Hamdi Saipul
University of Mataram.
Int J Disaster Risk Reduct. 2022 Jun 15;76:102996. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102996. Epub 2022 Apr 28.
The emergence of Covid-19 has presented serious challenges to people's lives, and as a result many are in the process of reconstructing aspects of what used to be considered 'normal' life. In Indonesia, religious practice in 2020 experienced a kind of disempowerment and disruption in the areas of ritual and proselytization in Muslim communities. Religious people have been challenged to find ways to reconstruct their ritual and worship practices in safe ways that avoid spreading the virus. This article discusses the changes to religious practice and the ability to adapt to new forms of proselytization in Tablighi Jamaat environments where many followers have been infected with Covid-19. In particular, the article aims to explore how Tablighi Jamaat members interpret and define the Covid-19 pandemic, and what discourses have developed in their environments. Research for this article was conducted in Lombok, Indonesia from February till September 2020 and is based on observations and snowball-sampling interviews conducted online and offline with over 50 individuals. When the Indonesian government locked down mosques and large meetings, the Tablighi Jamaat took a position that Covid-19 was not a serious danger-indeed they saw it as an anti-Islamic conspiracy, instead-and they continued to gather and preach as before. This led to a disease cluster from a Tablighi event in Gowa, South Sulawesi, causing a stigma in broader society toward the Tablighi practice of Islam.
新冠疫情的出现给人们的生活带来了严峻挑战，因此许多人正在重新构建过去被视为“正常”生活的各个方面。在印度尼西亚，2020年宗教活动在穆斯林社区的仪式和传教领域经历了一种权力被剥夺和中断的情况。宗教人士面临挑战，需要找到以安全方式重建其仪式和礼拜活动的方法，以避免病毒传播。本文讨论了宗教活动的变化以及在许多信徒感染新冠病毒的塔布里希教团环境中适应新传教形式的能力。特别是，本文旨在探讨塔布里希教团成员如何解读和定义新冠疫情，以及在他们的环境中形成了哪些话语。本文的研究于2020年2月至9月在印度尼西亚龙目岛进行，基于对50多人进行的线上和线下观察及滚雪球抽样访谈。当印度尼西亚政府封锁清真寺和大型集会时，塔布里希教团认为新冠病毒并非严重危险——事实上，他们将其视为反伊斯兰阴谋——并继续像以前一样聚集和传教。这导致南苏拉威西省戈瓦的一次塔布里希活动引发了疾病聚集，在更广泛的社会中给塔布里希派的伊斯兰教实践带来了污名。
