Home to approximately one-fifth of the world's Muslim
population, Indonesia and Malaysia are often overlooked or
misrepresented in media discourses about Islam. Islam is a religion
but there is also a popular culture, or popular cultures of Islam
that are mass mediated, commercialized, pleasure-filled, humorous,
and representative of large segments of society. During the last
forty years, popular forms of Islam, targeted largely towards
urbanized youth, have played a key role in the Islamisation of
Indonesia and Malaysia. This book focuses on these forms and the
accompanying practices of production, circulation, marketing, and
consumption of Islam. Dispelling the notion that Islam is
monolithic, militaristic, and primarily Middle Eastern, the book
emphasizes its dynamic, contested, and performative nature in
contemporary South East Asia. Written by leading scholars alongside
media figures, such as Rhoma Irama and Ishadi SK, the case studies
although not focused on theology per se, illuminate how Muslims
(and non-Muslims) in Indonesia and Malaysia make sense of their
lives within an increasingly pervasive culture of Islamic images,
texts, film, songs, and narratives.
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