Debunking prevailing school views pertaining to the apostasy of alleged descendants of SHAYKH YUSUF of MAKASSAR

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2020

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UIN Sunan Kalijaga

Abstract

This article focuses on the controversial issue of apostasy pertaining to the alleged family of Shaykh Yusuf of Makassar, the Indonesian pioneer of Islam in colonial South Africa, after his demise at the Cape in the late 17th century during a period of Dutch occupation of both countries. It is reported in local and international historical and scholarly sources that the second generation grandchildren of this political exile and learned Islamic scholar converted

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Apostasy, Ulama, Dutch colonial government, Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC)

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Moosa, N . (2020). Debunking prevailing school views pertaining to the apostasy of alleged descendants of SHAYKH YUSUF of MAKASSAR . Journal of Islamic Studies.58(1), 103-170. Doi: 10.14421/ajis.2020.581.103-170