The Middle-Class Muslims’ Responses Toward the Salafi Da’wah: A Study on Hijrah celebrities

This study unravels how Indonesian celebrities who submitted to Salafi Islam (popularly called hijra celebrities) responded to some notable Salafi teachings. Like in many Muslim countries, such as Türkiye, Pakistan, and Egypt, Salafism is increasingly attracting followers from the middle class who t...

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Main Authors: Oki Setiana Dewi, Ahmad Khoirul Fata, Mahfudh Fauzi
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Language:English
Published: Universitas Gadjah Mada 2024-05-01
Series:JSP: Jurnal Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik
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Online Access:https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/jsp/article/view/72138
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description This study unravels how Indonesian celebrities who submitted to Salafi Islam (popularly called hijra celebrities) responded to some notable Salafi teachings. Like in many Muslim countries, such as Türkiye, Pakistan, and Egypt, Salafism is increasingly attracting followers from the middle class who then express their Salafism in public visibility, or called “active piety”. The data for this article was collected through in-depth interviews with Salafi preachers (dais) and celebrities who actively participated in the Islamic meetings held or taught by these preachers. This study uses a cultural studies approach, in which Hall's theory of encoding-decoding is used to analyse the active role of hijrah celebrities in receiving messages conveyed by Salafi preachers. This study reveals that the Salafi preachers used the educational approach in their propagation (da’wah) through religious education forums using clear guideline books. Meanwhile, the celebrities’ responses toward this Salafi propagation varied, i.e., dominant hegemony, negotiation, and opposition, with negotiation being the most frequent. In general, the celebrities accepted the Islamic teachings from their Salafi teachers, except for several issues that they considered less relevant to their lives. This study also found the fact that the hijrah celebrities, as recipients of information, did not passively receive information, but they classified, selected, and utilised the information received from the Salafi preachers and adapted it to their needs.
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spelling doaj-art-d6e2a0780a204db1a7a161158efff1c12025-08-20T02:09:52ZengUniversitas Gadjah MadaJSP: Jurnal Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik1410-49462502-78832024-05-0127327729010.22146/jsp.7213835884The Middle-Class Muslims’ Responses Toward the Salafi Da’wah: A Study on Hijrah celebritiesOki Setiana Dewi0Ahmad Khoirul Fata1Mahfudh Fauzi2Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, IndonesiaInstitut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Sultan Amai Gorontalo, IndonesiaInstitut Daarul Qur’an (IDAQU) Tangerang, IndonesiaThis study unravels how Indonesian celebrities who submitted to Salafi Islam (popularly called hijra celebrities) responded to some notable Salafi teachings. Like in many Muslim countries, such as Türkiye, Pakistan, and Egypt, Salafism is increasingly attracting followers from the middle class who then express their Salafism in public visibility, or called “active piety”. The data for this article was collected through in-depth interviews with Salafi preachers (dais) and celebrities who actively participated in the Islamic meetings held or taught by these preachers. This study uses a cultural studies approach, in which Hall's theory of encoding-decoding is used to analyse the active role of hijrah celebrities in receiving messages conveyed by Salafi preachers. This study reveals that the Salafi preachers used the educational approach in their propagation (da’wah) through religious education forums using clear guideline books. Meanwhile, the celebrities’ responses toward this Salafi propagation varied, i.e., dominant hegemony, negotiation, and opposition, with negotiation being the most frequent. In general, the celebrities accepted the Islamic teachings from their Salafi teachers, except for several issues that they considered less relevant to their lives. This study also found the fact that the hijrah celebrities, as recipients of information, did not passively receive information, but they classified, selected, and utilised the information received from the Salafi preachers and adapted it to their needs.https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/jsp/article/view/72138middle-class muslimsactive receptionhijrah celebritiessalafi propagationsunnah islamic study club
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The Middle-Class Muslims’ Responses Toward the Salafi Da’wah: A Study on Hijrah celebrities
JSP: Jurnal Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik
middle-class muslims
active reception
hijrah celebrities
salafi propagation
sunnah islamic study club
title The Middle-Class Muslims’ Responses Toward the Salafi Da’wah: A Study on Hijrah celebrities
title_full The Middle-Class Muslims’ Responses Toward the Salafi Da’wah: A Study on Hijrah celebrities
title_fullStr The Middle-Class Muslims’ Responses Toward the Salafi Da’wah: A Study on Hijrah celebrities
title_full_unstemmed The Middle-Class Muslims’ Responses Toward the Salafi Da’wah: A Study on Hijrah celebrities
title_short The Middle-Class Muslims’ Responses Toward the Salafi Da’wah: A Study on Hijrah celebrities
title_sort middle class muslims responses toward the salafi da wah a study on hijrah celebrities
topic middle-class muslims
active reception
hijrah celebrities
salafi propagation
sunnah islamic study club
url https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/jsp/article/view/72138
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