Author: James Bourk Hoesterey

Ambivalence, Discontent, and Divides in Southeast Asia’s Islamic Digital Realms: An Introduction

30 Jun 2021

Ambivalence, Discontent, and Divides in Southeast Asia’s Islamic Digital Realms: An Introduction
Martin Slama, James Bourk Hoesterey Editorial This introductory article to the special issue Ambivalence, Discontent, and Divides in Southeast Asia’s Islamic Digital Realms discusses the latest transformations in the field of Islam in Southeast Asia with a particular focus on digital media. It introduces the three key themes – ambivalence, discontent, divides – through which the special issue approaches contemporary socioreligious phenomena in Islamic Southeast Asia as they find their expressions…

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Nahdlatul Ulama’s “Funny Brigade”: Piety, Satire, and Indonesian Online Divides

30 Jun 2021

Nahdlatul Ulama’s “Funny Brigade”: Piety, Satire, and Indonesian Online Divides
James Bourk Hoesterey Article Indonesia’s largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), arrived relatively late on the Islamic social media scene. By the time Nahdlatul Ulama leadership recognized and commissioned the need for online advocacy, a generation of young media-savvy preachers had already stoked the embers of sectarian divides and cast suspicion on those deemed secular or liberal. Even within Nahdlatul Ulama, a sprawling network of religious leaders and Islamic…

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