Ali, Muhamad --- "Khutbahs and fatwas in colonial Indonesia and Malaya" [2018] ELECD 681; in Hosen, Nadirsyah (ed), "Research Handbook on Islamic Law and Society" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018) 428

Book Title: Research Handbook on Islamic Law and Society

Editor(s): Hosen, Nadirsyah

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781781003053

Section: Chapter 18

Section Title: Khutbahs and fatwas in colonial Indonesia and Malaya

Author(s): Ali, Muhamad

Number of pages: 25

Abstract/Description:

This chapter examines sermons (khutbah) and edicts (fatwa), and the extent to which colonial contexts shaped their characteristics and development in colonial Indonesia, particularly in South Sulawesi, and in Malaysia, notably Kelantan. The chapter provides an analysis of how various ulama (clergy) constructed sermons and edicts, what sources and languages they used, and what problems and issues they faced. In such an analysis, the flexibility of religious knowledge and the contending interpretations of the religious texts reveal some of the tensions, as well as the compromises, which characterise the production of such knowledge.