英文摘要 |
According to the Sharia (Islamic law), wearing Hijab (headscarf) is religious obligation upon Muslim women, while reflecting complicated impact on the Muslim society in the aspects of religious norms, gender relations, sexual morality, and bussiness logic. This article explores how in Reformasi Era the democratization, economic liberation, and trends of Islamic revival have resulted to the transformation of Muslim women’s Sharia dress, i.e. the Hijab style. It first reviews the historical background of New Order era in that Muslim society was compelled to draw out of Islam under secular and authoritarian repression in politics, and Hijab was deemed old-fashion let behind the societal progress. However, this negative attitude changed gradually throughout the growing concept of Hijab as a symbol of Islamic awareness and resistance to the repression of secular authoritarianism. Due to the wide spread of revival trends, the appeal of implementing Islamic law in some provinces (Perda Sharia) has made Hijab mandatory for Muslim women in public sphere. As a result, the disciplinary regulations became more repressive to the secular-oriented women. Furthermore, the economic development and the emergence of Muslim middle class facilitated the rapid growth of Halal economy that increased market demand for Hijab fashion. It therefore challenged the traditional conservative dress of Muslim women, and caused more criticism from the religionists in terms of Islamic morality. To explore the transformation of Indonesian Hijab style during the past two decades (1998-2018) will certainly shed new light on the significant phenomena of religio-political relation and commodification of religion in the Indonesian Islamic reform and revival. |