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Oemar Said An inventory done by the Ministry 124, Penerbit Serambi 148, penerbit Islamic book publishers have apparently Mizam was presumed to be a Shi’i An article on
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Tjokroaminoto of Religious Affairs in 2003 of 29 Maghfirah Pustaka around 92, Penerbit adopted a clear outline of Islamic socio- publishing house because of its Tjokroaminoto in Tjaja
substituted H. Indonesian publishers that produce LkiS along with its affiliated branch, intellectual thought which they had publication of Dialog Sunnah-Syiah Hindia. This article states
Samanhoedias the books on Islam found that up to 2003 Pustaka Pesantren around 316, and turned into the ideological basis for their and other works by Shi’i thinkers like that Tjokroaminoto
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chairman of the SI. there were around 4.687 titles of Islamic Pustaka Al-Kautsar more than 500 activities and the guide in selecting the Ali Shariati and Murtadha Muthahari. was a warrior who had
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Source: National Library books. Besides, still according to the at the end of 2007, Azam publisher books they wanted to publish. Here, we However, Mizan occupied only a small fought for Indonesian
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of Indonesia. data from the Ministry of Religious around 79 titles at the end of 2006, will be specifically concerned with three space and it was surrounded by an Independence.
Affairs, from the ca. 110 Islamic Remaja Rosdakarya around 137 books Islamic publishers for they represent Indonesian climate that generally ignored Source: National Library
publishers who joined the 2003 Islamic at the end of 2005, and these are just —though not totally—Indonesian Shi’a. In fact, most books published by of Indonesia
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Book Fair in Senayan, ca. 3.041 titles some examples and do not include the Muslims’ sociological reality. They are Mizan were books that belong to the
of books comprising various fields total numbers of all the publishers that Mizan, which represents moderate Sunni branch of Islam and in the early
of Islamic studies were published in produce Islamic books be they IKAPI Muslims, Gema Insani Press (GIP) years of its establishment it published
Indonesia. So, from both studies it has members or not. which represents scripturalist and books written by various popular al-
become clear that up to 2003, 7.728 titles fundamentalist Muslims, and LkiS Ikhwanul Muslimin figures, one of which
of Islamic books on various subjects Islamic Book Publishers: Some (Lembaga Kajian Islam dan Sosial) that is Surat-Menyurat Maryam Jamilah-
entered the Indonesian book market. 57 Socio-Intellectual Profiles represents the Islamic left tendency and Maududi. 70
which is critical to both doctrines and the
IKAPI, which attempts to determine From what we have seen above we can social institutions they represent. Mizan targets university students as
the range of books on Islam published underline that recently Islamic books its readership although most of them
in Indonesia, assures us that the book have become an important category In the early 1980s, Indonesian society have become the enemies of the new
publishing industry in Indonesia produces within the Indonesian publishing world; was stunned by the founding of the ways of Islamic thinking about which
at least 10.000 book titles annually, and publishing books on Islamic themes Islamic publisher, Mizan and its two Mizan also publishes books including
from that number 3.000 titles deal with has become an industry with serious best-sellers Dialog Sunnah-Syiah by the works written by Nurcholish Madjid.
Islamic themes. This means that up to repercussions on the characteristics of A. Syafaruddin al-Musawi and Surat 68 The majority of the readers of Mizan
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2008, at least 20.000 to 22.000 titles of Indonesian Islam. It is very important Menyurat Maryam Jamilah-Maududi. publications, according to Watson,
books on Islam were published, a fact to elucidate the profiles of Islamic From the outset, Mizan, which was belong to the older generations and
that should be considered. book publishers and their roles in the founded in 1983, stood for something are members of a group of people that
development of Islamic book publishing. innovative. In fact, Mizan was established supported the Islamic cultural movement
This estimate may be correct when to publish luxurious modern books
we have a look at the data on the In addition to looking for profit, the and important works on contemporary in the 1970s.
publication of books on Islam from the publishers contributed invaluably to Islamic thought written by young and Mizan’s most important effect in the
766 IKAPI members. Up to mid-2008, efforts in the promotion of the use of print international Muslim thinkers in order earlier stages of its development was
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Gema Insani Press published ca. 1000 culture. to offer a balance in the ideas on Islam to publish the work of young Muslim
titles of Islamic books, Darul Haq ca. Its lso very important to note that (mizan literally means ‘balancing scales’). intellectual thinkers from middle class
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