Arena of Islamic Identity Battles in Films by Nurman Hakim

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10.2991/iccsr-18.2018.38How to use a DOI?

Keywords

film; Nurman Hakim; Islamic identity; cultural studies

Abstract

This study aims at disclosing the practices of Islam in Indonesia framed in the films by Nurman Hakim, among them are 3 Doa 3 Cinta (3 Prayers 3 Love) (2008), Khalifah (2011), and Bid'ah Cinta (2017). These three films portray the religious reality of Islamic society in post-reform Indonesia. The permeation of transnational Islamic practices, especially those adopted from the Middle East, is believed to have the potential to become a radical Islam and threaten the existence of a cultural Islam that promotes tolerance and appreciates the existence of Indonesian culture. Through the production of Islamic-themed films, Nurman Hakim believes that film is a representation of society and its era. Therefore, the film depicts socio-political, cultural, ideological, and religious circumstances in society. This is where a filmmaker has a very important role in producing the film. In his conscious and subconscious mind, a filmmaker will bring out all that has been absorbed from his surroundings. The audience can read the religious views of a filmmaker through the created film products. Using the perspectives of cultural studies and critical multiculturalism, this study perceives that the creation of Nurman Hakim films is not only to maintain inclusive cultural Islam but also to ward off the exclusive and scriptural radical Islam in understanding the holy verses of the Qur'an and hadith. Nurman Hakim's films also become the antithesis of mainstream Islamic-themed films that referred to the success of the Ayat-Ayat Cinta of Love movie which had adopted Middle Eastern Islamic identity.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Muh. Bahruddin
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