TITLE:
The Women of Jemaah Tarbiyah: Religion, Democracy, and the In-Between
AUTHORS:
Raneeta Mutiara
KEYWORDS:
Puritanism, Women, Religiopolitics
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.11 No.7,
July
11,
2023
ABSTRACT: Jemaah
Tarbiyah has been part of religiopolitical movements in Indonesia since the
colonial period. Over time, it has become one of Indonesia’s most influential
Islamist groups, especially for its ability to progress hand in hand with
Indonesian democracy. The female faction of this movement deserves much
attention as they are provided generous space to express their political
interest and to exercise their womanly role in their families and society. The
proficiency to step in and out of the movements according to the appropriate
time and space places such women as formidable sociopolitical agents in
propagating Islamism within a democratic state. Aspects worth examination include self-perception of identity, intrinsic
psychological and ideological factors, as well as their sociopolitical
tendency. They help understand the key reasons behind the involvement of these
women with Jemaah Tarbiyah and how they impact the dynamics of political
conservatism in Indonesia.