PUBLICATIONS PROGRAMS

PUBLICATIONS PROGRAMS

Salafi teachings have also been disseminated through

magazines and books published by the salafi

community, including translations of the writings of

the great Saudi salafi scholars.56 Yayasan al-Sofwah

alone is reported to have distributed 1 million free

books around Indonesia since its founding in 1992.57

Most major streams of salafism in Indonesia have

their own websites, often with links to Middle Eastern

and U.S.-based sites, and most have their own

magazines as well that digest complicated points of

religious law and doctrine. These exacerbate rifts

within the movement, however, as much as they

propagate salafi principles. But the focus on

publishing is also indicative of the highly literate

community that forms the basis of the salafi

constituency in Indonesia: these magazines are not

produced for visual appeal or designed for the rural

poor. The target audience appears to be very much

an educated middle class.

56 These publishing houses, all Java-based, include Cahaya

Tauhid Press in Malang; Pustaka Azzam (Jakarta); Pustaka al

Sofwah (Jakarta); Pustaka al-Haura (Yogyakarta); Maktabah

Salafy Press (Tegal); Penerbit an-Najiyah (Sukoharjo); Oase

Media (Yogyakarta); Media Hidayah (Yogyakarta); Pustaka

Imam Buchori (Solo); Darul Hadits (Depok); Penerbit al-

Mubarok (Cileungsi, Bogor); Pustaka Imam Syafei (Bogor);

Darul Falah (Jakarta); Pustaka Arafah (Solo); Pustaka at-

Tibyan (Solo); Pustaka al-Atsary (Bogor); Darul Haq