Ahmad Surkitti (1876-1943): his life, thought and Islamic reform Indonesia

Shaykh Ahmad Muhammad al-Surkitti (1876-1943) was an important figure in the Islamic reform movement in early twentieth-century Indonesia. He was born in the Sudan in 1876, studied in Makkah and Madina for fourteen years (1897-1911), and established his career as a school teacher and a celebrated...

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Main Author: Abu Shouk, Ahmed Ibrahim
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/22762/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/22762/1/294-295.pdf
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spelling iium-227622012-03-22T04:21:24Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/22762/ Ahmad Surkitti (1876-1943): his life, thought and Islamic reform Indonesia Abu Shouk, Ahmed Ibrahim BP80 Other individual, A-Z Shaykh Ahmad Muhammad al-Surkitti (1876-1943) was an important figure in the Islamic reform movement in early twentieth-century Indonesia. He was born in the Sudan in 1876, studied in Makkah and Madina for fourteen years (1897-1911), and established his career as a school teacher and a celebrated reformist leader in Indonesia (1911-1943). The purpose of this research project is to examine the early life and career of al-Surkitti in the Sudan and Saudi Arabia, and assess critically his contribution to the islah and tajdid movements in the Malay-Indonesia world. His intellectual and religio-political discord and conflict with the Alawi traditionalists will be investigated in the context of Hahdarmi identity and discourse between 'orthodox Islam' propagated by Surkitti and his followers and 'popular Islam' that gave the Alawi sayyids special recognition in their home society in Hadramaut and Diaspora in Indonesia. 2010 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/22762/1/294-295.pdf Abu Shouk, Ahmed Ibrahim (2010) Ahmad Surkitti (1876-1943): his life, thought and Islamic reform Indonesia. In: IIUM Research, Innovation & Invention Exhibition (IRIIE 2010), 26 - 27 January 2010, Kuala Lumpur.
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Abu Shouk, Ahmed Ibrahim
Ahmad Surkitti (1876-1943): his life, thought and Islamic reform Indonesia
description Shaykh Ahmad Muhammad al-Surkitti (1876-1943) was an important figure in the Islamic reform movement in early twentieth-century Indonesia. He was born in the Sudan in 1876, studied in Makkah and Madina for fourteen years (1897-1911), and established his career as a school teacher and a celebrated reformist leader in Indonesia (1911-1943). The purpose of this research project is to examine the early life and career of al-Surkitti in the Sudan and Saudi Arabia, and assess critically his contribution to the islah and tajdid movements in the Malay-Indonesia world. His intellectual and religio-political discord and conflict with the Alawi traditionalists will be investigated in the context of Hahdarmi identity and discourse between 'orthodox Islam' propagated by Surkitti and his followers and 'popular Islam' that gave the Alawi sayyids special recognition in their home society in Hadramaut and Diaspora in Indonesia.
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author Abu Shouk, Ahmed Ibrahim
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title Ahmad Surkitti (1876-1943): his life, thought and Islamic reform Indonesia
title_short Ahmad Surkitti (1876-1943): his life, thought and Islamic reform Indonesia
title_full Ahmad Surkitti (1876-1943): his life, thought and Islamic reform Indonesia
title_fullStr Ahmad Surkitti (1876-1943): his life, thought and Islamic reform Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Ahmad Surkitti (1876-1943): his life, thought and Islamic reform Indonesia
title_sort ahmad surkitti (1876-1943): his life, thought and islamic reform indonesia
publishDate 2010
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/22762/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/22762/1/294-295.pdf
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