Mediated Tarekat Qadiriyah wa Naqshabandiyah in the Digital Era: An Ethnographic Overview
This article examines how Tarekat Qadiriyah wa Naqshabandiyah (TQN) utilizes online media to strengthen its existence. As an integral part of the Islamic revival in Indonesia, Sufi orders (tarekat) are facing remarkable challenges and opportunities in maintaining their existence in the digital era....
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UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta
2021-05-01
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This article examines how Tarekat Qadiriyah wa Naqshabandiyah (TQN) utilizes online media to strengthen its existence. As an integral part of the Islamic revival in Indonesia, Sufi orders (tarekat) are facing remarkable challenges and opportunities in maintaining their existence in the digital era. Nevertheless, previous studies observed Sufi orders as a traditional community that would be exterminated by the pace of modernization and globalization. This article argues that Sufi orders may survive in the internet of things era, contrary to preceding discourses. Based on ethnography research, both online and offline, the authors found out that the vitality of the Sufi order can adapt, develop, and innovate using online media. TQN's use of online media through various platforms proves Sufi order’s adaptive efforts to the internet-based era. TQN’s online media provide informations on Islamic and Sufism teachings, news, schedule of activities, and fundraising. Even though TQN members’ being active in cyber-Islamic environments, they resist online asceticism thus leverage the vertical-personal obedience, conservative authorities, and sacred rituals. These practices done by TQN members illuminate its identity as an authentic online sufism. Premises shown in this paper may enrich the scope of study within the relationship of Sufi orders and Islamic-cyber environment, especially in Indonesian context.
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| spelling | doaj.art-7455a7ce251149c8921621f5f5b6c7932022-12-22T04:29:54ZaraUIN Sunan Kalijaga YogyakartaEsensia: Jurnal Ilmu-Ilmu Ushuluddin1411-37752548-47292021-05-0122110.14421/esensia.v22i1.2511Mediated Tarekat Qadiriyah wa Naqshabandiyah in the Digital Era: An Ethnographic OverviewZulfan Taufik0Muhammad Taufik1Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) BukittinggiUniversitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Mataram This article examines how Tarekat Qadiriyah wa Naqshabandiyah (TQN) utilizes online media to strengthen its existence. As an integral part of the Islamic revival in Indonesia, Sufi orders (tarekat) are facing remarkable challenges and opportunities in maintaining their existence in the digital era. Nevertheless, previous studies observed Sufi orders as a traditional community that would be exterminated by the pace of modernization and globalization. This article argues that Sufi orders may survive in the internet of things era, contrary to preceding discourses. Based on ethnography research, both online and offline, the authors found out that the vitality of the Sufi order can adapt, develop, and innovate using online media. TQN's use of online media through various platforms proves Sufi order’s adaptive efforts to the internet-based era. TQN’s online media provide informations on Islamic and Sufism teachings, news, schedule of activities, and fundraising. Even though TQN members’ being active in cyber-Islamic environments, they resist online asceticism thus leverage the vertical-personal obedience, conservative authorities, and sacred rituals. These practices done by TQN members illuminate its identity as an authentic online sufism. Premises shown in this paper may enrich the scope of study within the relationship of Sufi orders and Islamic-cyber environment, especially in Indonesian context. https://ejournal.uin-suka.ac.id/ushuluddin/esensia/article/view/2511Tarekat Qadiriyah wa Naqsyabandiyah (TQN)Online SufismCyber-Islamic Environments |
| spellingShingle | Zulfan Taufik Muhammad Taufik Mediated Tarekat Qadiriyah wa Naqshabandiyah in the Digital Era: An Ethnographic Overview Esensia: Jurnal Ilmu-Ilmu Ushuluddin Tarekat Qadiriyah wa Naqsyabandiyah (TQN) Online Sufism Cyber-Islamic Environments |
| title | Mediated Tarekat Qadiriyah wa Naqshabandiyah in the Digital Era: An Ethnographic Overview |
| title_full | Mediated Tarekat Qadiriyah wa Naqshabandiyah in the Digital Era: An Ethnographic Overview |
| title_fullStr | Mediated Tarekat Qadiriyah wa Naqshabandiyah in the Digital Era: An Ethnographic Overview |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mediated Tarekat Qadiriyah wa Naqshabandiyah in the Digital Era: An Ethnographic Overview |
| title_short | Mediated Tarekat Qadiriyah wa Naqshabandiyah in the Digital Era: An Ethnographic Overview |
| title_sort | mediated tarekat qadiriyah wa naqshabandiyah in the digital era an ethnographic overview |
| topic | Tarekat Qadiriyah wa Naqsyabandiyah (TQN) Online Sufism Cyber-Islamic Environments |
| url | https://ejournal.uin-suka.ac.id/ushuluddin/esensia/article/view/2511 |
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