The Struggle Of Islam In Modern Indonesia

Author : B. J. Boland
Publisher : Springer
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789401747103

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The Struggle of Islam in Modern Indonesia by B. J. Boland Pdf

With deep interest I have followed the Indonesian people's fight for freedom and independence from 1945 onwards. This interest has come to be centred in particular on the question of how religions, especially Islam, were involved in this struggle, and what role they would fulfil in the new Indonesia. After having lived and worked in Indonesia from 1946 to the end of 1960, I was twice more enabled to visit Indonesia thanks to grants from the Netherlands Foundation for the Advancement of Tropical Research (WOTRO). It was during these sojourns in particular, from May to October 1966 and from February to July 1969, that the material for this study was collected, supplemented and checked. For the help I received during these visits I am greatly indebted to so many Indonesian informants that it is impossible to mention them all. Moreover, some of them would not appreciate being singled out by name. But while offering them these general thanks I am thinking of them all individually. In spite of all the help given and patience shown me, this publication is bound to be full of shortcomings. An older Muslim friend, however, once encouraged me by reminding me that perfection belongs only to God (al-kamäl li'lläh). Nevertheless, I should like to offer my apologies for errors and mistakes; I would appreciate it if readers drew my attention to them.

Author : B.J. Bolland
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004286894

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The Struggle of Islam in Modern Indonesia by B.J. Bolland Pdf

Author : Arskal Salim,Azyumardi Azra
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Indonesia
ISBN : 9789812301871

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Shari'a and Politics in Modern Indonesia by Arskal Salim,Azyumardi Azra Pdf

After the fall of President Soeharto, there have been heightened attempts by certain groups of Muslims to have sharia (Islamic law) implemented by the state. Even though this burning issue is not new, it has further divided Indonesian Muslims. The introduction of Islamic law would also affect the future of multi-cultural and multi-religious Indonesia. So far, however, the introduction of sharia nationwide has been opposed by the majority of Indonesian Muslims. This book gives an overview of sharia from post-Independence in 1945 to the most recent developments in Indonesia at the start of the new millennium.

Author : Robert Pringle
Publisher : Editions Didier Millet
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789814260091

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Understanding Islam in Indonesia by Robert Pringle Pdf

There are more Muslims in Indonesia than in any other country, but most people outside the region know little about the nation, much less about the practice of Islam among its diverse peoples or the religion's influence on the politics of the republic. In this illuminating publication, Robert Pringle explains the advent of Islam in Indonesia, its development, and especially its contemporary circumstances. The author's incisive writing provides the necessary background and demystifies the spectrum of politically active Muslim groups in Indonesia today.

Author : Zulkifli
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781925021301

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The Struggle of the Shi‘is in Indonesia by Zulkifli Pdf

The Struggle of the Shi‘is in Indonesia is a pioneering work. It is the first comprehensive scholarly examination in English of the development of Shiism in Indonesia. It focuses primarily on the important period between 1979 and 2004 – a period of nearly a quarter of a century that saw the notable dissemination of Shi’i ideas and a considerable expansion of the number of Shi’i adherents in Indonesia. Since Islam in Indonesia is overwhelmingly Sunni, this development of Shiism in a predominantly Sunni context is a remarkable phenomenon that calls for careful, critical investigation. There is also an important examination of the principal ideas underlying the Madhab Ahl al-Bayt, the Imamate and Imam Madhi, Ja‘fari jurisprudence and ritual piety. Appropriately, in his discussion, Zulkifli provides a succinct outline of contrasts with Sunni ideas and practice. He also examines the publishing efforts that underpinned the dissemination of Shi’i ideas and the founding of IJABI (Ikatan Jamaah Ahlul Bait Indonesia) in July 2000 for the propagation of Ahl al-Bayt teachings. Given the Indonesian context, Zulkifli is also concerned with Sunni reactions to these Shi’i developments – a story that continues to unfold to the present. This book as a work of great value and significance for the continuing understanding of the richness and complexity of Indonesian Islam.

Author : Azyumardi Azra
Publisher : Mizan Pustaka
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Islam
ISBN : 9789794334300

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Islam in the Indonesian World by Azyumardi Azra Pdf

The early history of Islam in Indonesian world is bewilderingly complex, not only in the context of the spread of Islam in the area, but also in the terms of its institutional formation. This book, therefore, discusses such themes as the early introduction of Islam to the Indonesian archipelago, the development of Islamic learning, educational, and legal institutions. Not least important, the book also reveals the religious, intellectual and political relations between Islam in the archipelago with that of the Arabian world “Professor Azyumardi Azra is a brilliant authority in Islam in Indonesia. No one interested in Indonesian Islam can afford to be without this book.” —Professor Dr. M.C. Ricklefs Department of History National University of Singapore Author of acclaimed book, A History of Modern Indonesia since c. 1200 (third edition, 2002) “This well researched book should be a required reading for anyone who would like to comprehend the dynamic of Islam in Indonesian and in Southeast asia as a whole.” —Professor DR. Taufik Abdullah Sejarahwan and member of Akademi Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia (AIPI) [Mizan, Pustaka, Religion, Islam, Refrention]

Author : Arskal Salim
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2008-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780824861797

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Challenging the Secular State by Arskal Salim Pdf

Challenging the Secular State examines Muslim efforts to incorporate shari’a (religious law) into modern Indonesia’s legal system from the time of independence in 1945 to the present. The author argues that attempts to formally implement shari’a in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim state, have always been marked by tensions between the political aspirations of proponents and opponents of shari’a and by resistance from the national government. As a result, although pro-shari’a movements have made significant progress in recent years, shari’a remains tightly confined within Indonesia’s secular legal system. The author first places developments in Indonesia within a broad historical and geographic context, offering a provocative analysis of the Ottoman empire’s millet system and thoughtful comparisons of different approaches to pro-shari’a movements in other Muslim countries (Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan). He then describes early aspirations for the formal implementation of shari’a in Indonesia in the context of modern understandings of religious law as conflicting with the idea of the nation-state. Later chapters explore the efforts of Islamic parties in Indonesia to include shari’a in national law. Salim offers a detailed analysis of debates over the constitution and possible amendments to it concerning the obligation of Indonesian Muslims to follow Islamic law. A study of the Zakat Law illustrates the complicated relationship between the religious duties of Muslim citizens and the nonreligious character of the modern nation-state. Chapters look at how Islamization has deepened with the enactment of the Zakat Law and demonstrate the incongruities that have emerged from its implementation. The efforts of local Muslims to apply shari’a in particular regions are also discussed. Attempts at the Islamization of laws in Aceh are especially significant because it is the only province in Indonesia that has been allowed to move toward a shari’a-based system. The book concludes with a review of the profound conflicts and tensions found in the motivations behind Islamization.

Author : Bahtiar Effendy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015057570775

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Islam and the State in Indonesia by Bahtiar Effendy Pdf

President Soeharto's departure from office in May 1998 brought tremendous and far-reaching impacts to Indonesia's political landscape. This work explains the relationship between Islam and the state and politics in contemporary Indonesia.

Author : Masdar Hilmy
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789812309716

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Islamism and Democracy in Indonesia by Masdar Hilmy Pdf

Most scholarly works conducted within the period of post-New Order Indonesia have underlined the fact that Indonesian Islamists reject the notion of democracy; no adequate explanation nonetheless has been attempted thus far as to how and to what extent democracy is being rejected. This book is dedicated to filling the gap by examining the complex reality behind the Islamists' rejection of democracy. It focuses its analysis on two streams of Islamism: the two Islamist groups that seek "extra-parliamentary" means to achieve their goals, that is, MMI and HTI, and the PKS Islamists who choose the existing political party system as a means of their power struggle. As this book has demonstrated, there are times when the two streams of Islamism share a common platform of understanding and interpretation as well as an intersection where they are in conflict with one another. The interplay between contested meanings over particular theological matters on normative grounds and power contests among the Islamists proves to be critical in shaping this complexity.

Author : Thomas B. Pepinsky,R. William Liddle,Saiful Mujani
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190697815

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Piety and Public Opinion by Thomas B. Pepinsky,R. William Liddle,Saiful Mujani Pdf

Across the Muslim world, religion plays an increasingly prominent role in both the private and public lives of over a billion people. Observers of these changes struggle to understand the consequences of an Islamic resurgence in a democratizing world. Will democratic political participation by an increasingly religious population lead to victories by Islamists at the ballot box? Will more conspicuously pious Muslims participate in politics and markets in a fundamentally different way than they had previously? Will a renewed attention to Islam lead Muslim democracies to reevaluate their place in the global community of states, turning away from alignments with the West or the Global South and towards an Islamic civilizational identity? The answers to all of these questions depend, at least in part, on what ordinary Muslims think and do. In order to provide these answers, the authors of this book look to Indonesia--the world's largest Muslim country and one of the world's only consolidated Muslim democracies. They draw on original public opinion data to explore how religiosity and religious belief translate into political and economic behavior at the individual level. Across various issue areas--support for democracy or Islamic law, partisan politics, Islamic finance, views about foreign engagement--they find no evidence that the religious orientations of Indonesian Muslims have any systematic relationships with their political preferences or economic behavior. The broad conclusion is that scholars of Islam, in Indonesia and elsewhere, must understand religious life and individual piety as part of a larger and more complex set of social transformations. These transformations include modernization, economic development, and globalization, each of which has occurred in parallel with Islamic revivalism throughout the world. Against the common assumption that piety would naturally inhibit any tendencies towards modernity, democracy, or cosmopolitanism, Piety and Public Opinion reveals the complex and subtle links between religion and political beliefs in a critically important Muslim democracy.

Author : Douglas E. Ramage
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0415164672

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Politics in Indonesia by Douglas E. Ramage Pdf

Describes the attitudes, aspirations and frustrations of the key players in Indonesian politics as they struggle to shape the future.

Author : Carool Kersten
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190247775

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Islam in Indonesia by Carool Kersten Pdf

'Islam in Indonesia' maps the debates between progressive and reactionary Muslims in Indonesia since the regime change of 1998 and the start of a democratization process in the world's largest Muslim nation state. Conceived as an intellectual history or history of ideas, this text situates these debates in Indonesia's political context of the last fifteen years; it identifies and charts the genealogies of the different interlocutors; individual intellectuals and activists, institutions and outlets, which shape the discursive formations articulating the issues at hand.

Author : Rumadi
Publisher : Flipside Digital Content Company Inc.
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789814695954

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Islamic Post-Traditionalism in Indonesia by Rumadi Pdf

Islamic Post-Traditionalism in Indonesia offers a unique assessment of the development of the phenomenon of Islamic post-traditionalism using Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the largest mass Islamic organization in Indonesia (and the world) as a case study. Post-traditionalism is a term now widely used to describe the often controversial attempts by progressive reformers to reify and legitimize modern intellectual notions, often from non-Islamic sources, by using reference to terminology and ideas drawn from Islamic tradition. This book discusses the discourse of post-traditionalist thought within Islamic thought more widely, before turning to examine the emergence of new currents of progressive thought within NU in Indonesia and the factors that influence that. In particular, the book explores the sometimes fiery struggle between liberal and conservative thought in NU; and the position of post-traditionalist thought in the wider development of intellectualism in Indonesia. It covers in detail new religious discourses that are being developed and offers important insights into the implications and future for post-traditionalist thought among Muslims. The highly influential Indonesian version of this book was originally published as Post Traditionalisme Islam: Wacana Intelektualisme dalam Komunitas NU by the Fahmina Institute, Indonesia, 2008.

Author : Greg Barton
Publisher : UNSW Press
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0868407593

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Indonesia's Struggle by Greg Barton Pdf

Traces the religious, cultural and political development of JI, and argues that it has important features in common with other organisations linked to al Qaeda. Based on extensive research in Indonesia, he assesses the level of support for JI and the Indonesian government's success in dealing with the threat it poses to stability. Barton argues that, while the Indonesian authorities reacted quickly to the events in Bali, their response has not been as effective and timely as is commonly assumed in Australia.

Author : Wayne Hudson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351926027

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Islam Beyond Conflict by Wayne Hudson Pdf

Politically, Islam in Indonesia is part of a rich multi-cultural mix. Religious tolerance is seen as the cornerstone of relations between different faiths - and moderation is built into the country's constitutional framework. However, the advent of democracy coupled with the impact of the South-East Asian economic collapse in 1997, and the arrival of a tough new breed of Middle Eastern Islamic preachers, sowed the seeds of the current challenge to Indonesia's traditionally moderate form of Islam. This volume explores the extent to which moderate Indonesian Islam is able to assimilate leading concepts from Western political theory. The essays in the collection explore how concepts from Western political theory are compatible with a liberal interpretation of Islamic universals and how such universals can form the basis for a contemporary approach to the protection of human rights and the articulation of a modern Islamic civil society.