Muslim Businessmen and Chinese Economics in Singkawang

Fachrurazi Fachrurazi* -  Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Pontianak, Indonesia
Dwi Surya Atmaja -  Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Pontianak, Indonesia
Zaenuddin Hudi Prasojo -  Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Pontianak, Indonesia

Instead of being known as the “City of Tasbih”, nowadays Singkawang is either known as the “City of Amoy (Chinese girls)” or the “City of Thousand ChineseTemples”. Cap Go Meh annually International Festival is another evidence of Chinese image making towards the city.  This indicates a sort of Chinese domination that must be studied, economically, politically, and socially. Furthermore, the research aims to explore the dynamics of Chinese Counterpart especially the Muslim Business elites' challenge such as ironic the ongoing dominating development. To explore the dynamics, in-depth interviews were held. Key figures among Muslim businessmen, Chinese elites, government officials, even laypeople were questioned in order to obtain a clear description and balanced analysis of possible biases and perspectives of the interviewees. Quantitative data are analyzed and discussed.  In short, the research’s findings are: The desire of an Islamic Singkawang is still intact, driven mainly by Muslim businessmen, in order to defend the existence and of Muslim in face of their powerlessness amidst the domination of Chinese elites.

Keywords: Muslim; businessmen, Chinese, economics, domination, Singkawang

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