Imron Rosidi, - and Khotimah, - and Masduki, - (2018) A contest of being more religious: the muslim millennial preachers in the contemporary Indonesia. In: PROCEEDINGS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ISLAM AND MUSLIM SOCIETIES (ICONIS) 2018: Being muslim in a disrupted millennial ag. Pascasarjana IAIN Salatiga, pp. 48-59. ISBN 978-602-52659-0-7

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Abstract

The modernization and globalization does not reduce the role of religion in human life nowadays. Even, religion is symbolically blended with modern and other non-religious elements. Against this, this article will explore the rise of millennial preachers in Indonesia in line with the progress of digital communication. This study demonstrates how digital media have become a discursive arena of being more religious in contemporary Indonesia. These millennial preachers commonly use social media as a means of da‘wa but they reject non-Muslims‘ social and cultural ways. Their exclusive approach of being a Muslim has been an indication that they contest the common practice of Indonesian Muslims who are long known as ‗moderate Muslims‘. This article finds that these Muslim preachers are not purely apolitical in practice. They are basically preaching the importance of political Islam. In this context, being more religious is not only intended for Islamizing a Muslim but it is more relevant to be connected to Islamizing the state. This is due to the fact that they are wary with the coming of global culture reducing Muslims‘ moral through digital media. Secondly, they are working with a political group to challenge the ‗secular‘ government. This means that they do not only have religious motives but also they have political motives. However, the popularity of Muslim millennial preachers in Indonesia provides two important impacts on Indonesian Islam. The first is that it supports the diversity and fluidity of Islamic preaching in Indonesia. The second is that it challenges the traditional religious authority of Indonesian Islam

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