Muslim communities’ identity transformation through the pela gandong ritual communication in Moluccas Immanuel Church, Indonesia

Sulaeman, Sulaeman; Ridwan, Muhammad; Sulastri, Irta; Banawi, Anasufi; Salam, Nur; Darma, Darma; Kasim, Eman Wahyudi

doi:10.1007/s11562-022-00489-3

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“…Interviews with villagers found that they tend to see religious differences as part of cultural diversity and kinship, not as a source of conflict. It aligns with previous studies, which show that the same clan or family origin can help reduce tensions between religious groups and create peaceful coexistence (Purba, 2022;Ridwan et al, 2023;Sulaeman et al, 2023Sulaeman et al, , 2022.…”

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Harmony in Diversity: An Exploration of Peaceful Coexistence between Muslim and Christian Communities in Aceh, Indonesia

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In this age of globalization and social complexity, the peaceful coexistence of Muslim and Christian Communities in Pertabas Village, Simpang Kanan District, Aceh Singkil District is an important research topic. This study investigates the factors influencing peaceful coexistence between Muslim and Christian communities and identifies effective strategies and approaches to promote religious tolerance and harmony in Pertabas Village. The research method is a qualitative case study involving interviews, observation, and documentation. Significant findings indicate that cooperation in education, economy, and social affairs are concrete manifestations of civil coexistence between Muslim and Christian communities in Pertabas Village. In support of peaceful coexistence between Muslim and Christian communities are the role of the government, clans' similarities, and economic ties. This study contributes to how cooperation and mutual respect between religious groups can form harmonious social and religious relations by encouraging additional research on the factors that influence the establishment of peaceful coexistence in a society with multiple religions. Further research can be conducted to deepen the understanding of the factors that influence the peaceful coexistence of Muslims and Christians in other areas.

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Harmony in Diversity: An Exploration of Peaceful Coexistence between Muslim and Christian Communities in Aceh, Indonesia

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“…This study is based on a phenomenological perspective (Schutz, 1972) with a qualitative method (Sulaeman et al, 2022;Tasleem, Mohd & Nor, 2020) through a subjective interpretive paradigm. The phenomenological perspective is used to explore the involvement of Muslim communities in the Immanuel Church.…”

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“…Experience is a necessary subjective experience (Nurdin, Sulaeman & Ridwan, 2022) and exerts a remarkable impact (Ghahari et al, 2020) that elucidates the meaning of a phenomenon (Sulastri et al, 2022). In terms of subjective experiences, meaning is "knowledge [that] contains information from individual experiences" (Sulaeman et al, 2022). The meaning of the experience of Muslim communities engaging in cross-religious ritual will change based on participants' subjective perspective.…”

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“…Phenomenology describes the reasons and purpose of involvement as a result of construction that develops alongside life experiences (Sulaeman et al, 2022;Tasleem, Mohd & Nor, 2020), which implies that involvement is a product of construction that is rooted in knowledge of cross-religious ritual. Meaning in uences the disclosure of why Muslim communities are involved.…”

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Cross-Religious Rituals in the Moluccas, Indonesia

Ridwan¹,

Sulaeman²,

Nurdin³

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The cross-religious communities (Muslim-Christian communities) in the Moluccas, Indonesia, have various local traditions manifested by kinship ties. Kinship values have become a model for identity in building harmonious relationships. This study examines the reasons for Muslim communities’ involvement in rituals carried out by Immanuel Church. The data were obtained qualitatively through several informal conversational interviews from the perspective of the ritual process (Turner 1962,1969), and phenomenology (Schutz, 1972). The study finds that involvement begins with taking the “pela” oath as part of the Muslim community and participation in the cross-religious pela gandong through traditional values based on kinship, diversity, equality, and togetherness. To assert self-identity, cross-religious communities engage in traditional rituals (tambourine–totobuang collaboration, using gandong cloth, lesso dancing, and eating patita) and religious rituals (chanting of the call to prayer and Rawi barzanji). The subjective experience of cross-religious ritual involvement includes ignorance, traps, encounters and relationships, and acceptance of diversity. Participants are motivated by the goals of self-identity proof and kinship search for the meaning of theological pluralism, which allows peaceful coexistence through cross-religious civic pluralism. This study contributes to realizing cross-religious harmonization through discussing the search for religious meaning in the hopes of making it possible to live together peacefully through kinship ties. Strengthening kinship is very important because it tends to lower incidences of cross-religious conflict. This contribution offers religious accommodation opportunities and ways to avoid cross-religious tensions.

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“…T h e s u b j e c t 's e x p e r i e n c e h a s meaning for pertinent issues, and the experience is supposed to be continuous (Goldthorpe, 2014;Sulaeman et al, 2022).…”

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Experience of the Muslim Community Resistance During COVID-19 in Moluccas, Indonesia

Ridwan¹,

Sulaeman²,

Gani³

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The empirical analysis of this article presents an interpretation of religious attitudes expressed during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Muslim communities in Moluccas, Indonesia. The article explains religious experiences and the meanings of their resistance to COVID-19. Various measures to respond to the pandemic have created resistance in religious communities globally. As a result, there have been violations of health protocols, including in Indonesia. Data were obtained through interviews and observations around Ambon City, Moluccas, Indonesia. The data were analyzed through qualitative methods and constructivist paradigms based on a phenomenological perspective, especially a social constructionist perspective. This article explains the role that phenomenological and religious studies of resistance can play in understanding effective public health management and improving the government’s policies and the pandemic health protocols. Subjective experiences occurred in religious worship, community homes, educational institutions, and rituals amid uncertain information and political polarization. The results indicate that resistance encompasses planning, fraud, global disasters, negative labeling, panic, anxiety, and fear. Resistance will have an impact and become necessary due to the involvement of individuals; this affects daily life for religious belief and coping with fear, panic, and uncertainty of COVID-19. This article will benefit Muslim communities’ subjective experiences regarding resistance during the COVID-19 pandemic and encourage further research.

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Muslim communities’ identity transformation through the pela gandong ritual communication in Moluccas Immanuel Church, Indonesia

Cited by 5 publications

References 72 publications

Harmony in Diversity: An Exploration of Peaceful Coexistence between Muslim and Christian Communities in Aceh, Indonesia

Harmony in Diversity: An Exploration of Peaceful Coexistence between Muslim and Christian Communities in Aceh, Indonesia

Cross-Religious Rituals in the Moluccas, Indonesia

Experience of the Muslim Community Resistance During COVID-19 in Moluccas, Indonesia

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