Politicizing Piety: Women’s Rights and Roles in the Tarbiyah Movement in Indonesia

The Tarbiyah (education) movement in Indonesia today is the best known and has the largest number of members amongst groups in the Dakwah (proselytizing) movements that mostly work in Indonesian campuses. Using the notion of Islamic feminism, this study aims to explore the numerous and varieties of...

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Published in:Religious studies and theology
Main Author: Arimbi, Diah Ariani (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publ. 2017
In: Religious studies and theology
Year: 2017, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 227-243
Further subjects:B Women
B Rights
B Islam
B Roles
B Tarbiyah movement
B Equality
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Summary:The Tarbiyah (education) movement in Indonesia today is the best known and has the largest number of members amongst groups in the Dakwah (proselytizing) movements that mostly work in Indonesian campuses. Using the notion of Islamic feminism, this study aims to explore the numerous and varieties of women’s activities in this movement, especially in relation to the ways women see their rights and roles within their notion of piety. Female and male activists of the Tarbiyah movement in six state universities in East Java are used as data. Participant observations and in-depth interviews are used as techniques of data collection. Data collection was done from April 2015 to September 2016. One important finding indicates that the Tarbiyah members conceive that male and female are segregated in nature (biological construction), yet in fact they subscribe to concepts of women’s rights and equality while maintaining sexual segregation.
ISSN:1747-5414
Contains:Enthalten in: Religious studies and theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1558/rsth.35160