Author: UP Institute of Islamic Studies

In contemporary world permeated by hegemonic Western positivistic sciences which rescinded the important value of ethics, faith traditions and revealed knowledge that have had impacted human lives for several centuries and millennials were relegated to private life. This notion of privatizing civilizational religions, Islam in particular, had created intellectual numbness, apathy and indifference. To bring forth ‘intellectual compassion’ in the arrogant world of Western sciences, the UP Institute of Islamic Studies was created on November 22, 1973 by Presidential Decree 342, as part of the Philippine Center for Advanced Studies (PCAS). Following the abolition of PCAS on July 9, 1979 by virtue of Executive Order No. 543 issued by the then-president of the Philippines, the Institute was re-established as a separate unit of the University.

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Islam in SEA workshop: “Bureaucratic Islam Amidst Political Transformation in Malaysia” by Maznah Mohamad

We are very happy to announce that one of the participants of the exploratory workshop on Islam in Southeast Asia is Dr Maznah Mohamad. The workshop will be held on September 21, 2018 (Friday) at the National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education Development (NISMED) of the University of the Philippines Diliman. She will present her current research entitled “Bureaucratic Islam Amidst Political Transformation in Malaysia.”

Abstract:

This paper will revisit the growth and strength of ‘bureaucratic Islam’ and its institutions and authority in Malaysia since the late 1970s. As a political strategy by the Mahathir government then to control and manage the growing and competing power of a revitalized Islam over Malaysia’s majority Muslims a centralized Islamic bureaucracy was set up. This move was not fully in line with Malaysia’s national constitution as the authority over Islam is vested in the hands of local rulers in a decentralized federal system. But Mahathir’s authoritarian powers (in his first stint as prime minister) still succeeded in transferring the strength of Islam into the hands of a bureaucratic Islamic authority (together with an expanded Syariah judicial system). This was ostensibly to have more control over its direction. Much of this authority eventually overstepped the civil liberties and human rights of both Muslims and non-Muslims. However, the change of government, after 60 years, in the recently concluded 2018 general election saw some effort to revise the situation. Ironically it would be the same Mahathir that would be trying to cut back on his earlier strategy of containing Political Islam. This paper assesses the extent of resiliency of bureaucratic Islam in the face of Malaysia’s wider political transformation.

Author’s profile:

Maznah Mohamad is an Associate Professor with the Department of Malay Studies and the Department of Southeast Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. She was formerly Associate Professor with Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, and in 2001, was Visiting Professorship in ASEAN Studies at the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto. Her areas of teaching and research include Gender Studies, Religion in Southeast Asia, the Malay World, and Political Islam and the Family. Her published books include The Malay Handloom Weavers: The Rise and Decline of Traditional Manufacture (1996), Feminism and the Women’s Movement in Malaysia (2006), Muslim-non-Muslim Marriage: Political and Cultural Contestations in Southeast Asia, (co-edited, 2009), Melayu: The Politics, Poetics and Paradoxes of Malayness (co-edited; 2011), Changing Marriage Patterns in Southeast Asia: Economic and Socio-Cultural Dimension (co-edited, 2011) and Family Ambiguity and Domestic Violence in Asia (co-edited; 2013).

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Islam in SEA workshop: “Reemergence of the Indonesian Islamic State Groups in Indonesia” by Yon Machmudi

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We are very happy to announce that one of the participants of the exploratory workshop on Islam in Southeast Asia is Dr Yon Machmudi. The workshop will be held on September 21, 2018 (Friday) at the National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education Development (NISMED) of the University of the Philippines Diliman. He will present his current research entitled “Reemergence of the Indonesian Islamic State Groups in Indonesia.”

Abstract:

The Indonesia Islamic State groups under the New Order in Indonesia were represented by various groups and factions, but they originated from the single movement called Darul Islam (DI) led by Kartosuwiryo in West. In 1949 Kartosuwiryo, the imam of Darul Islam, he declared the establishment of the Indonesia Islamic State in the village of Cisampah district of Tasikmalaya West Java in order to reject the policy of the Republic of Indonesia to withdraw their troops from West Java. DI itself operated in West Java and expanded its influences in South Sulawesi and Aceh. Even though Darul Islam rebellion was already crushed totally by the state, many movements linked to DI called Negara Islam Indonesia (NII) are still apparent and have operated in secret. NII groups have been suspected for their involvements in terrorist activities in the country. Many Indonesian people who joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Syrian (ISIS) have connections with NII. This article tries to analyze the main factors that cause the reemergence of Indonesia Islamic State groups during the New Order and their involvements in terrorist activities in Indonesia.

Author’s profile:

Dr Yon Machmudi was born in Jombang, East Java, Indonesia. He received his doctoral degree from the Faculty of Asian Studies, the Australian National University (ANU) Canberra in 2007, where he specialized in Political Islam of Southeast Asia and Middle East. He also researched on “The Impact of Social Changes and Modernization of Pesantren: Toward the Decline of Ulama’s Authority in Indonesia” (2013-2015) and “Why They Resist the State: The Transformation of Darul Islam in Indonesia” (2015-2017). He wrote a book entitled Islamising Indonesia: the Rise of Jemaah Tarbiyah and the Prosperous Justice Party (2008), chapter on The Development of Political Islam in Indonesia edited by Henning Glaser (Germany: 2015), a chapter on Saudi Indonesia Relations edited by Neil Partrick (2016), The Contemporary Middle East History: The Leadership in Saudi and Libya (2016). He is currently a senior lecturer at the Arab Studies Program and the Head of Post Graduate Program of the Middle East and Islamic Studies, School of Strategic and Global Studies Universitas Indonesia (UI).

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Islam in SEA workshop: “The Political Legitimacy of the Sultans of the Lanao Sultanate in the 17th Century with Special Reference to the Political Views of al-Māwardī” by Sohayle M. Hadji Abdul Racman

We are very happy to announce that one of the participants of the exploratory workshop on Islam in Southeast Asia is Sohayle M. Hadji Abdul Racman. The workshop will be held on September 21, 2018 (Friday) at the National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education Development (NISMED) of the University of the Philippines Diliman. He will present his current research entitled “The Political Legitimacy of the Sultans of the Lanao Sultanate in the 17th Century with Special Reference to the Political Views of al-Māwardī.”

Abstract:

The Pat a Pangampong sa Ranao or Lanao Sultanate in the Philippines was founded in the early 17th century after it seceded from the Magindanao Sultanate. The Lanao Sultanate had the traditional laws and Shari’ah (Islamic laws). The political structure of Lanao Sultanate consists of council of elders, house of board of advisers, house of bais (ladies), imāms (prayer leaders), kalis (judges), gurus (teachers), askars (army), pananalsilas (genealogy experts), defence units headed by a radia-laut (naval and war commander), and the 43 clans who ruled the pagawidan (supported states) and pagawid (supporting states). The supported states had 15 sultans who were the executive bodies of the 15 royal houses of the Lanao Sultanate, and supporting states which had 28 governors called m’babaya ko taritib who were also the legislative bodies of the 4 states of Lanao: Bayabao, Masiu, Unayan, and Baloi. Books specifically dealing with the legitimacy of the sultans of the Lanao Sultanate are scarce. This explains why there is a huge research gap on the political legitimacy of the sultans of the Lanao Sultanate from Sunni political perspective. To fill in this research gap, this paper will explore in-depth the practice of the Maranao Royal Court in appointing a sultan, his qualifications and functions. This practice will be cross-referred to the Qur’ān and Ḥadith injunctions on establishing a ruler as well as on the political perspective of al-Māwardī on establishing an imāmate (leadership) i.e. sultan, the process of his appointment, his qualifications and functions.

Author’s profile:

Sohayle M. Hadji Abdul Racman finished BS in International Relations from the College of King Faisal Center for Islamic Arabic and Asian Studies, Mindanao State University, Marawi City. He finished his Master’s degree in Islamic Studies from the Institute of Islamic Studies, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. He is currently taking PhD in Islamic Civilization and Contemporary Issues at Sultan Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Centre for Islamic Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam where he recently completed writing the manuscript of his PhD thesis entitled: The Political Legitimacy of Lanao Sultanate in the 17th Century with Special Reference to the Political Perspective of al-Māwardī. Mr. Racman worked as a college instructor and taught social sciences subjects at St. Peter’s College in Iligan City from 2010 to 2014. He also taught international relations subjects in International Relations Department at the Institute of Middle East and Asian Studies at University of Southern Mindanao, Kabacan Cotabato in 2014 to 2015.

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Keynote Conference: “I Could Be Wrong: Reconciling Knowledge and Faith in Democratic Education” by Prof. Jeffrey Ayala Milligan

We are very happy to announce the keynote address of Professor Jeffrey Ayala Milligan (Florida State University, USA) entitled “I Could Be Wrong: Reconciling Knowledge and Faith in Democratic Education” at the 1st UP-IIS International Conference on the role of the State, education, community outreach, responsible media, and religio-cultural dialogues in countering violent extremism. It will be held on September 22, 2018 (Saturday) at the National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education Development (NISMED) of the University of the Philippines Diliman.

Prof. Milligan is the UP-IIS Visiting Professor and Fulbright Specialist from October to December 2018. He will lead the International Book Seminar of his book, Islamic Identity, Postcoloniality, and Educational Policy: Schooling and Ethno-Religious Conflict in the Southern Philippines (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005), on September 24, 2018 (Monday).

Abstract:

The place of religion in the education of children in religiously diverse, multicultural societies is complex. For much of history, and much of the world today, the inculcation of mainstream religious beliefs in school is often seen as unproblematic. But it in fact raises profound concerns about the rights of religious minorities and those without religious beliefs to an education free of unwanted religious imposition. Moreover, in many quarters religious truth claims are seen as impediments to the inculcation of scientific habits of thought so central to modern technological societies. Such concerns lead many modern, democratic societies to more or less exclude religious learning from government-sponsored education, but this too raises concerns about the rights of individuals and their families to pass on their religious beliefs and receive a modern education without the undue burden of supporting their children in two separate educational systems. How might we reconcile these tensions in the education of children for modern, democratic citizenship in religiously diverse, multicultural societies?

This presentation will offer for consideration a conceptual framework intended to reconcile these tensions. It will examine the relevance of Cornel West’s (1998) notion of prophetic pragmatism as a candidate for such a framework, paying particular attention to the tensions between pragmatist epistemology and the knowledge claims commonly asserted in Islam before exploring the concept of epistemic humility as an ethic potentially acceptable to religious believers and consistent with pragmatist epistemology. It will conclude with a tentative exploration of the meaning of an ethic of epistemic humility for both religious and secular education.

Keynote Speaker’s profile:

Dr. Jeffrey Ayala Milligan is Director of the Learning Systems Institute and a Professor of philosophy of education and international and comparative education in the department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. During his tenure at LSI he has been involved in the implementation of international educational development projects in Southeast Asia and Africa. His research explores the challenges posed by religious tensions in the educational systems of multicultural, religiously diverse communities in the United States and Southeast Asia. He is the author of two books – Islamic Identity, Postcoloniality and Educational Policy: Schooling and Ethno-Religious Conflict in the Southern Philippines (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005) and Teaching at the Crossroads of Faith and School: The Teacher as Prophetic Pragmatist (Lanham: University Press of America, 2002). He is the co-editor of Citizenship, Identity and Education in Muslim Communities: Essays on Attachment and Obligation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010), and author of more than thirty refereed articles in Philosophy of Education, Comparative Education Review, Journal of Thought, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Asia-Pacific Education Review, Educational Policy, and other academic journals. He has been the recipient of two Fulbright Senior Fellowships (Philippines, 1999 and Malaysia, 2006) and a National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Dr. Milligan is a fellow and past Executive Director of the Philosophy of Education Society and a member of the International Network of Philosophers of Education and the Comparative and International Education Society.

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

Milligan, J. A., Stanfill, E., Widyanto, A., & Zhang, H. (2011). Philosophers Without Borders? Toward a Comparative Philosophy of Education. Educational Studies, 47, 50-70.

Milligan, J. A. (2010). The Prophet and the Engineer Meet Under the Mango Tree: Leadership, Education and Conflict in the Southern Philippines. Educational Policy, 24(1), 28-51.

Milligan, J. A., & Zhang, H. (2010). Self-Enlightenment in the Context of Radical Social Change: A Neo-Confucian Critique of John Dewey’s Conception of Intelligence. Journal of Thought, 45(1-2), 29-41. Retrieved from http://www.journalofthought.com/index.php?page=currentIssue&year=2010&volume=45&issue=12

Milligan, J. A. (2009). Prophetic Pragmatism? Post-Conflict Educational Development in Aceh and Mindanao. Diaspora, Indigenous and Minority Education: An International Journal, 3(4), 245-259.

Merry, M., & Milligan, J. A. (2009). Complexities of Belonging in Democratic/Democratizing Societies: Islamic Identity, Ethnicity and Citizenship in the Netherlands and Aceh. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, 29(3), 311-323.

Milligan, J. A. (2008). Islam and Educational Policy Reform in the Southern Philippines. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 28(4), 369-381.

Milligan, J. A. (2007). Pedagogical Fundamentalisms: Religion, Markets and the Discourse of Accountability in U.S. Educational Reform. Educational Awakenings, 4(1), 1-25.

Milligan, J. A. (2006). Gender and the Limits of Inclusion: Should Multiculturalism ‘Include’ Fundamentalisms? Manifest, 1(2), 89-96.

Milligan, J. A. (2006). Reclaiming an Ideal: The Islamization of Education in the Southern Philippines. Comparative Education Review, 50(3), 410-430.

Milligan, J. A. (2005). Faith in School: Educational Policy Responses to Ethno-Religious Conflict in the Southern Philippines, 1935-1985. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 36(1), 67-86.

Milligan, J. A. (2005). Postcolonial Pragmatism? Ethno-Religious Conflict and Education in Postcolonial Spaces. Philosophy of Education, 287-295.

Milligan, J. A. (2005). Teaching in Moloch: Toward a Prophetic Pragmatic Critique of Pedagogical Fundamentalism. Journal of Thought, 42(2), 97-111.

Milligan, J. A. (2004). Islamization or Secularization? Educational Reform and the Search for Peace in the Southern Philippines. Current Issues in Comparative Education, 7(1), 1-8. Retrieved from http://www.tc.columbia.edu/cice/articles/jm171.htm:1-8.

Milligan, J. A. (2004). Democratization or Neocolonialism? The Education of Muslims Under U.S. Military Occupation, 1903-1920. History of Education, 33(4), 451-467.

Milligan, J. A. (2003). Teaching Between the Cross and the Crescent Moon: Islamic Identity, Postcoloniality and Public Education in the Southern Philippines. Comparative Education Review, 47(4), 468-492.

Milligan, J. A. (2003). Teaching in the Presence of Burning Children: Attending to Tragedy and Faith in Philosophy And/Of Education. Educational Foundations, 17(1), 1-18.

Milligan, J. A. (2003). Religious Diversity and the Concept of Separation: Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors? Philosophy of Education 2003, 411-419.

Milligan, J. A. (2002). Religion, Diversity and Public Education: Challenges for Teacher Education in the U.S. and Philippines. Silliman Journal, 42(2), 12-37.

Milligan, J. A. (2002). Religion, Diversity and Public Education: Challenges for Teacher Education in the U.S. and the Philippines. Silliman Journal, 42(2), 12-37.

Milligan, J. A. (2001). Religious Identity, Autonomy, and National Integrity: Implications for Educational Policy from Muslim-Christian Conflict in the Philippines. Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, 12(4), 435-448.

Milligan, J. A. (2000). Mapping the Road Toward Bethlehem: Parameters for Discourse on the Relationship between Religion and Public Education. Educational Policy, 14(5), 685-702.

Milligan, J. A. (2000). Rethinking the Ideal of the Educated Person: An Alternative from the Maranao-Filipino Oral Epic “Darangen”. Journal of Thought, 35(3), 67-79.

Milligan, J. A. (2000). Neocolonialism and Peace Corps Teaching in the Philippines. Philippine Studies, 18, 109-120.

Milligan, J. A. (1999). Gender and the Limits of Inclusion: Should Multiculturalism Include Fundamentalism? Religious Education, 94(1), 75-83.

Milligan, J. A. (1999). Multiculturalism or ‘Second-Persons?’ An Alternative Approach to Teaching. Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice, 12(3), 23-32.

Milligan, J. A. (1999). The Idolatry of Multicultural Education: A Prophetic Pragmatic Alternative? Multicultural Education, 6(3), 2-5.

Milligan, J. A. (1999). Love, Jazz and a Sense of the Holy: Conceptualizing the Teacher in Toni Morrison’s “Beloved”. Philosophy of Education, 368-376.

Milligan, J. A. (1998). Critical Pedagogy: Responsible Teaching for the Rural Community College. Removing Vestiges: Research Based Strategies to Promote Inclusion, 1(1), 21-26.

Milligan, J. A. (1997). Multiculturalism and Christian Fundamentalism: Strange Postmodern Bedfellows? Religion and Education, 24(2), 28-34.

Milligan, J. A. (1997). Teaching at the Crossroads of Faith and School: The Teacher as Prophetic Pragmatist. Philosophy of Education, 47-56.

Milligan, J. A. (1996). Religion, Public Education and Dewey’s Call for an ‘Intelligent’ Theory of Education. Educational Foundations, 10(3), 69-83.

Milligan, J. A. (1996). Multiculturalism and the Religious Right: Is Dialogue Possible? Journal of Thought, 31(1), 45-54.

Refereed Books

Milligan, J. A. (2005). Islamic Identity, Postcoloniality and Educational Policy: Schooling and Ethno-Religious Conflict in the Southern Philippines. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Milligan, J. A. (2002). Teaching at the Crossroads of Faith and School: The Teacher as Prophetic Pragmatist. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.

Edited Books

Merry, M. S., & Milligan, J. A. (Eds.). (2010). Citizenship, Identity and Education in Muslim Communities: Essays on Attachment and Obligation. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Invited Book Chapters

Milligan, J. A. (in press). Preserving the Faith: Muslim Education in the Philippines. In H. Daun, & R. Arjmand (Eds.), Handbook of Islamic Education (25 pages). Springer.

Merry, M. S., & Milligan, J. A. (2010). Citizenship, Identity and Education in Muslim Communities. In M. S. Merry, & J. A. Milligan (Eds.), Citizenship, Identity and Education in Muslim Communities: Essays on Attachment and Obligation (pp. 20). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Milligan, J. A. (2006). Between the Cross and the Crescent Moon: The Education of Muslim Filipinos. In R. Griffin (Ed.), Education in the Muslim World (pp. 271-288). Oxford, UK: Symposium Books.

Milligan, J. A. (2000). The Idolatry of Multicultural Education: A Prophetic Pragmatic Alternative? In F. Schultz (Ed.), Annual Editions: Multicultural Education (pp. 57-60). Guilford, CT: Dushkin/McGraw-Hill.

Refereed Book Chapters

Milligan, J. A. (2007). Reclaiming an Ideal: The Islamization of Education in the Southern Philippines. In K. Wadad, & V. Billeh (Eds.), Islam and Education: Myths and Truths (pp. 104-124). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Milligan, J. A. (2001). Multiculturalism and the Idolatry of Inclusion. In S. R. Steinberg (Ed.), Multi/Intercultural Conversations: A Reader (pp. 31-47). New York: Peter Lang.

Invited Encyclopedia Entries

Milligan, J. A. (2012). Philippines, Islamic education in the. In J.L. Esposito (Ed.), Oxford Islamic Studies Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t343/e0012

Nonrefereed Journal Articles

Milligan, J. A., Fontaine, H., & Dwyer, M. (2009). The Future of the Profession: The Development of Graduate Students as Teachers in American Universities. Interim Report, Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University, 36-42.

Milligan, J. A. (2005). Americans in the Philippines: Here We Go Again? Lincoln Journal Star, 5.

Milligan, J. A. (2005). Truth, Faith and Tolerance. Philosophy of Education 2004, 242-244.

Milligan, J. A. (1999). The Idolatry of Multicultural Education: A Prophetic Pragmatic Alternative? Interdisciplinary Studies/Society of Educators and Scholars: Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference, 97-103.

Milligan, J. A., Gaddy, B. B., Hall W. T., & Marzano R. J. (1997). Review of School Wars: Resolving Our Conflicts Over Religion and Values. Educational Studies, 28(1), 24-28.

Milligan, J. A. (1996). Teaching Second-Sight: Crossing the Color-Line in Freshman Composition? Multicultural Education, 48-50.

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Islam in SEA workshop: “The Islamic Intellectual History and the Contestation of Muslim Identity in Nusantara” by Kamaruzzaman Bustamam-Ahmad

We are very happy to announce that one of the participants of the exploratory workshop on Islam in Southeast Asia is Dr Kamaruzzaman Bustamam-Ahmad. The workshop will be held on September 21, 2018 (Friday) at the National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education Development (NISMED) of the University of the Philippines Diliman. He will present his current research entitled “The Islamic Intellectual History and the Contestation of Muslim Identity in Nusantara.”

Abstract:

This essay aims to examine the Islamic intellectual history and contestation of Muslim identity in Nusantara. It will trace the issue of transformation of Islamic intellectual from Middle East to the region by looking at the network of Muslim scholars, the development of institution, and the distribution of religious ideas in kitabs. It will also discuss the construction of Muslim identity in Nusantara by looking at aspect inter-play of cosmological life. I used this tool when I examined the issue of Islam Nusantara by emphasizing on metaphysical problems. I will utilize socio-historical approach as means to understanding the early development of Islamic thought.

Author’s profile:

Dr Kamaruzzaman Bustamam-Ahmad is a lecturer at the Ar-Raniry State Islamic University (UIN), Banda Aceh, Indonesia. He completed his PhD in anthropology at La Trobe University, Australia. His research focuses on the anthropology of Islamic culture and the sociology of religion in Southeast Asia, and he is engaged in an ongoing project on Acehnese identity, nationalism and Islamic Radicalism in Southeast Asia. His latest publications include Acehnologi (6 volumes) (2018), Masa Depan Dunia [The Future of the World] (2018), Wahdatul Wujud (2014), From Islamic Revivalism to Islam Radicalism in Southeast Asia (2015), Islamic Studies and Islamic Education in Contemporary Southeast Asia (co-edited with Patrick Jory, 2011), and Islamic Thought in Southeast Asia: New Intepretations and Movements (co-edited with Patrick Jory, 2013).

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