine the issue of terrorism is there any influence spread across the internet through reports in Islampos.com and Viva.co.id against Islamic activists at the Sebelas Maret University. As well as to determine the response of Islamic activist at the Sebelas Maret University regarding the news about terrorism in Islampos.com and Viva.co.id. Both of these issues into the primary root of the discussion in the present study. The results show the relevance of the issue of terrorism which is spreading in online media does not have significant influence to Islamic activists at the Sebelas Maret University. It is inseparable from the meaning of the term terrorism equation itself is described at the beginning of the questionnaire items. What they do is contrary to the activities of the terrorists. Islampos.com received more positive responses then the Viva.co.id. Based on the results for using Internet, the majority of Islamic activists Sebelas Maret University is not too often and not too infrequently for accessing information and news on the Internet. Keyword : online media, terrorism, students of Islamic activists

Media and the War on Terror: a Case Study of Islamic News Magazine Reporting in the Transition Indonesia

This research looks at the representation of recent terrorist attacks in Indonesian Islamic news media within a context of cultural and social transition. It is based on an understanding that modern terrorism is formed in relation to the media and global networked media systems. Terrorism can be considered to be a stage upon which political ‘drama' is performed for specific audiences, (national or International publics, particular groups or individuals, or political elites). In this context, the news media play a crucial role in distributing the message to the audience. At the same time, the way the news media represent the issue is influenced by the cultural, political, economic and social conditions in which the political violence is being played out

Salafi Islamic piety as civic activism: Wahdah Islamiyah and differentiated citizenship in Indonesia

Islamic renewal is having a considerable impact on politics and society in Indonesia. This article discusses the way in which Islamic movements shape the nature and interpretation of citizenship by focusing on Wahdah Islamiyah, a Salafi organisation with over 120 branches nationwide. By examining how Wahdah Islamiyah promotes an idea of citizenship amongst followers and the community, it seeks to show how Islamic and national identities can overlap. Wahdah Islamiyah does not see Indonesian nationalism as anathema to adherence to strict Islamic faith; instead they have been actively synthesising Islamic identity with national pride, often using the ‘secular’ terminology of state, citizenship and security to do so. Yet, Wahdah Islamiyah’s interpretation of citizenship differentiates between Muslim and non-Muslim Indonesians. They inevitably aim to foreground the position of Sunni Muslims by calling on the state and civil society to regulate public spaces to free them from non-Muslim elements

The Rupture of Young Muslim Intelligentsia in the Modernization of Indonesia

In March 1966, Army Chief of Staff Soeharto rose to power, taking control of the Indonesian Government. Soeharto's 'New Order' regime inherited a plethora of economic, political and social problems. The New Order came to the conclusion that these crises had evolved as a result of the previous regime's neglect of the economy and lack of concern for social welfare. Economic recovery was viewed as a priority by the new regime for it would tum the attention of the people from politics to the economy thus changing the national outlook from 'politik-sebagai-panglinta'(politics as commander) - as practiced during the Old Order - to 'ekonomi-sebagai-panglima' (economy as commander).DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v12i3.58

Islam: región MENA y métodos de investigación

The distinction between normative and objective knowledge and how social scientist imagine that their research is solely built on objectivity is currently being challenged especially in the political science field. If we take culture as an example and more specifically the question of identity and identity politics in the Middle East, we will find that the current modus operandi in political science research is distancing itself from objective knowledge because of the increased focus in the field on quantification. Whether one analyzes the work of Telhami on Identity in the Middle East, or Lynch’s “The Arab Uprisings Explained”, one will find that they all reflect on the academic conundrum that the field is facing.La distinción entre el conocimiento normativo y el conocimiento objetivo, así como el modo en que los científicos sociales imaginan su investigación en términos o no de objetividad, es algo que viene discutiéndose actualmente, especialmente en el campo de la ciencia política. Considerando la cultura y, más específicamente, la cuestión de la identidad y las políticas de identidad en Oriente Medio, encontramos que el modus operandi actual en la investigación de la ciencia política se está alejando del conocimiento objetivo debido al mayor enfoque en el campo de la cuantificación. Si uno analiza el trabajo de Telhami sobre Identidad en Oriente Medio, o bien las razones de los llamados “levantamientos” árabes de Lynch, encontrará que todos ellos cuestionan el rango académico del campo de estudio

Active Resistors: The Women of Post-Revolution Iran

In this paper, I challenge the notion that Muslim or Middle Eastern women are passive acceptors of discrimination. After examining how Iranian women resisted governmental discrimination following the 1979 Iranian Revolution, I consider a number of factors that may have led to the reversal of some of these discriminatory policies in the 1990’s. How much of an effect did women’s demands for equality have on the government’s decisions? This question of effectiveness introduces a longtime debate between Islamic feminists, who advocate for working with the theocratic government and using Islam to frame their demands for equality, and secular feminists, who advocate for using legal and political systems to reach a similar goal. Following a critical evaluation of each approach, the question evolves into whether a radical or a resonant frame is more effective. After taking into account the masculinity and power complexes of government leaders, I suggest that a resonant approach is in a unique position to successfully manipulate the government, which could lead to the reversal of discriminatory policies. However, the women’s rights movement will be most powerful if the two sides put aside their differences and unite in the fight against discrimination