Islam in diaspora:Shari’a law, piety and brotherhood at al-Farooq mosque, Atlanta
| Main Author: | Nasir, Moh. Abdun |
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| Format: | Article PeerReviewed Book |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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Al-Jami'ah Research Centre
, 2016
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.uinmataram.ac.id/560/1/Islam%20in%20Diaspora%20Sharia%20law%2C%20Piety%20and%20Brotherhood%20at%20al-Farooq%20Mosque.pdf http://repository.uinmataram.ac.id/560/ https://aljamiah.or.id/index.php/AJIS/article/view/590/0 https://doi.org/10.14421/ajis.2016.541.59-93 |
Daftar Isi:
- This articles examines Islamic ritual performance ofEid prayer amongst Muslims in Diaspora at al-FarooqMosque in Atlanta, the US, whose congregational members come from all around the world. Using textual and ethnographical methods, this study focuses on the implementation of shari’a law concerning Islamic prayer and on the meaning and experience of the ritual that emerge amongst the participants who perform it. This study demonstrates that the Eid ritual performance has created a special meaning and particular experience.The ritual is seen as the medium through which the performers forge their piety and strengthen the spirit of brotherhood. The ritual strengthens the brotherhood of the performers, who hold different ethnical and cultural backgrounds into. However, the core ritual of Eid prayer remains Islamic and is built on the Muslim Hanafi school. Shari’a law concerning prayer is upheld to maintain the basic requirement where every ritual must be based on the sound Islamic texts. This suggests that the context, namely diasporic Muslim in America, has (re)shaped the meaning of the ritual but does not change the core of the ritual practice.