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Arab Indonesians ( Arabic: عربٌ إندونيسيون) or, colloquially known as Jama'ah, [3] are Indonesian citizens of mixed Arab – mainly Hadhrami – and Indonesian descent. The ethnic group generally also includes those of Arab descent from other Middle Eastern Arabic speaking nations. Restricted under Dutch East Indies law until 1919 ...
Many ethnic groups, particularly in Kalimantan and Papua, have only hundreds of members. Most of the local languages belong to the Austronesian language family, although a significant number of people, particularly in eastern Indonesia, speak unrelated Papuan languages. Indonesians of Chinese, Arab and Indian descent each make up less than 3% of the total Indonesian population. [8]
This list of Arab Indonesians includes names of figures from ethnic Arab descent, especially Hadhrami people, in Indonesia. This list also includes the names of figures who are genetically of Arab blood, both those born in the Arab World who later migrated to Indonesia ( wulayti ), or who were born in Indonesia with Arab-blooded parents or Arab Indonesians mix ( Muwallad ).
Native Indonesians, also known as Pribumi or Bumiputra ( lit. ' first on the soil ' ), are Indonesians whose ancestral roots lie mainly in the archipelago, distinguished from Indonesians of known (partial) foreign descent, like Chinese Indonesians (Tionghoa), Arab Indonesians, Indian Indonesians, Japanese Indonesians, and Indo-Europeans ...
Indonesians ( Indonesian: orang Indonesia) are citizens or people who are identified with the country of Indonesia, [45] regardless of their ethnic or religious background. [46] [47] There are more than 1,300 ethnicities in Indonesia, [48] [49] making it a multicultural archipelagic country with a diversity of languages, culture and religious beliefs. The population of Indonesia according to ...
Islam is the largest religion in Indonesia, with 87% of the Indonesian population identifying themselves as Muslims, based on civil registry data in 2022. [1] In terms of denomination, the overwhelming majority are Sunni Muslims; the Pew Research Center estimates them as comprising ~99% of the country's Muslim population in 2011, [3] with the ...
The Indonesia Arab Association ( Indonesian: Persatuan Arab Indonesia) (PAI) is an association of Arab Indonesians founded by Abdurrahman Baswedan in 1934 in Semarang to encourage the allegiance of Arab immigrants to Indonesia.
Abdurrahman Baswedan, also known as AR Baswedan ( Arabic: عبد الرحمن باسويدان ʿAbd ar-Raḥman bā swaydān; 9 September 1908 – 16 March 1986) was a nationalist, journalist, Indonesian freedom fighter, diplomat, and writer. Baswedan was a member of the Central Advisory Council during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East ...