Masyarakat Muslim Bali di Klungkung, Karangasem dan Bangli [The Balinese Muslim Community in Klungkung, Karangasem and Bangli]

Abstract

The findings of a research team from the LIPI Political Research Centre (M. Hamdan Basyar, Dhurorudin Mashad, Heru Cahyono, Indriana Kartini, Afadlal, and Riza Sihbudi) on minority Muslim communities in three regencies of eastern Bali: Klungkung, Karangasem, and Bangli. The book traces the origins of Muslim villages such as Kampung Gelgel, Kecicang, Saren Jawa, and Kepaon, which were formed from the time of the Balinese kingdoms through soldiers, traders, and court retainers from Java, Madura, Bugis, and Lombok who were received by the Hindu kings. The authors analyse how Balinese Muslims build a religious identity while remaining rooted in local culture, including the use of names, language, the banjar (neighbourhood association), and the tradition of menyama braya (brotherhood) with Hindus, as well as the dynamics of interreligious relations after the Bali bombings and the strengthening of ajeg Bali identity. The study offers a portrait of harmony, cultural accommodation, and the challenges of identity politics for a Muslim minority amid a Hindu majority.