Cultural and Religious Identity: The Development of Muslim Community at Lembah Baliem “Wamena Papua”

Islam is the second-largest religion in the world, while in Indonesia Islam is the majority religion adopted by people in Indonesia. However, in some islands such as Papua, Islam is still a minority. This study focused to describe cultural and religious identity especially the Muslim community at L...

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Main Authors: Helmawati Helmawati, Rudihartono Ismail
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: LPPM IAIN Purwokerto 2021-09-01
Series:IBDA': Jurnal Kebudayaan Islam
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Online Access:https://ejournal.uinsaizu.ac.id/index.php/ibda/article/view/4153
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Summary:Islam is the second-largest religion in the world, while in Indonesia Islam is the majority religion adopted by people in Indonesia. However, in some islands such as Papua, Islam is still a minority. This study focused to describe cultural and religious identity especially the Muslim community at Lembah Baliem “Wamena-Papua”. The data on this field research was collected by observation (participative observation) and interview. For cultural anthropology, the research phase in collecting data consisted of observation, recording, verification, and description facts of Muslim Society in Wamena. The focuses of this discussion are the history of the entrance of Muslim in Wamena, how the development of the Muslim community, and how the identity of religion and culture of Muslim community in Wamena.
ISSN:1693-6736
2477-5517