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Understanding the Oppressed: a Study of the Ahmadiyah and Their Strategies for Overcoming Adversity in Contemporary Indonesia
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Abstract The Ahmadiyah is a highly controversial Islamic reformist movement that is persecuted throughout the Muslim world. In Indonesia, the movement’s situation has become increasingly precarious with the growth of conservative Islam. This article examines the everyday experiences of oppression suffered b... view more
The Ahmadiyah is a highly controversial Islamic reformist movement that is persecuted throughout the Muslim world. In Indonesia, the movement’s situation has become increasingly precarious with the growth of conservative Islam. This article examines the everyday experiences of oppression suffered by individual Ahmadis at the hands of the
state and their Muslim opponents in Indonesia, and looks at their responses to these experiences. I found that Ahmadis employ six diverse strategies to emotionally, socially, and spiritually withstand adversity. These strategies are conceptualised under the following labels: ‘Fortitude through faith and spirituality’, ‘Rationalising oppression’, ‘Ideological
manoeuvring’, ‘Acts of resistance’, ‘Harmonising identity’, and ‘Satisfying the need to belong’. I argue that the agency of Indonesian Ahmadis is
embedded in these strategies, which mitigate their suffering, and at times seek to change oppressive social environments. (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
Indonesia; Islam; Islamic society; religious group; religious movement; oppression; discrimination; human rights; rights of personal liberty; civil rights; exclusion; social integration; minority; minority rights; Southeast Asia
Classification
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology
Sociology of Religion
Free Keywords
Ahmadiyah; Ahmadiyya
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 29-58
Journal
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 35 (2016) 1
ISSN
1868-4882
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed