Tomboy/Lesbian Community Case Study
One particular community which attracts people’s attention both for people in Indonesia and among IDWs themselves is the emergence of one particular community called tomboy/lesbian community. This community members increase each year and in 2013, it was noted that 84.45% of IDWs in Hong Kong are lesbian (Afifah 2015). In a similar vein, an article in Tabloid Nova explicates the fact how such community has a fantastic number of member. The article also notes that there are two prominent reasons why lesbianism is common among the IDWs. First is trauma and the second is trend. One of the reasons why Indonesians (who are mostly women) decide to be migrant workers is because they want to run away from their personal problems, in most cases, a failure
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KJRI states that there are 43 groups officially recognized as religious gathering community (Fahmi 2011). Begins in 2004, this particular community was initiated by Persatuan Dakwah Victoria (Victoria Preaching Association). Nowadays, this association manages several smaller groups e.g. Majlis Ta’lim Ikatan Persaudaraan Muslimah Hong Kong (Muslimah Hong Kong Community), Gabungan Migran Muslim Indonesia (Indonesian Muslim Migrant Association) and Manajemen Qolbu (Qolbu Management), a group which focuses on Qur’an learning (Gizoel 2012). Most of the religious gatherings in Hong Kong are Muslim gathering because the majority of IDWs in Hong Kong are Muslims. Apart from its emergence as a counter to other community, this religious gathering community is also formed to meet the demand of religious teaching need. Living in the hurly burly of Hong Kong secular life, as Muslims, IDWs think that they need to have religious teaching. Because they could not have it from the local neighborhood, they decide to form a Muslim gathering which aims at strengthening and maintaining their faith as Muslim. Such community regularly hosts Islamic teaching lectures by inviting Ustadz (preacher) from Indonesia. Sometimes they invite an Indonesian celebrity as a guest star to draw more
KJRI states that there are 43 groups officially recognized as religious gathering community (Fahmi 2011). Begins in 2004, this particular community was initiated by Persatuan Dakwah Victoria (Victoria Preaching Association). Nowadays, this association manages several smaller groups e.g. Majlis Ta’lim Ikatan Persaudaraan Muslimah Hong Kong (Muslimah Hong Kong Community), Gabungan Migran Muslim Indonesia (Indonesian Muslim Migrant Association) and Manajemen Qolbu (Qolbu Management), a group which focuses on Qur’an learning (Gizoel 2012). Most of the religious gatherings in Hong Kong are Muslim gathering because the majority of IDWs in Hong Kong are Muslims. Apart from its emergence as a counter to other community, this religious gathering community is also formed to meet the demand of religious teaching need. Living in the hurly burly of Hong Kong secular life, as Muslims, IDWs think that they need to have religious teaching. Because they could not have it from the local neighborhood, they decide to form a Muslim gathering which aims at strengthening and maintaining their faith as Muslim. Such community regularly hosts Islamic teaching lectures by inviting Ustadz (preacher) from Indonesia. Sometimes they invite an Indonesian celebrity as a guest star to draw more