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Nahdlatul Ulama ( Indonesian pronunciation: [nahˈdatʊl ʊˈlama], lit. 'Revival of the Ulama ', NU) is an Islamic organization in Indonesia. Its membership numbered over 95 million in 2021, [ 2] making it the largest Islamic organization in the world. [ 3] NU is also a charitable body funding schools and hospitals as well as organizing ...
Islam. Islam ( / ˈɪzlɑːm, ˈɪzlæm / IZ-la (h)m; [ 7] Arabic: ٱلْإِسْلَام, romanized : al-Islām, IPA: [alʔɪsˈlaːm], lit. 'submission [to the will of God]') is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
Islam Nusantara is defined as an interpretation of Islam that takes into account local Indonesian customs in forming its fiqh. [ 2] It tends to express greater pluralism and moderation, opposition to fundamentalism, and a degree of syncretism with local traditions. In June 2015, Indonesian President Joko Widodo openly expressed his support for ...
t. e. Sahih al-Bukhari ( Arabic: صحيح البخاري, romanized : Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī) is the first hadith collection of the Six Books of Islam. Compiled by Islamic scholar al-Bukhari ( d. 870) in the musannaf format, the work is valued by Muslims, alongside Sahih Muslim, as the most authentic after the Qur'an. During the reign of ...
e. Hujjat al-Islam ( Arabic: حجة الإسلام, romanized : ḥujjat-u l-Islām, Persian: حجةالاسلام or حجتالاسلام, romanized : hojjat-o l-Eslām) is an Islamic honorific title which translates in English to "authority on Islam " or "proof of Islam ". [1] The title "Hujjat al-Islam" is given to scholars with a high ...
As of 2010, 49 countries countries in the world had Muslim majorities, in which Muslims comprised more than 50% of the population. [112] In 2010, 74.1% of the world's Muslim population lived in countries where Muslims are in the majority, while 25.9% of the world's Muslim population lived in countries where Muslims are in the minority. [112]
In the context of Muslim society in Indonesia, Modernism or modernist Islam refers to a religious movement which puts emphasis on teachings purely derived from the Islamic religious scriptures, the Qur'an and Hadith. Modernism is often contrasted with traditionalism, which upholds ulama -based and syncretic vernacular traditions.
While in the later period, Yingya Shenglan mentioned that large numbers of Chinese traders and Muslim merchants from the west (from Arab and India, but mostly from Muslim states in Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula) are settling in Majapahit port cities, such as Tuban, Gresik and Hujung Galuh . A special tax was levied against some foreigners ...