Islam, politics and change: the Indonesian experience after the fall of Suharto

After violent protests across the country had forced President Suharto to step down in 1998, Indonesia successfully made the transition from an authoritarian state to a democracy. In this book Indonesian scholars affiliated with Islamic universities as well as Dutch researchers investigate what has happened since the transition

Cover -- Title page -- Copyrights -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction, Kees van Dijk and Nico J.G. Kaptein -- Part I. ISLAMIC POLITICAL PARTIES AND SOCIO-RELIGIOUS ORGANISATIONS, Kees van Dijk -- 1. A Study of the Internal Dynamics of the Prosperous Justice Party and Jamaah Tarbiyah, Ahmad-Norma Permata -- 2. The Mosque as a Religious Sphere, Syaifudin Zuhri -- 3. Enforcing Religious Freedom in Indonesia, Bastiaan Scherpen -- Part 2. SHARIA-BASED LEGISLATION AND THE LEGAL POSITION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN, Kees van Dijk -- 4. Sharia-Based Laws, Euis Nurlaelawati -- 5. The Islamic Court of Bulukumba and Women's Access to Divorce and Post-Divorce Rights, Stijn Cornelis van Huis -- 6. Women in Local Politics, Muhammad Latif Fauzi -- Part 3. SHARIA AND COUNTERCULTURE IN ACEH, Kees van Dijk -- 7. Neo-Sufism, Shariatism, and Ulama Politics, Moch Nur Ichwan -- 8. Cultural Resistance to Shariatism in Aceh, Reza Idria -- 9. Images of Violence and Piety in Aceh, David Kloos -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- About the Authors -- Index.

After violent protests all over the country had forced President Suharto to step down in 1998, Indonesia successfully made the transition from an authoritarian state to a democracy. In this book Indonesian scholars attached to Islamic universities and Dutch researchers investigate what happened since and what the consequences are of the growing influence of orthodoxy and radicalism, which already visible before 1998, only got stronger.This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched

After violent protests all over the country had forced President Suharto to step down in 1998, Indonesia successfully made the transition from an authoritarian state to a democracy. In this book Indonesian scholars attached to Islamic universities and Dutch researchers investigate what happened since and what the consequences are of the growing influence of orthodoxy and radicalism, which already visible before 1998, only got stronger.

After violent protests all over the country had forced President Suharto to step down in 1998, Indonesia successfully made the transition from an authoritarian state to a democracy. In this book Indonesian scholars attached to Islamic universities and Dutch researchers investigate what happened since and what the consequences are of the growing influence of orthodoxy and radicalism, which already visible before 1998, only got stronger.

This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched.

After violent protests across the country had forced President Suharto to step down in 1998, Indonesia successfully made the transition from an authoritarian state to a democracy. For the first time in forty years Islamic parties and organizations - including some inspired by the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood - were free to propagate their ways of thinking. The new government also succeeded in negotiating an end to a separatist rebellion in Aceh, making the province the only region in Indonesia permitted to draft its own Islamic legislation. In this book Indonesian scholars affiliated with Islamic universities as well as Dutch researchers investigate what has happened since the transition. They explore what the consequences are of the growing influence of orthodoxy and radicalism, which - while already visible prior to 1998 - has only grown stronger. How did political and religious relations change? How were the lives of women and their legal position affected? Furthermore, what are the ramifications for religious minorities?