Ustadz Abdul Somad and the Future of Online Da’wa in Indonesia

Ridho, Miftahur

doi:10.21093/bijis.v1i2.1578

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“…Because people are sociable and essential netizens, da'wah is regarded as a significant success on the internet (McClure, 2017;Ridho, 2019). The media has a powerful force to control any dimension of human life.…”

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Cyber Fatwa and Da'wah Acceptance in New Media: How Technology Affects Religious Message by Female Ulama

Subchi

Kusmana

Zulkifli

et al. 2022

AHKAM:Jurnal Ilmu Syariah

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Through religious activities in cyberspace, new media has become one of the enabling reasons for the emergence of female ulama. It has created a channel for them to exhibit their identity and compete as religious preachers. Numerous Islamic studies organizations and societies have developed on social media, along with religious leaders who use the platform to disseminate Islamic learning activities across various social media channels, increasingly highlighting the signals of religious populism. This study employs a quantitative approach to assess female ulama's acceptance of new media by distributing online questionnaires to Islamic University civitas academia. The research model comprises eleven potential relationship paths based on the Technology Acceptance Model theory. There haven't been many studies on the acceptance of technology in religious affairs in Indonesia. An important finding is that the respondents' social influence does not affect the use of new media to access the female ulama lecture. The popularity of female scholars in presenting religious messages through modern media is currently acceptable. This study concludes that even in a homogeneous atmosphere, the female ulama remains unpopular; this may be attributed to the female scholar's continued use of the traditional approach in her lectures. Based on the result, a modern approach to delivering a religious message is needed to solve the issue and improve da'wah's impact and a cyber fatwa by female ulama in contemporary Indonesia. Abstrak:Melalui aktivitas keagamaan di dunia maya, media baru menjadi salah satu alasan yang memungkinkan munculnya ulama perempuan dan telah menciptakan saluran bagi mereka untuk menunjukkan identitasnya dan bersaing sebagai pendakwah. Banyak organisasi dan masyarakat pengkaji Islam telah berkembang di media sosial, bersama dengan para pemimpin agama yang menggunakan platform untuk menyebarluaskan kegiatan pembelajaran Islam di berbagai saluran media sosial, semakin menyoroti sinyal populisme agama. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif untuk menilai penerimaan ulama perempuan terhadap media baru dengan menyebarkan kuesioner online kepada civitas akademika Universitas Islam. Model penelitian ini terdiri dari sebelas jalur hipotesa berdasarkan teori Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). Belum banyak penelitian tentang penerimaan teknologi dalam urusan keagamaan di Indonesia. Temuan penelitian ini adalah bahwa pengaruh sosial dari responden ini tidak mempengaruhi penggunaan media baru untuk mengakses ceramah ulama perempuan. Popularitas ulama perempuan dalam menyampaikan pesan-pesan keagamaan melalui media modern saat ini dapat diterima. Studi ini menyimpulkan bahwa bahkan dalam suasana homogen, ulama perempuan tetap tidak populer; ini mungkin disebabkan oleh penggunaan pendekatan tradisional yang terus menerus oleh cendekiawan perempuan dalam penyampaian dakwah dan fatwanya. Berdasarkan hasil tersebut, diperlukan pendekatan modern dalam penyampaian pesan agama untuk memperbaiki situasi dan meningkatkan dampak dakwah dan fatwa siber oleh ulama perempuan di Indonesia saat ini.

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Section: It and New Media Important Role In The Delivery Of Cyber Fat...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Cyber Fatwa and Da'wah Acceptance in New Media: How Technology Affects Religious Message by Female Ulama

Subchi

Kusmana

Zulkifli

et al. 2022

AHKAM:Jurnal Ilmu Syariah

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“…This strategy of enabling its audience to create and share user-generated content has proven successful. Abdul Somad was able to secure millions of online viewers, and this helped him increase the proliferation of his sermons relatively inexpensively (Ridho, 2019).…”

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Digital-Based Literacy Analysis of Religious Moderation: Study on Public Higher Education Students

Sahlan

Sari²,

Sa’diyah

2022

Progresiva

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The purpose of this study was to find out the sources of religious Literacy for Private College students in Bekasi City based on increasing their religious insight, as well as to find out which sources were related to religious moderation. The digital-based religious literacy sources referred to in this study are religious sources and networks of religious resources commonly accessed by students to increase religious insight and knowledge. This study uses a descriptive quantitative approach with survey—research data collection by questionnaire, using google form. Document data or questionnaires are analyzed for their content to conclude reflectively. The results showed 1) the enthusiasm of students in finding sources of digital-based religious literacy was tremendous, students tended to seek religious information of their choice through the Internet and social media they had, including surfing on Google, Instagram, Youtube, Facebook, WhatsApp, Tiktok, and religious websites. 2) religious literacy is chosen by students seeking religious insight through the preacher who is active in cyberspace because they consider listening to lectures via the Internet to be practical, easy to obtain, and easy to understand the contents of the lectures. 3) the platforms or websites they visit tend to be mainstream lecturers. Therefore, it is necessary to pay special attention to the rectorate and the Ministry of Religion to explore the contents accessed by students to create religious moderation among students.

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“…Many studies on these two figures exist, especially UAS whose appearance and popularity are better known than Gus Baha (Uswatun, Usman. 2020;Qarni, Waizul., Syahnan, Mhd., Harahap 2019;Ridho 2019;Zahidi, Salman., Ikmal 2019;Yanuar 2020;Sholihah, Nur., Isti'anah, Zahro'ul., Hakamah 2019). The [ 117 ] emphasis of both studies highly relies on the rhetoric of da'wah and the use of social media in the dissemination of religious lectures.…”

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Ahlus Sunnah Views of COVID-19 in Social Media: The Islamic Preaching by Gus Baha and Abdus Somad

Qudsy

Fawaid²,

Muzakky

2021

al-albab

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The Covid-19 pandemic, which occurred in line with the massive transformation of digital media, was a significant moment that enabled diverse Islamic preachers to use media to advance their own interests. However, little has been discussed regarding the religious responses to the COVID-19 performed by Ahlus Sunnah community members or those who are not inclined to participate in radical activities. By analyzing two important Ahlus Sunnah figures, Gus Baha and Abdus Somad, this article focuses on the group’s COVID-19 views on social media, which represents their motives, perspectives, strategies, and theological views to encourage Muslims to have certain mindsets on the virus. Given that Abdul Somad Official account around $1400- 21,700 per month with 950 thousand subscribers and Gus Baha Official account around $5-75 with 500 thousand subscribers, this article investigates their religious/ theological perspectives on COVID-19 and the extent to which they represent religious moderate viewpoints as the solution of the COVID-19. It argues that their YouTube or Facebook channels have enabled the birth of religious moderate arguments on COVID-19 rooted in the Ahlus Sunnah movement. Unlike well-established scientific perspectives on Covid-19 that spread out through official government channels or television, Gus Baha and Abdus Somad’s viewpoints have been relatively independent from medical networks, but highly dependent on Ahlus Sunnah movements. With a high number of offline and online followers, it demonstrates the potential of their status as religious influencers on COVID-19 based on Ahlus Sunnah viewpoints in Indonesia.

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Ustadz Abdul Somad and the Future of Online Da’wa in Indonesia

Cited by 4 publications

References 2 publications

Cyber Fatwa and Da'wah Acceptance in New Media: How Technology Affects Religious Message by Female Ulama

Cyber Fatwa and Da'wah Acceptance in New Media: How Technology Affects Religious Message by Female Ulama

Digital-Based Literacy Analysis of Religious Moderation: Study on Public Higher Education Students

Ahlus Sunnah Views of COVID-19 in Social Media: The Islamic Preaching by Gus Baha and Abdus Somad

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