This seminar will start with a number issues which form provides the necessary background to this seminar, namely: motives for the study of Islam in Indonesia in the past and in the present; Colonial and post-colonial representations of Islam in Indonesia; the relationship between Islam and the Indonesian state; and the concept of fatwa.
After these introductory meetings the remainder of the meetings of the seminar will be devoted to the study of fatwas in 20th century Indonesia in order to understand how fatwas interact with social, political and other notions, and how they contribute to the dissemination of religious authority.
A detailed programme with additional reading will be available at the first meeting of the seminar.
Timetable
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Method of Instruction
Presentations and tutorials
Course objectives
To understand the interconnections of religious norms with social and political notions.
Required reading
M.B. Hooker, Indonesian Islam: Social change through contemporary fatâwâ, Honolulu: University of Hawai’I Press, 2003
Nico J.G. Kaptein and Michael Laffan (eds.), Fatwâs in Indonesia (theme issue Islamic Law and Society Vol. 12 no. 1, 2005).
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Examination
The 10 ECTS for this seminar will be obtained after having fulfilled the following manner:
- Attendance of the meetings;
- Preparation of meetings, which includes the thorough reading of the literature for each meeting and the preparation of three written questions related to this literature. These three questions should be submitted ultimately one day prior to the day on which the seminar takes place, not later than 9.30 h.;
- Oral introduction/presentation linked to one of the meetings;
- Written paper on one particular fatwa (chosen in consultation with the teacher) not exceeding 5000 words.
Information
Dr N.J.G. Kaptein
Department of Languages and Cultures of the Middle East
Nonnensteeg 1-3, room 523
2311 VJ Leiden
tel.: 071-5272419
telefax: 071-5274162
Blackboard/webpage
Overview
A detailed overview will be handed out to the students at the beginning of the course.
Remarks
Registration via U-twist.
Admission requirements
Students who specialize in Islam in Indonesia are advised to follow this seminar.