Sinkretisme dalam adat masyarakat Bajau di Sabah
The spread of Islam in the Archipelago especially in Sabah has produced two forms of interactions which are Islamization and sincretizing. Islamization process that occured subtly and gradually at that time caused Bajau community easy to accept Islam without being forced. However, there are some...
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Department of Theology and Philosophy, Faculty of Islamic Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2017
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11183/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11183/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11183/1/IJIT-Vol-12-Dec-2017_8_83-93.pdf |
| Summary: | The spread of Islam in the Archipelago especially in Sabah has produced two forms
of interactions which are Islamization and sincretizing. Islamization process that
occured subtly and gradually at that time caused Bajau community easy to accept
Islam without being forced. However, there are some practices of Bajau community
that closely linked to the animism belief still being practiced to produced a process
of syncretism. The objective of this article is to introduce Islamic methods by
suggesting guidelines or legislation parameter in interacting with syncretism in
traditions of Bajau community in Sabah. In facing syncretism between the
traditional practices of Bajau with the teaching of Islam, there are at least three
Islamic approaches towards the developed culture among Bajau community which
are to accept, modify or reject. Therefore, an appropriate method of Islamic law
need to prevail to handle the phenomenon in ensuring the balance between
idealism contained in Islamic law with the reality of its implemantation in Bajau
community. The study found that there are many symptoms of syncretism occured
in tradition and culture of Bajau community which are difficult to know whether it
is a genuine Islamic teachings or a relic of pre-Islamic tradition. |
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