Islam Online: Ormas Islam di Dunia Maya
Islam Online: Ormas-ormas Islam Indonesia di Dunia Maya Penagama: Jurnal Penelitian dan Pengembangan Ilmu-ilmu Agama Vol. XIX, No 1, Januari-April 2010 Hal. 133-149 Full text: PDF The Internet has changed the world in many ways. One of the phenomena created by the Internet is the presence of virtual religions: either online religion or religion online. All religions have undergone this process of “virtualization” and Islam is indeed no exception. The radical Muslim jihadis use the Internet to promote their causes, the clerics go online to release their religious opinions and the lay searches more quickly accesses to religious knowledge and authorities. While the Internet has also significantly transformed the ways of understanding and practicing religion here in Indonesia, little has been done academically to understand these changes. Studies in virtual religion are developing in other parts of the world and they are underdeveloped here in Indonesia and about Islam Indo...