This article discusses the identity politics of the Majelis Pengkajian Tauhid dan Tasawuf Indonesia (MPTTI) or the Indonesian Council for the Study of Tauhid and Tasawuf in nurturing piety among the Acehnese community. The MPTTI emphasizes the mystical realm of Islamic doctrines and has been considered to spread wujūdiyya or pantheistic ideas of God, which are regarded as deviant by the mainstream or fiqh-oriented groups. However, this organization was able to develop a Sufistic ideology in Aceh and introduced it to a broader audience at national and international levels. Viewed from the perspective of identity politics, this study argues that marginalization has led the MPTTI to fight for equality and challenge the mainstream groups. Meanwhile, the phenomenological approach was used by the study to highlight the identity politics of the MPTTI, which were also revealed to have been employed in religious, social, cultural, and political spheres. Consequently, the mainstream fiqh-oriented groups have gradually acknowledged the MPTTI’s effort to pursue equality, and this council has also successfully established political alliances with the government and other organizations.

<p><strong>Abstract:</strong> This article describes how negotiation between the Christian and Muslim students in public place at Langsa. The objectives of the study are twofold, namely: the reason of Christian students deciding Langsa as the place of study despite different social condition from their own place and the pattern of negotiation conducted by the Christian students. Negotiation identity theory and national choice theory are used to know the reason of Christian students pointing Langsa as the place of study. using qualitative method with the phenomenal approach, it is found that the tolerance and harmony interaction between Christian and Muslims student in public place at Langsa. The pattern of negotiation used in public place at Langsa is: functional biculturalism that respect the different identity. this pattern is more effective to gain the culture shock and get the interaction easily the Christian and Muslim students in public place at Langsa.</p><p><strong>Abstrak:</strong> Negosiasi Identitas Mahasiswa Kristen dengan Muslim dalam Interaksi antar Agama di Kota Langsa. Tulisan ini menjelaskan pengalaman mahasiswa Kristiani bernegosiasi dengan mahasiswa Muslim dalam ruang publik di Langsa. Mendasarkan pada ruang sosial yang berbeda dengan kondisi mahasiswa Kristiani, pembahasan dimaksudkan untuk mengungkap alasan mahasiswa Kristiani memilih kuliah di Langsa yang berbeda kondisi sosial dengan daerah asalnya. Dengan menggunakan metode kualitatif dan pendekatan fenomenologis, didapatkan sebuah gambaran interaksi yang toleran antara mahasiswa Muslim dan Kristiani dalam ruang publik di Langsa. Adapun bentuk pola negosiasi yang dilakukan dalam ruang publik yaitu bikultarisme fungsional dengan menghargai identitas yang berbeda dengan aktor. Pola ini dianggap lebih efektif untuk menyelesaikan keterkejutan terhadap budaya baru dan memudahkan berinteraksi mahasiswa Kristiani dan Muslim dalam ruang publik di Langsa.</p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> negotiation, identity, interaction, Muslim, Christian, public place</p>

This article examines the gender practices of a marginal community based on economic resilience among traditional women parking attendants in Aceh, Indonesia. It specifically aims to challenge the framing of prior scholarship, which generally states that the daily gender practice of the marginal Muslim community does not provide ample room for a woman’s autonomy. The data was collected using semi-structural interviews and non-participatory observations of ten traditional women parking attendants in Langsa, Aceh. Using the concepts of agency, the article shows the way the women of a marginal community formulate and redefine gender relations in their socio-cultural sphere. Finally, the finding shows the ambivalences and the contribution of the gender practice within the marginal community in Aceh over the enrichment of gender equality discourse in Muslim societies.==========================================================================================================ABSTRAK - Agensi Subaltern dan Resiliensi Ekonomi Kaum Marginal di Aceh. Artikel ini membahas praktik gender komunitas marjinal berdasarkan resiliensi ekonomi perempuan petugas parkirt radisional di Aceh, Indonesia. Secara spesifik, studi ini bertujuan menantang pembingkaian kesarjanaan terdahulu yang mayoritas menyatakan praktik gender sehari-hari komunitas Muslim marjinal tidak memberi ruang memadai terhadap otonomi perempuan. Data dikumpulkan melalui wawancara semi terstruktur dan observasi non-partisipatoris terhadap sepuluh petugas parkir perempuan tradisional di Langsa, Aceh. Hasil analisis dengan konsep agensi, tulisan ini memperlihatkan cara dimana perempuan pada komunitas marjinal memformulasi dan meredefinisirelasi gender dalam ruang sosio-kulturalnya. Temuan kajian juga memperlihatkan ambivalensi dan kontribusi praktik gender dalam komunitas marjinal di Aceh terhadap pengayaan wacana kesetaraan gender dalam masyarakat Muslim.