‘Mori ro madena Dou mbojo ake kai hokum Islam edeku’
(The Body and the
Soul of Bimanese is Islamic law)
This Bimanese old adage is a
manifestation of Bimanese big motivation to implement Islamic law in their
daily activities. According to Hamzah (2004) Islamic Law and Adat law
has been implemented in the Sultanate of Bima since its establishment in 1640.
Since then Bima appear to be a powerful Islamic sultanate in Southeast Asia and
produce many scholars and Islamic thinkers. However, since Bima dominated by
the Netherlands in 1908 continued by Japan in 1942, and joined the Republic of
Indonesia in 1945, the implementation of Syariah Law and Adat law
in Bima has suffered a setback. Political reform and regional autonomy that
began in 2000 revitalize the spirit of the Bimanese to revive Syariah
law and the Adat law and formalize through the formal legal rules.
Indigenous groups and Moslem organizations have publicly and vocally demanded
the right to implement part of Islamic law and adat law in Bima.
(This article is part of my doctoral thesis)
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