PERJUANGAN AGAMA, BANGSA DAN NUSA: KAJIAN TERHADAP TIGA AKHBAR MELAYU DI SARAWAK

THE STRUGGLE OF RELIGION, NATION AND STATE: A STUDY ON THE THREE MALAY NEWSPAPERS IN SARAWAK

Abstract

Kertas ini bertujuan mencerakin peranan kristalistik dan sumbangan vitalistik Fajar Sarawak (1930), dalam kancah zaman keangkuhan kolonialisme Barat dan sadisme dunia Melayu-Islam, merentasi garis zaman pancaroba yang besar iaitu Perang Dunia Pertama dan Kedua. Pada zaman inilah, muncul perjuangan keulamaan di Sarawak Darul Hana yang bangkit menyanggah terorisme Barat dan memercukan gagasan kemajuan Melayu-Islam, dengan pena dan tinta sebagai senjata perjuangan keulamaan. Persoalannya, mengapakah angkatan Fajar Sarawak teguh menggeluti zaman yang penuh berisiko dewasa itu? Menerusi wacana kerdil ini, penulis akan menggarap gagasan dan perjuangan Fajar Sarawak (1930) sembari menelusuri garis persamaan dan perbezaan penting (secara menyeluruh) dengan Utusan ASAS (1947-1948) dan Utusan Sarawak (1949-1950) secara komparatif, dalam konteks inklusivisi perjuangan keulamaan sezaman. Struktur wacana ini dibahagikan kepada tiga tema utama (ikuti pemerihalan selanjutnya). Bagaimanapun, aspek latar belakang masyarakat tidak disentuh di sini kerana ruangan yang terhad, malah keutamaan harus diberikan terhadap aspek pengisiannya. Begitu juga dengan kesan perjuangan akhbar Melayu, topik ini memerlukan kertas berasingan.

The purpose of this papar is to elaborate on the vital roles and core contributions of Fajar Sarawak (Malay newspapers in Sarawak), within the Western colonialism era in the Malay world, between the two world war eras (1941-1945). In this critical era, the Muslim scholars in Sarawak struggled firmly in insisting the so-called international terrorist aggression (Western colonialists) and devotionally boosted the ideas of Malay progression, via the intellectual discourse as well. The interesting question is why did they (as the ideas raised in the Malay newspapers) bravely opposed Western colonization, in spite of the different perspectives and approaches? The most essential aspect in this article will be focused on the Islamic struggle and aspirations of Fajar Sarawak, Utusan Asas, and Utusan Sarawak, in comparative perspectives as a whole.Hence, the structure of this article will be divided into three main themes. However, there are two aspects that will not be mentioned here; the background of the society in the respective eras and the impacts of the Malay newspapers struggle towards its nation as those topics need to be examined in other articles.