{"id":1767,"date":"2003-05-09T16:54:26","date_gmt":"2003-05-09T21:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/?p=1767"},"modified":"2003-05-09T16:54:26","modified_gmt":"2003-05-09T21:54:26","slug":"fatwa_attempts_to_stop_indonesian_pop_stars_drilling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2003\/05\/fatwa_attempts_to_stop_indonesian_pop_stars_drilling\/","title":{"rendered":": Fatwa Attempts To Stop Indonesian Pop Star&#8217;s &#8220;Drilling&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tr>\n<td><img><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">\n<div class=\"caption\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Indonesia has been rocked by Aceh <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wilmingtonstar.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FDate%3D20030506%26Category%3DAPI%26ArtNo%3D305060634%26Ref%3DAR%26cachetime%3D5\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">separatists<\/a>, repercussions from the independence of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlotte.com%2Fmld%2Fobserver%2Fnews%2F5748470.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">East Timor<\/a>, and the Bali <a href=\"http:\/\/www.voanews.com%2Farticle.cfm%3FobjectID%3DE33F4531-E480-46C1-A9D963AE6BD133DB\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">terrorist bombing<\/a>, but nothing has riveted the headlines like the latest controversy over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atimes.com%2Fatimes%2FSoutheast_Asia%2FEE10Ae02.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">drilling<\/a>.  No, not drilling for oil, gas, or gold (all of which are indeed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au%2Farticles%2F2003%2F05%2F09%2F1052280441585.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">contentious issues<\/a> in Indonesia), but \u201cdrilling\u201d, a native pop dance that has enjoyed a resurgence with the rise of 24-year old <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk%2Felsewhere%2Fjournalist%2Fstory%2F0%2C7792%2C951808%2C00.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Inul Daratista<\/a>, a master of the dance.  Predictably, her star <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com%2Fnews%2Fledger%2Findex.ssf%3F%2Fbase%2Fnews-8%2F1052202690216130.xml\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">rose even higher<\/a> when the Indonesian Council of Ulemas issed a fatwa calling her moves pornographic, and Rhoma Irama, Indonesia\u2019s \u201cKing of Dangdut\u201d music (<i>dangdut<\/i> being the local genre of music that you \u201cdrill\u201d to) forbade Inul from singing any of his songs.  A swift backlash ensued, with over 80% of the Indonesian public <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atimes.com%2Fatimes%2FSoutheast_Asia%2FEE10Ae02.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">supporting Inil<\/a> against the Council, including current president <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk%2Fhi%2Fenglish%2Fworld%2Fasia-pacific%2Fnewsid_1452000%2F1452246.stm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Megawati Sukarnoputri<\/a> as well as former president Abdulrahman Wahid (who is also the former leader of <a href=\"http:\/\/members.tripod.com%2F%7EDalyogiman%2Fnulama.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Nahdlatul Ulama<\/a>, the nation\u2019s largest Islamic organization.)  While Wahid is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com%2Fspot%2Findonesiawahid1.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">nearly blind<\/a> and therefore can\u2019t, uh, see things from the viewpoints of other clerics, he said that Inul had a right to \u201cdrill\u201d under the principle of free expression.  Her newfound fame means that people around the world will be able to see what the big deal is about when she embarks on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atimes.com%2Fatimes%2FSoutheast_Asia%2FEE10Ae02.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">world tour<\/a> later this year.<\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Shahed Amanullah is editor-in-chief of altmuslim.com.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The unique &#8220;drilling&#8221; ethnic dance moves of Indonesian pop star Inul sparks a debate about morals and freedom among Islamic leaders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":530,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-briefings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>: Fatwa Attempts To Stop Indonesian Pop Star&#8217;s &#8220;Drilling&#8221;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The unique &quot;drilling&quot; 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