MUHDI AKBAR: NURSERY OF LOCAL MULTICULTURAL IN SELAYAR

摘要

This study examines the destination: The background of the existence of Muhdi Akbar as the cult for Islamic society in Selayar and the culmination and the development of Multicultural in Selayar. This study used a qualitative research approach and phenomenological method. The collection of data is in the form of observation, in-depth interviews. The result of the research shows that Muhdi Akbar is one of faith genres in Islam, which deviates from the faith (aqidah), worship (ibadah), practice (amalan) and idealism of most of Moslem. It raised pro and cons, and ignites conflict because it is the existence known as deviation from proper Islamic tradition. In its development, Muhdi Akbar known as syncretism because fused between the application of many religions such as Christian, Hinduism, and Islam. The fusion from those religions leads Muhdi Akbar to the Multicultural phenomenon, and then it becomes a model of society living in Selayar.