The Makings of Indonesian Islam: Orientalism and the Narration of a Sufi Past
The Makings of Indonesian Islam: Orientalism and the Narration of a Sufi Past
Michael Laffan
Excerpt:
“It was probably in Mecca that al-Sharqawi inducted two Jawis into the Sammani brotherhood, founded by the Medinese Muhammad Samman (1717-76). One of these Jawi initiates was the ecstatic Muhammad Nafis al-Banjari (1770-1820), the other was the more sober (and prolific) Da’ud al-Fatani (d. 1845).”
Also interesting to read that Singapore was such an important printing centre for the whole of the Malay World in the 19th century. Presses in the vicinity of Masjid Sultan were printing Qur’an, mawlid books, religious manuals such as the Safinah al-Najah, and even a Sufi manual for the Shattari brotherhood in 1877.
