Muslim Medical Traders in Indonesia-Malaysia Border Region: Perspective of Sharia Business Ethics
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Volume: 4 Issues: 20 [June, 2019] pp. 77 - 85] Journal of Islamic, Social, Economics and Development (JISED) eISSN: 0128-1755 Journal website: www.jised.com MUSLIM MEDICAL TRADERS IN INDONESIA-MALAYSIA BORDER REGION: PERSPECTIVE OF SHARIA BUSINESS ETHICS Budi Iswanto1 1 Faculty Ekonomi dan Bisnis Islam, Sultan Muhammad Syafiuddin Sambas Institute of Islamic Religion (IAIS), Indonesia, (E-mail: [email protected] Accepted date: 12-03-2018 Published date: 20-06-2019 To cite this document: Iswanto, B. (2019). Muslim Medical Traders in Indonesia-Malaysia Border Region: Perspective of Sharia Business Ethics. Journal of Islamic, Social, Economics and Development (JISED), 4(20), 77 - 85. __________________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract: This article discusses about Malay Muslim Merchants in Indonesia-Malaysia Border Area, with border community research in Temajuk Village, Paloh Subdistrict, Sambas District, West Kalimantan, the border area closest to Telok Melano Sarawak Kuching Malaysia. The Malay Muslim traders on the border are transcultural and transnational, with very fluid boundaries, in culture, ethnicity and religion. The study focused on Muslim traders as the arena of transactions and economic relationships in the marketing mix in accordance with the shari'a in line with itqon: doing at the best possible quality, performing a task of the highest quality towards a falter trader. This research is addressed on the aspects of Malay Muslim Merchants activities in Border Areas of Indonesia-Malaysia related (1) how Malay Muslim Traders practices in Indonesia-Malaysia Frontier Area, (2) How Malay Muslim Traders Strategy in Indonesia Border Area -Malaysia, (3) opportunities and constraints of Malay Muslim Traders in the Indonesian-Malay Frontier Region. Keywords: Traders, Muslims, Borders, Temajuk ___________________________________________________________________________ Introduction The border area is now an important issue for the Homeland after several border dispute with Malaysia, prompting the government to build a border area become the "home" country. On the other hand, social change in many countries in recent decades is believed to be the implications of the relationship between the state and the market. Relationships in a society too much guided by motives of mutual economic needs. Ability to meet the needs of the various forms of relationships bring community groups, which often crosses national borders. Border is often seen as a zone of instability, uncertainty, marginality, and full of danger and criminality. In the book"Borderlands:Ethnographic Approaches to Security, Power, and Identity"Hasting and Wilson (2011) argues, the study of border attracted the attention of the ethnographer, as the lens is unique that will be used to look at the intersection of national power, transcultural and transnational form of security and insecurity in the era of globalization today. (Hastings Donan and Thomas M. Wilson, eds, 1999). 77 However, in line with the remoteness of the central government of Indonesia, as well as differences in economic growth between Indonesia and Malaysia over the period make Muslim Malay community Temajuk Village District of Paloh Sambas district more economically oriented toward Malaysia. The second position in the border closer meaning that the interests of the Malay masyatakat telok Melano Temajuk Indonesia and Malaysia, where they find jobs, daily necessities, health care and educational facilities at the same time business partners. Such conditions increase the current crossing borders both countries. Hopes and dreams of people in both countries are interdependent been since the days of empire that cannot be separated from religion and ethnic culture as well as economic transactions at the border. Temajuk Village District of Paloh towards the border to have a better life, across the country are found in Malaysia. And vice versa community Malaysia Telok Melano, All goods and services are offered in various facilities in both countries. Access to the two countries for the people of the Malay Islamic borders more easily than to the capital of both countries. Shopping centers and the development of processing industry of the earth gives hope for the opportunities to be able to achieve a better life. Once the illegal timber increasingly lonely people crossing the border around the border area, now a lot of work depend on the nature of farming and fishing. Their lives have been shaped by the environment they live in border and a unique environment, with a culture and local wisdom alike. Temajuk as rural areas are located in the tail Borneo, directly adjacent to the Village District Melano Kuching in Sarawak, Malaysia. Administratively this Paloh has a vast territory with a population, "split" into two. Most residents become citizens of Indonesia and some others entered Malaysians. Stakes borders of Indonesia and Malaysia in Paloh including some benchmarks that exist along the West Kalimantan (Indonesia) and Sarawak (Malaysia), whose improvised since time immemorial, so it can not be observed clearly. The similarity of cultures and ethnicities in the region of Sarawak Temajuk Indonesia and Malaysia, which is dominated by ethnic Malay culture and supports the process of socio-economic interaction between the two communities on the border of two countries. Cross-border regulations between the two countries did not discourage activities that take place between these groups. The similarity of culture and ethnicity is often a source of benefit to facilitate the process of socio-economic interaction between them (Endang Rudiatin, 2012). In a country whose ethnic boundaries and culture intersect will eliminate the ideas of ethnic construction that separates them an interest in survival. Ethnic boundaries often have the character to change, can be narrowed or expanded in relation to the specific needs of economic mobilization (Cohen, Ronald, 1974). In the economy, the difference of identity and inter-ethnic habits cause economic measures to meet the shortage of ethnic respectively. Ethnic and religious meetings that causes the complementary relationship between the two tends to eliminate ideas of ethnic and religious constructions that separates between "me" and "them". In Indonesia and Malaysia communities in Region Temajuk, when conducting economic activities, there is no difference in the two nations with borders and rules. The products being traded Muslim traders in the village of the District Temajuk Paloh Sambas district are: (Profile Village Temajuk Year 2017). 78 Table. 1 products traded until now Products-Products in Traffic your Fishery Plantation Grocery Apparel Building Forestry Electronic Tourism Materials Fish Pepper Rice Dress Cement Wood Parabola Beach Lobster Rubber Indomi Pants Tehel Waterfall Jellyfish Fruits Detergent Jean at sources: Village Office Temajuk district. Paloh Year 2017 View products traded at the border provide favorable opportunities for the residents of the village of Temajuk District of Paloh Sambas district because almost all the crops they sell at the border by producing Ringit Malaysia with the exchange rate is high enough, let alone see tipelogi and geographical Temajuk Village which located in the tail of Borneo has a variety of potential particularly trade between countries is expected to become the center of international trade because it is relatively close to the state of Malaysia, Singapore and Batam Natuna Islands, this opportunity makes pemeritah to immediately open ZIP Trans boundary second state after the District Aruk Sajingan. Traders Malay Muslims in the Border Area between Indonesia and Malaysia in the trade by sharia are already familiar in practice on the basis of mutual trust, familiarity, they do not leave the business concept Muhammad Marketing sharia very concerned, Sidiq, trustworthy, fathanah, sermons, because the Muslim traders in borders for those who do not do the concept they will be stigmatized and marginalized by it is self-contained of community market traders Malay Muslims because it would tarnish the name of the merchant in the village Temajuk and carries the name of the State and bring the tribe wither due to fraud undertaken (Buchari Alma and Doni June Priansah, 2014). This study focused on aspects of Malay Muslim traders in Indonesia-Malaysia Border Region Related (1) how to practice the Malay Muslim traders in Indonesia-Malaysia Border Region, (2) What strategy Malay Muslim traders in Indonesia-Malaysia Border Region, (3) What opportunities and constraints of the Malay Muslim traders in Indonesia-Malaysia Border Region. Research methods Desireto generate data that is descriptive, systematic description, factual and accurate information on the facts, nature and the relationship between the phenomena observed and analyzed by qualitative approach. Research guided by qualitative paradigm is defined as a process of research to understand the problems of human or social by creating an overall picture and the complex is presented with words, reported the views detail obtained from the sources of information, as well as performed in the background(setting)is natural. In express and understand something behind the phenomenon that bit was not yet known it can be used a qualitative method because this method can also be used to gain insight into something new little known. Similarly, qualitative methods can provide details of a complex of phenomena that are difficult expressed by qualitative