e-ISSN 2785-9444 VOL 1, NO 1 (JUNE) 2021: 39-48 Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia (ABIM) Malaysian Journal of Islamic Movements and Muslim Societies مجلة ماليزية للحركات والمجتمعات اﻹسﻻمية Submission Date: 18/04/2021 Accepted Date: 3/05/2021 Publication Date: 30/06/2021 THE IDEAS OF COSMOPOLITAN ISLAM IN FILMS: AN ANALYSIS OF ALI BABA BUJANG LAPOK AND TIGA ABDUL Idea Kosmopolitan Islam di dalam Filem: Sebuah Analisis Terhadap Filem Ali Baba Bujang Lapok dan Tiga Abdul Mohammad Syazwannuddin Bin Shaharuddin1 International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC)
[email protected] Abstract This paper aims to examine the notion of cosmopolitan Islam in the selected P. Ramlee films, Ali Baba Bujang Lapok (1960) and Tiga Abdul (1964). These films were chosen since it contained the theme of familial relationship and wealth by telling the story using the fantasy setting that had similarity to the city of Baghdad or Istanbul. By analyzing the main themes of each film, it had been found that his films contained ideas related to the changing family values in Malaya and Singapore, the effect of modernity and globalization to Malay language and the influences of Arab, Persian, and Turkish culture in the modern Malay society. As a man of his time, P. Ramlee’s film helps us to understand the aspirations and concerns of the Muslims at the onset of Malayan independence and Malaysia formations. Keywords: film, P. Ramlee, cosmopolitan, modernity, globalization Abstrak Artikel ini ditulis untuk mengkaji tanggapan mengenai Islam kosmpolitan di dalam filem-filem P. Ramlee yang terpilih iaitu Ali Baba Bujang Lapok (1960) dan Tiga Abdul (1964).