Scholars of Indonesian politics and Islam use the phrase ‘conservative turn’ to explain the increasing religious influence in contemporary Indonesia’s social, political, and cultural life. Although their literature provides insightful explanations about this trend, scholars fail to include subcultural Muslim youths in their analyses. The term ‘subcultural youths’ in this context refer…
This article investigates an involvement of the goverment of the Municipaltiy of Padang in West Sumatra in managing zakat institution, namely BAZDA [Badan Amil Zakat Daerah]. It argues that the intentions of the mayor in managing the zakat institution aimed to provide an alternative financial source in order to support his position at the mayor. Zakat payers [Muzakki], collector [amil], kinds o…