ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the role of passionate cadari (face-veiled women) in some Salafi groups in Indonesia. Salafi cadari are the most visible and energetic agents in the development of their movement, evident from their daʿwa (proselytisation) and activities within Salafi female wings. Young Muslim generations in Indonesia are known as the backbone of varied Islamic and Islamist movements. This is also the case of the Salafi cadari. Nisa guides her readers in understanding how the individual self-transformation of cadari demands increased attention to becoming true Muslim women and dedication to the future of their Islamic communities and Islam in general. This chapter vividly challenges the stereotype of the cadari as secluded and oppressed women who cannot exercise agency. Their capacity for agency is evident when they support their movement and enjoy performing their movement’s activism. Nisa enlightens this by focusing on both the voices and activism of the cadari within their own Islamic movements and nationally. Challenging common assumptions, Nisa argues that passionate cadari are not kept in the background, rather they experience pleasure from doing what Asef Bayat calls ‘active piety’ or Lara Deeb calls ‘public piety.’
