The arrival and spread of the Tablighi Jama’at in West Papua (Irian Jaya), Indonesia

• Main Author: Farish A. Noor
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Working Paper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/90887; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/6514
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper looks at the spread of the Tablighi Jama'at network in West Papua, the Easternmost province of Indonesia and perhaps the most remote of all provinces in the country. It traces the early arrival of the Muslim missionary movement and looks at the methods that were used in...