Artikulasi Islam Nusantara dalam Perjuangan Agraria

This article focuses on specific topics rarely discussed in the scholarship of Islam Nusantara, namely the contribution of Islam Nusantara in addressing agrarian problems experienced by the community. To disclose such a contribution, the author proposes the perspective of “access and exclusion” as a theoretical framework for understanding the nature of social struggle in the agrarian field. Based on this, the author will disclose the contribution of Islam Nusantara in “pursuing access” and at the same token “preventing exclusion” within various situations of agrarian struggle, starting from the family level (as concerned with the inheritance system and joint marital property) to a broader level of socio-agrarian relations (as related to inequalities in land tenure, relations of production and spatial allocation). In addition, the author will examine “agrarian ijtihad” issued by Nahdlatul Ulama and also proposes the idea of “agrarian waqf”—both constitute religious responses to “challenges of access” and “threats of exclusion” taking place within the community.

Keywords: Islam Nusantara, struggle for access; struggle against exclusion; agrarian ijtihad; Nahdlatul Ulama; agrarian waqf