%A - Sunarwoto
%J DIE WELT  DES  ISLAMS
%T Negotiating Salafī Islam and the State:
The Madkhaliyya in Indonesia
%X The focus of this article is on the Salafiyya-Madkhaliyya in Indonesia, which takes its
name from Saudi scholar Rabīʿ al-Madkhalī. After an account of how they emerged and
developed in Indonesia, the relationship of the Madkhalīs with the state, which is based
on a “fiqh of obedience”, is analyzed. It is argued that, while this legal underpinning
necessitates that they give total loyalty to the ruler (walī l-amr, or ūlū l-amr), the
Indonesian Madkhalīs are unable to entirely follow this principle. The Madkhalīs have
had to come to terms with the fact that Indonesia follows a democratic system, which,
in fact, prevents the comprehensive accommodation of their Salafī principles. The
resulting ambiguities prove difficult to solve. It is argued here that the negotiation
between Madkhalī Salafīs and the Indonesian state is characterized by the constant
efforts of the former to tackle those ambiguities.
%K Salafī Islam –
Salafism – Madkhaliyya – Indonesia – government – walī l-amr –
education – loyalism
%P 205-234
%D 2020
%L digilib57562