Islam, colonialism and the modern age in the Netherlands East Indies : a biography of Sayyid ʻUthman (1822-1914) / by Nico J.G. Kaptein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaptein, N. J. G., author.

Series:

Brill's Southeast Asian library ; v. 4.

Brill's Southeast Asian library ; volume 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and state--Indonesia--History.

Islam and state.

Colonies.

Administration.

History.

Netherlands--Colonies--Indonesia--Administration.

Netherlands.

Uthman, Sayyid, 1822-1914.

Uthman, Sayyid.

Usman bin Yahya, 1822-1913.

Indonesia.

Physical Description:

xii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014]

Summary:

In this biography Nico J.G. Kaptein studies the life and times of Sayyid ʿUthman (1822-1914), the most prominent Muslim scholar of his era in the Netherlands East Indies. During his long career, he provided guidance to the Muslim community and from 1889 onwards simultaneously served the colonial government as advisor for Muslim affairs after the famous C. Snouck Hurgronje had engaged him. Based on an analysis of his writings, Kaptein focuses on the question of how Sayyid ʿUthman viewed the place of Islam in the colonial state and the many reactions this provoked, both nationally and internationally, e.g. from the Cairo-based reformist Rashid Rida. For an online exhibition on "Sayyid ʿUthman of Batavia (1822-1914): A Life in the Service of Islam and Colonial Rule" see:

Contents:

Sayyid Uthman: a view from within

An indigenous biography: the Qamar al-zaman

The Suluh zaman and the Qamar al-zaman

The relationship between the Suluh zaman and the Qamar al-zaman

The Qamar al-zaman: language and form

The Qamar al-zaman: translation

The life and work of Sayyid Uthman

The formative years of Sayyid Uthman (1822-1862)

Family background

Birth and youth in Batavia (1822-1841)

Stay in Mecca (1841-1847)

Stay in Hadramaut (1847-1862)

Travels in the Middle East (1855-1856)

Serving the Muslim community: scholar and publisher in Batavia (1862-1885)

Earliest activities in Batavia

Printing and the lithographic press of Sayyid Uthman

Controversies

The establishment of the New Moon

The duplication of Friday mosques

The distribution of the income of the Luar Batang shrine

Establishing the correct Qibla

Joint marital property

Conditional repudiation

Procedure of the Islamic courts

Writer and publisher in Batavia

Introduction to theology

Works for pilgrims to Mecca

Edifying works

A devotional text

Atlas of Hadramaut

Genealogy of the Sayyids

Inheritance law

A manual for good manners

Instructions for the collective prayer

Partner of C. Snouck Hurgronje (1889-1906)

Early contacts with the Dutch

Disturbances in West Java

First correspondence with C. Snouck Hurgronje in Leiden

More writings against the Tarekat and some other writings

Entering the service of the government

Honorary advisor for Arabs affairs, 1891

Issues with direct relevance to the administration

Wasiat

The new Friday Mosque in Palembang

The administration of Islamic law

Dress

Local politics

Sayyid Uthman and the pan-Islamist lobby (1895-1900)

Becoming a target for criticism

The prayer for Queen Wilhelmina and the reactions to it

A royal decoration

Sayyid Uthman under attack

Sayyid Uthman on the defensive

An Ottoman decoration?

Sayyid Uthman and the Egyptian reformist movement (1905-1912)

Sayyid Uthman's initial reaction to the reformist movement

Sayyid Uthman and Rashid Rida in dialogue

Legal methodology

Education

Answering the challenge of Rashid Rida

More exchanges between Rashid Rida and Sayyid Uthman

Persistent warnings against the reformists in the Netherlands East Indies

Constant guidance for the Muslim community (1891-1912)

The devil of Bandung

Issues related to the Quran

The phonographic rendering of the Quran

The translation of the Quran

Another debate about the Naqshabandiyya order

Guiding the believers

Admonitions

Fatwas

Scholar and writer

Works dealing with ritual

Theological writings

Works for practical use

Mosque issues

Sayyid Uthman's speech to the Solo congress

Sayyid Uthman's writings on Sarekat Islam

The last concerns and activities of Sayyid Uthman

Admonishing the Arabs

A final letter to Leiden

The death Sayyid Uthman

Sayyid Uthman: a view from without

The Qamar al-zaman revisited

Sayyid Uthman's attitude towards the colonial government and Western culture

Sayyid Uthman's involvement in the colonial administration

Sayyid Uthman as scholar.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004278691

9004278699

9789004278707

9004278702

OCLC:

879261556