DINAMIKA ILMU - Vol. 21 No. 2 - The Kiai’s Cultural Strategy in Shaping the Religious Culture of the Community of Temboro Magetan Village, East Java

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Religious culture in Temboro village, known as “Kampung Madinah,” was formed through a historical process involving the Kiai and Pesantren Al-Fatah, not as an instant development. This study analyzes the Kiai’s cultural strategy in building religious culture through phenomenological methods, using in-depth interviews, active participant observation, and documentation. Findings show ideological culture as the Kiai’s core strategy, influencing five religious cultures shaped by Tablighi Jamaat doctrine: ideological faith, normative Islam, Sufistic experience, moderate-textual knowledge, and Maqami-intiqali practice.

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Introduction

Historical transformation of Temboro into a religious tourism village

Ideology and religious activities of Tablighi Jamaat

Research gap and study aim

Literature Review

Cultural strategy and stages of human culture

Knowledge systems and awareness types in Muslim society

DINAMIKA ILMU Vol. 21 No. 2, 2021 P-ISSN: 1411-3031; E-ISSN: 2442-9651 doi: [http://doi.org/10.21093/di.v21i2.3657](http://doi.org/10.21093/di.v21i2.3657) The Kiai’s Cultural Strategy in Shaping the Religious Culture of the Community of Temboro Magetan Village, East Java Zainal Arifin UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta, Indonesia [e-mail: zainal.arifin@uin-suka.ac.id](e-mail: zainal.arifin@uin-suka.ac.id) Maragustam UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta, Indonesia [e-mail: maragustam@uin-suka.ac.id](e-mail: maragustam@uin-suka.ac.id) Muqowim UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta, Indonesia [e-mail: muqowim@uin-suka.ac.id](e-mail: muqowim@uin-suka.ac.id) Hafidh 'Aziz UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta, Indonesia [e-mail: hafidh.aziz@uin-suka.ac.id](e-mail: hafidh.aziz@uin-suka.ac.id) Abstract Religious culture in the village of Temboro, which made it is known as "Kampung Madinah", certainly did not happen suddenly, but there was a process of formation and role of Kiai and Pesantren Al-Fatah. This study aims to analyze the Kiai’s cultural strategy in developing a religious culture using a phenomenological approach and collects data through in-depth interviews, active participant observation, and documentation. The study results show that, firstly, ideological culture is the strategy of the Kiai in shaping the religious culture of the Temboro community. Secondly, the ideological culture of the Tablighi Jamaat has an impact on changing the five religious cultures of the Temboro community, namely: (1) ideological faith, (2) normative Islam, (3) Sufistic religious experience, (4) moderate-textual religious knowledge,(5) Maqami-intiqali practice. Keywords: Cultural Strategy, Kiai, Religious Culture, Tablighi Jamaat, Temboro Dinamika Ilmu, Volume 21(2), 2021 369 Zainal Arifin et al. A. Introduction Historically, the transformation of Temboro into a religious tourism village began with the establishment of the Pesantren al-Fatah in the 20th century by Kiai Siddiq (1890- 1950) (Suparta, 2009) . In 1984, the leadership relay was replaced by his son named KH Mahmud. There was a change in the orientation of pesantren education from Salafiyah NU system to the Salafiyah Tablighi Jamaat (Suparta, 2009) . Tablighi Jamaat was founded by Muhammad Ilyas al-Kandhlawi (1885-1994), a Deoband alumnus in 1927 Mewat south Delhi India (Ali & Amin, 2020) . After this, the Pesantren al-Fatah became center of the largest Tablighi Jamaat movement in East Java, based on pesantren (Arifin, 2017) . Moreover, Tablighi Jamaat is the largest transnational Islamic movement in the world (Mamun, 2019) . The naming of Temboro Village with "Kampung Medina" is an effort to build a village (village) order that tries to imitate the Medina order at the time of the Prophet Muhammad (Arifin, 2017; Awabien, 2020) whose daily activities are centered on the mosque. It is known that after moving to Medina (hijrah), there were three activities carried out by the Prophet, namely building mosques, taking time for mosques, and making mosque practices (Anonim, n.d.) . The religious activities of the Temboro people are influenced by the ideology of the Tablighi Jamaat, which is taught by the kiai of the Pesantren al-Fatah, who is also the Amir (leader) of this movement (Arifin et al., 2021) . The center of religious activities is in the Trangkil Mosque belonging to pesantren. Every Friday night, the kiai holds a recitation (ijtima') which students, the Temboro community attend, and followers of the Tablighi Jamaat, both from within the country and abroad (Machmudi & Ardhani, 2020) . The concept of Ijtima' is to gather as many new members as possible and invite them along with the old members to perform khuruj (Ahmad, 2011) . The study of Tablighi Jamaat in Temboro, generally discusses ideological aspects and religious movements (Agha, 2015; Ali & Amin, 2020; Aziz, 2004; Bustamam-Ahmad, 2008; Ma’mun, Huda et al., 2020), also related to amaliyah that character

FAQs

What is the study’s main objective about Temboro’s religious culture?

To analyze how the Kiai’s cultural strategy shapes the religious culture of the people of Temboro village in Magetan, East Java.

Which research method is used to study the Kiai’s cultural strategy?

The study uses a phenomenological approach, collecting data through in-depth interviews, active participant observation, and documentation.

How does Tablighi Jamaat ideology influence the religious cultures in Temboro?

It impacts five religious culture areas: ideological faith, normative Islam, Sufistic religious experience, moderate-textual religious knowledge, and Maqami-intiqali practice.

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