The Forgotten Space of Islam: Home, Care, and Sacred Nearness

The Forgotten Space of Islam: Home, Care, and Sacred Nearness

In Pejaten, a neighborhood of South Jakarta, tucked behind alleyways that blur the lines between domestic and communal life, a man named Abeb begins his day not with speech, but with presence. He opens the windows to let in the call to prayer, lights the stove with one hand while fingering his misbaha with the other, and gently rouses his children, by rubbing their backs and humming the litanies of his forefathers. He speaks little, but in that …