eprintid: 34976
rev_number: 9
eprint_status: archive
userid: 6
dir: disk0/00/03/49/76
datestamp: 2019-05-09 01:33:16
lastmod: 2019-05-09 01:33:16
status_changed: 2019-05-09 01:33:16
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Al Makin, .
title: Returning to the Religion of Abraham:
Controversies over the Gafatar Movement in
Contemporary Indonesia
ispublished: pub
subjects: agama200
divisions: artkl
full_text_status: public
keywords: Religion of Abraham
abstract: This article explores the idea of ‘Milah Abraham’, a term used and
advocated by Ahmad Mushaddeq and Mahful Muis, the founders of
Gafatar (Gerakan Fajar Nusantara/Archipelagic Dawn Movement).
Mahful Muis, a prominent companion of Mushaddeq, has written
many works about the idea of the religion of Abraham. This article
answers the questions of how the idea of Milah Abraham emerged,
and what are the implications of its emergence in the context of
plural Indonesian Islam. Based on interviews and the written works
of both Gafatar leaders, this study explores the idea of the religion
of Abraham and how it can go beyond Judaism, Christianity and
Islam to a new spirituality that combines the three religious
traditions. The idea of Milah Abraham not only offers a new
syncretism in the context of plural Indonesian Islam, but also
challenges the establishment of Islamic orthodoxy in the country.
Since the 1970s, the idea of returning to the religion of Abraham
has contributed to the discussion of pluralism among many
Indonesian Muslim intellectuals.
date: 2019-02-05
date_type: published
publication: ISLAM AND CHRISTIAN–MUSLIM RELATIONS
volume: 30
number: 1
publisher: Routledge
pagerange: 87-104
refereed: TRUE
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1080/09596410.2019.1570425
citation:   Al Makin, .  (2019) Returning to the Religion of Abraham: Controversies over the Gafatar Movement in Contemporary Indonesia.  ISLAM AND CHRISTIAN–MUSLIM RELATIONS, 30 (1).  pp. 87-104.      
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