ISLAMIC IDENTITY NEGOTIATION IN RURAL SOCIETY OF BANGKA ISLAND : BETWEEN GLOBAL AND LOCAL

Authors

  • Ahmad Syarif Hidayatullah Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Raden Fatah Palembang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4623-4887
  • Nur Fitriyana Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Raden Fatah, Palembang-Indonesia
  • Almunadi Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Raden Fatah, Palembang-Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32923/1eyxf087

Keywords:

Islamic Identity, Cultural Hybridity, Multiple Modernities, Everyday Pluralism, Bangka Malay Muslim

Abstract

This ethnographic study examines how a traditional Muslim community in Payabenua village, Bangka Island, Indonesia, negotiates Islamic identity amid globalization. Drawing on nine months of fieldwork (2024), the research explores the interplay between local traditions, global Islamic symbols, and social pluralism. Using cultural hybridity theory (Bhabha), multiple modernities framework (Eisenstadt), and everyday pluralism concepts, the study reveals three key findings: (1) global Islamic architectural forms coexist with local traditions through strategic appropriation—the new Middle Eastern-style mosque amplifies rather than displaces the traditional nganggung ritual; (2) potentially controversial symbols like niqab gain acceptance through mediation by local religious authorities (guru kampung) who integrate them into Shafi'i jurisprudential frameworks; (3) everyday pluralism grounded in economic interdependence and ritual reciprocity remains resilient despite Islamic revivalism. The study contributes theoretically by extending hybridity theory to rural contexts, demonstrating Islamic modernity through tradition revitalization rather than replacement, and revealing practice-based pluralism's durability. Findings challenge narratives portraying Muslim communities as passive recipients of global influences, instead revealing active, creative negotiation processes that produce distinctive hybrid modernities simultaneously global and local, modern and traditional, revivalist and pluralist.

Author Biography

  • Ahmad Syarif Hidayatullah, Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Raden Fatah Palembang

    Faculty of Ushuluddin and Islamic Thought

Published

2025-12-31

How to Cite

ISLAMIC IDENTITY NEGOTIATION IN RURAL SOCIETY OF BANGKA ISLAND : BETWEEN GLOBAL AND LOCAL. (2025). Mawaizh : Jurnal Dakwah Dan Pengembangan Sosial Kemanusiaan, 16(02), 275-302. https://doi.org/10.32923/1eyxf087