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Document Details : Title: Muslim Migrant Religion on Sumba Island Author(s): QUINLAN, Michael , ADENEY-RISAKOTTA, Bernard , ABIDIN BAGIR, Zainal Journal: Studies in Interreligious Dialogue Volume: 29 Issue: 2 Date: 2019 Pages: 185-203 DOI: 10.2143/SID.29.2.3287306 Abstract : Migration induces social change across the Indonesian archipelago as shifts in demography reshape communities. The process of migration not only transforms host communities, but also the migrants involved. Drawn from ethnographic research, this qualitative study examines migration’s influence in shaping Muslim migrant religion on Sumba Island, East Nusa Tenggara. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews of 58 migrants. Migration from Muslim-majority regions of Indonesia to Christian-majority Sumba disrupts the religious and cultural patterns of migrants which leads to social and religious adaptations. Migrants mitigate the loss of ethnic and religious bonds through changes in personal habits, participation in religious communities, and through ethnic enclaving. According to many migrants, their experience as migrants produces positive changes within their practice of Islam, both at the individual level and within the mosque. |
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