Javanese Noble and the Misuse of Mosque Cash, 1890–1942

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200729.035How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Dutch East Indies, Java, mosque fund (moskeekas), Javanese noble (priyayi)

Abstract

To avoid misuse and corruption spreading even more contagiously among government officials, the Dutch East Indies administration issued several circulars from 1890–1931. The circulars regulated Javanese nobles (priyayi) in accessing mosque funds (mosque cash, Dutch: moskeekas) unreservedly. However, misuse and corruption were still being practiced until 1942. This study delves into the modes of misuse in Moskeekas cases in Java that were carried out by colonial Dutch officials. It also seeks to explain how the cultural environment may have encouraged authorities to risk their reputations by conducting deviant behaviors. The study shows that the urge to add up operational costs and fulfill lifestyle needs could have led these bureaucrats to have a manner of misuses that this reasoning is quite contrary to the initial purpose of the funds themselves.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Endi Aulia Garadian
AU  - Susanto Zuhdi
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/07/30
TI  - Javanese Noble and the Misuse of Mosque Cash, 1890–1942
BT  - Proceedings of the International University Symposium on Humanities and Arts (INUSHARTS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 178
EP  - 182
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200729.035
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200729.035
ID  - Garadian2020
ER  -