Global and Local in Indonesian Islam

Abstract

One important aspect of globalisation is the process of Islamisation of Indonesia.For many centuries this precess consisted of a constant stream of ideas and practices from Mecca to Indonesia.fldjis and Arab traders were the carriers of this cultural flow, which was largely one-directional.Cultural practices originating frorn the Middle East were integrated into local custom and belief.Such well-known cultural and to the syncretistic rule and as a security risk: the Arab traders and religious teachers <especially