An Overlap of Identity-building Components on the Religious Identity-giving of Indonesian Social Activists

Indeed, which identity components does the religious identity-giving of Indonesian Muslims follow, as one of the largest societies in the Islamic world? Is it supra national or sub-national, or is it derived from the identity of religious culture, and where has the identity-building Islam come from? These questions led us to analyze them in a historical-descriptive way in order to answer them. Since the facts of the present, the past, and their relation to the future are explored in this paper, the most appropriate method for this study is the historical-descriptive method. The findings suggest that in Indonesia, a moderate definition of Islam, in conflict with other identity-building components, has been able to approach a native model of religious perceptions appropriate to Malay cultural thoughts. In this new approach, Islam has tried to be active using all Islamic resources and to establish the religious identity of Indonesian Muslims