THE MEANING OF RELIGIOSITY AMONG ‘SLANG HIJAB’ WEARER: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY

Syahrul ALİM

doi:https://doi.org/10.18769/ijasos.370048

Makale detayları

THE MEANING OF RELIGIOSITY AMONG ‘SLANG HIJAB’ WEARER: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY

Yazarlar:

Syahrul ALİM

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi:

IJASOS- International E-journal of Advances in Social Sciences 2017 Vol.3 Issue 9, pp.1015-1023

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2017

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000717146

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18769/ijasos.370048

Özet:

 


Wearing hijab is an obligation for every Muslim woman, as clearly
stated in the Qur'an. Hijab is defined as a wide veil that women use to cover
the aurat (covering head and neck down to the
chest). It is believed that the correct use of hijab brings benefits and virtues to the wearers, especially in
its religious attitudes and behavior. Thus, wearing hijab is a representation
of religiosity. Religiosity can be interpreted as the degree of attachment of a
person to the religion and gives a positive impact in social life. Religiosity
consists of five dimensions, including: dimension of Aqedah/ideological, ritualistic, experiential, knowledge, and
practice dimension (Glock, C. Y & Stark, 1965).

The use of hijab for
Muslim women can be considered as a form of being religious. Nevertheless,
the development of modernity that strongly strike society makes the hijab
function no longer as the basis of religious obedience, but rather to follow the
demands of modernity that lead to the behavior of showing off the aurat. Hijab gradually losses its
function and becomes one of the complementary materials in dressing. The use of
hijab as described above is known by the term slang
hijab, or hijab that is not
in accordance with Islamic law (syar’i). This is evident from the phenomenon of
widespread use of slang hijab among
female students. The influence of mass media be one of the factors causing the
use of hijab has shifted the good value both of its functions moreover the
model it offers.

This study discussed about the meaning of religiosity among women wearer
of slang hijab in a major
state university in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Data were collected by qualitative
method, in particular the phenomenological approach. Three respondents were interviewed in depth to reveal their meaning of
religiosity. The results showed that basically all respondents had a good
religious understanding including the obligations of being a Muslim women.
However, the understanding of the religion tend to be interpreted in a
subjective and flexible way. So it is not surprising if there are many variety
of opinions, especially about the obligation to wearing the hijab. In addition,
cultural, racial, and climatic differences between Indonesia and Arabs are the
reason for the justification of respondents wearing hijab that are not
according to Islamic orders. Finally, the cynical view of the opposite sex also
gives a negative impact so that the use of hijab according to religious orders
increasingly unimaginable.

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Makale detayları

THE MEANING OF RELIGIOSITY AMONG ‘SLANG HIJAB’ WEARER: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY

Yazarlar: Syahrul ALİM

Ana Başlıklar: Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi: IJASOS- International E-journal of Advances in Social Sciences 2017 Vol.3 Issue 9, pp.1015-1023

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 12/2017

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2000717146

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18769/ijasos.370048

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Syahrul ALİM

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi:

IJASOS- International E-journal of Advances in Social Sciences 2017 Vol.3 Issue 9, pp.1015-1023

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2017

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000717146

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18769/ijasos.370048