Sari, Sulfia Lilin Nurindah2019-09-252019-09-252016-04-052016-03http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/236584This article presents a case study about a misunderstanding occurred because of the different perspectives among Muslims regarding the ceremony of Nawu Sendang Saliran. Sendang Saliran is a historic place, and the ceremony aims to clean up the place by performing several kinds of ritual. The ceremony not only maintains the tradition to clean up the place but it is also a tool to promote the tradition itself and to attract the tourists. But unwittingly, the ceremony has caused controversy among Muslims. Ulama have opposed the ceremony because they are worried about this kind of ceremony will lead to heresy in Islam. This paper examines the Ulama’s reasons for why they are still anxious about the ceremony although they and the performers of the ceremony have reached an agreement about how the ceremony can be carried out in an acceptable way. The paper argues that differences in the ways that Muslims understand culture and the role of religion in culture offer an explanation for the Ulama continued opposition to the performance of Nawu Sendang Saliran.engWith permission of the license/copyright holderMediationConflictCultureReligionReligious CeremonyNawu Sendang SaliranCultural ethicsCultural/intercultural ethicsReligious ethicsSpirituality and ethicsMethods of ethicsGeneral and historicalPhilosophical ethicsCommunity ethicsEthnicity and ethicsJournal volume