CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIC PHENOMENON: Islamic Fashion and Political Identity in Indonesia
Abstract
Popular Islam is a contemporary phenomenon that existing within the Moslem community in Indonesia. Islamic fashion, accessories, and executive class of pilgrimage has become very popular recently. In Indonesia, culture and religious
practice are often mixed and, in many cases, it is hard to be distinguished. This study aims to provide a critical elaboration related to the phenomenon of Islamic fashion and Islamic popular in the frame of popular culture which in the last two
decades has become an inevitable phenomenon in Islamic studies in Indonesia. This paper uses sociology and cultural anthropology as its approach. Consequently, with this approach it is expected to illustrate how cultural practices coincide with
Islamic rituals so that the two coincide with each other and looks inseparable. The issue of local culture and global culture are study areas which always causes debate because of place and dispalace factors. The issue of place and displace in cultural
studies are often embedded in the study of people’s identity of politics. The study found that in the last two decades, mass-mediated forms of Islam targeted largely to urbanized youth and played pivotal roles in Islamization in Indonesia. The truth
behind all these activities is the desire to make the influence in globalization as a “globalization idolatry”.