The Coming of Islam Islam and Indonesia

Starter List three aspects of an Empire What is the difference between an Empire and Colonialism? Write down 5 things you know about Islam

Islam and Indonesia Islam is the dominant religion with the greatest number of religious adherents about 88% Indonesia is the largest Islamic country in the world Most provinces and islands have a majority population of Islamic adherents As much as 97.8 percent in region Aceh

Islam and Indonesia: Islam is a strictly monotheistic religion in which God (Allah) The Prophet Muhammad was selected by God to spread the word to others through the Quran Islam is universalist, and in theory, there are no national, racial, or ethnic criteria for conversion, but not practice. The major branches of Islam are Sunni and Shia

Islam and Indonesia Interpretation of Islam is much less austere than practiced in the Middle East this reflects its complex history Islam came to Indonesia by various traders and wandering mystics from India Islam first gained a foothold between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries in coastal regions of Sumatra, northern Java, and Kalimantan

Islam and Indonesia Islam probably came to these regions in the form of mystical Sufi tradition Sufism easily gained local acceptance and became synthesized with local customs The introduction of Islam to the islands was not always peaceful Muslim port towns undermined the waning power of the East Javanese Hindu- Buddhist

Islam and Indonesia Majapahit kingdom in the sixteenth century controlled Java Javanese elites fled to Bali, where over 2.5 million people kept their own version of Hinduism alive In the interior regions of Java gradually accepted Islam And only as a formal legal and religious context for Javanese spiritual culture

Islam and Indonesia These historical processes gave rise to enduring tensions between orthodox Muslims and more syncretistic, locally based religion