Dari Tanah Jawa ke Lombok: Diaspora Intelektual dan Spirit Perlawanan dalam Manuskrip Keagamaan Abad ke-19
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https://doi.org/10.55981/tambo.2025.13604Keywords:
Javanese ulama diaspora, Lombok, religious manuscripts, colonial resistance, reformist Islam nineteenth centuryAbstract
This study explores the intellectual diaspora of Javanese ulama in Nusa Tenggara Barat during the nineteenth century through the religious manuscripts they produced and transmitted. The migration of Javanese scholars to Lombok and surrounding islands was not merely a religious movement but also part of a broader socio-intellectual network that embodied resistance against Dutch colonial domination. The examined manuscripts—comprising works on Sufism, local tafsir, and moral treatises—reflect a process of acculturation between Javanese Islamic traditions and the pluralistic social context of Lombok. Employing a philological-historical approach, this research investigates nineteenth-century religious manuscripts preserved in local collections and colonial archives. Content analysis reveals symbolic narratives of jihad, justice, and spiritual autonomy, serving as cultural expressions of anti-colonial resistance. Furthermore, the intellectual network between Javanese ulama and Lombok’s local scholars facilitated the dissemination of reformist Islamic ideas emphasizing theological purity and social solidarity. This study highlights the pivotal role of the Javanese ulama diaspora as mediators between religious reform and political resistance, demonstrating how religious texts functioned as subtle yet powerful tools of cultural resilience and defiance against colonial domination in nineteenth-century Indonesia.
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