Hilman Latief

• Professor
• Research Director at Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta

By exploring Islamic charitable clinics in Indonesia, this paper shows how community-based initiatives and zakat [Islamic charitable obligation] agencies have provided wider access to viable health services for destitute families in poor urban and rural areas. Zakat agencies, with their charitable clinics, have recently gained strong support from b...

This article addresses the roles played by Masyumi political leaders in fuelling dakwah activism in Indonesia and energizing the inception and proliferation of Islamic higher education institutions before and after the political turmoil faced by the Masyumi party. Islamic politics and education in Indonesia were intermingled and utilized by Masyumi...

Women's religious gatherings or Islamic study circles in Indonesian public spaces have become remarkably diverse. These informal learning groups, referred to as majlis taklim, have flourished across Indonesia, from large towns to small villages, and have become places for Muslim communities to increase their awareness of Islam and improve their spi...

This paper is about poetry and pilgrimage in Tembilahan, Indragiri Hilir, where Abdurrahman Siddiq, a prominent alim who lived in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, is buried. In addition to his treatises on theology, mysticism, and ethics, Abdurrahman Siddiq is also renowned for his contribution to Islamic literature in Sumatra. He i...

p>Malaysia witnessed the rise of Islamic education more than a century ago, partly evidenced by the establishment of traditional Islamic education institutions called pondok or madrasah. Starting in the nineteenth century, Islamic pondok schools spread in Malaysia, founded by ‘ulama (Islamic scholars) who gained financial support from the community...

This research examines the crucial concept of Islamic solidarity economy (ISE) in the context of the long-term viability of Pesantren. Methodologically, this study employs interview sessions with several stakeholders of Pesantren in Indonesia. A short case study was conducted utilising primary data. The Muhamadiah Boarding School (MBS), Pesantren N...

Members of the Kerinci ethnic group area migrated to and settled in Malaysia centuries before the nation-state era arrived on the Malay Peninsula. Their migration continues in the present, and they face a range of problems, such as ongoing changes in the nation-state in the Malay Peninsula, migration policies, available types of occupations and asp...

This article examines the engagement of Indonesian Islamic civil society organisations in the international arena by paying particular attention to the role of the Islamic modernist movement, Muhammadiyah. Beyond its vibrant religious and social activism in the domestic context of Indonesia, Muhammadiyah has, in the past thirty years, engaged in va...

Purpose of the study: This study examines the role of social capital in enhancing community economy as reflected in the case of pasentran MBS Sleman, Prambhanan, Yogyakarta. Specifically, it reports the preliminary data collected during fieldwork conducted at Pasentran MBS Sleman, Prambhanan, Yogyakartaon July 26, 2018. Subsequently, it focuses on...

This article investigates medieval Muslim literature on the study of non-Islamic religions through the writings of al-Biruni and al-Shahrastani in their dealing with Hind (India) and the nomenclature of world religions. I focus on their perceptions of monotheism and polytheism. My findings show that they used different approaches, categories, and c...

This article analyses how Islamic philanthropy is translated and reiterated in contemporary Indonesia and contextualized in the international arena. It examines the experience of an Islamic philanthropic organization, Dompet Dhuafa (DD), in defining and addressing types of zakat beneficiaries by, among other things, addressing unfortunate Indonesia...

This chapter underscores how the marketization of spirituality is evident in Islamic charitable practices in Indonesia. In particular, it analyses the philanthropic activities of Daarut Tauhid (DT) and their incorporation into the country’s social-economic enterprises. DT is an Islamic organization that offers educational activities and training in...

The spawning of Muslim philanthropic associations signifies an increasingly visible Islamic social and political activism, in Indonesia as elsewhere in the Muslim world. Acting as non-state welfare providers, the associations provide “social security” to poor and disadvantaged groups as a means of promoting the public good. In the intricate relatio...

This article tries to discuss the possibility that Islam philantropy can contribute to the development of education in Indonesia. In the context of Islamic education in Indonesia, the tradition of philantropy can be found in alms and benefaction for educational institution. Therefore, Dompet Duafa established Lembaga Pengembangan Insan (Human Resou...

Gagasan untuk menyelenggarakan penelitian survei ini muncul sejak beberapa tahun silam seiring dengan semakin berkembangnya Lazismu sebagai amil zakat di pentas nasional. Sebagai sebuah lembaga amil zakat nasional yang sudah berdiri lebih dari satu dasawarsa, yaitu sejak tahun 2002, Lazismu telah mengalami perkembangan yang cukup pesat, setidaknya...

This paper discusses cash waqf innovation in Indonesia by exploring the experience of Islamic financial institutions and Islamic philanthropy organizations . The increase of opportunity to gain public fund from the Muslim middle-class has lead to the dynamics and inovatove waqf (endowment) management. This article focuses on the socio-economi conte...

This article explores the origin and development of the ideas and practice of zakat (Islamic tax) on salary and identifies how it affects the nature of zakat practice in contemporary Indonesia. The recent trend suggests that Indonesian Muslims are attempting to translate and reinterpret the Islamic concept of social justice by utilizing zakat on sa...

This article explores the origin and development of the ideas and practice of zakat (Islamic tax) on salary and identifies how it affects the nature of zakat practice in contemporary Indonesia. The recent trend suggests that Indonesian Muslims are attempting to translate and reinterpret the Islamic concept of social justice by utilizing zakat on sa...

The rise of party-based Islamic charities has had a profound impact on the nature of philanthropic activities in contemporary Indonesia, and stimulated a new debate over the issue of the politics of benevolent acts. Over the past few years, in line with the increase of the influence of the Islamic factor in Indonesian politics, there have been a nu...

This paper investigates the growing initiatives within the private sector to orga- nize social welfare activities, and analyzes the way in which zakat (alms) is prac- ticed among Muslim businessmen. The establishment of zakat agencies within private companies has marked the latest trend of the practice of philanthropy in Indonesia. Corporation-base...

The first Indonesian edition of this book was published in 1983. The publishing of second edition reflects a profound engagement of Nakamura with his research subjects among the Muhammadiyah members in Kota Gede-Yogyakarta for nearly four decades. The book also symbolizes the author’s thoughtful contribution to Indonesian studies in general, and th...

This paper discusses the roles of Islamic charitable organisations in running dakwah activities on Nias Island. By Showing how Islamic charitable organizations have attempted to create welfare programmes under the dakwah scheme, it investigates whether inclusive attitudes towards beneficiaries with different religious backgrounds have characterised...

This study examines how the notions of benevolent acts, welfare issues and social justice are conceived by Indonesian Muslims, and investigates the multiplicity of roles played by Islamic charitable associations. Such associations, which have multiplied rapidly in the past two decades, were typically established by members of the affluent middle cl...

This article discusses the extent to which pesantren in a rural area finances its activities and operates social programs by revitalizing Islamic philantropic scheme. By way of a case study in a village at Kulonprogo District-Yogyakarta, where a small Muhammadiyah pesantren, which is Darul ‘Ulum, has been operating since the 1930s, this article sug...

Artikel ini membahas pertarungan simbolik, religius, dan ideologis dalam organisasi kemanusiaan di Indonesia atas masalah lambang kemanusiaan. Ini menunjukkan bagaimana organisasi kemanusiaan Islam semakin membentuk pola baru dalam politik kemanusiaan di Indonesia. Sementara pemberian bantuan tetap menjadi perhatian menyeluruh dari banyak asosiasi...

This paper sheds some light on Indonesian Shi‘a sympathizers, their particular relations among themselves as well as with others. Following the Iranian Revolution by the late 1970, Indonesian Muslims witnessed a remarkable religious enthusiasm marked by the proliferation of Shi‘a literature. This, in turn, is followed by the establishment of Shi‘a-...

Dalam sejarah Indonesia, pesantren sebagai suatu institusi lembaga pendidikan tradisional Islam, tidak diragukan lagi, telah memainkan peranan yang signifikan dalam membentuk karakter budaya perlawanan terhadap kaum penjajah yang bercocok di negeri ini. Banyak kajian telah dilakukan untuk itu, dan paper ini merupakan salah satu yang berupaya menguj...