![]() Focusing on the internal dynamics of the Salafi movement, I shall demonstrate that the Salafi radio stations play a significant role in the contestation of religious authority among the existing Salafi groups. I argue that the establishment of these radio stations is not only for spreading Salafi teaching in society, but also to attain religious authority. In this article, I shall analyse how this contestation of religious authority has taken place in Indonesia as represented in the Salafi dakwah radio stations. In contesting authority, Salafi scholars have derived much legitimacy from classical disciplines of the hadith sciences such as al-Jarh wa al-Ta‘dil (refutation and rectification) (Meijer 2011 : 375-399) and theological labels such as Murji‘ah and Khawarij (Wagemakers 2014 : 111-125). Wicktorowicz (2005 : 135-150) points out that the religious authority of a Salafi scholar is based on his right knowledge, character, and personality. ![]() The central issue I hope to address here is that of religious authority. While both Hasan and Wahid only very concisely clarify why radio is important for Salafi dakwah, I shall specifically investigate the ways in which Salafi radio stations played a role in the (internal) dynamics of the Salafi movement. I shall focus on three stations, including Suara Quran FM, Al-Madinah FM and Darussalaf FM.
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