Abstract The Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia continues to voice religious
moderation to mainstream a peaceful Islamic discourse. This article aimed at looking at …

Moluccan Conflict--The Birth of FKAWJ--For the Defense of the Muslim Umma (Muslim
Community)--The Fatwas on Jihad--Structures of Mobilization--From Apolitical Salafism to …

Since independence, Islamic civil society groups and intellectuals have played a vital role in
Indonesian politics. This paper seeks to chart the contestation of Islamic religious ideas in …

The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) is the most interesting phenomenon in contemporary
Indonesian politics. Not only is it growing rapidly in membership and electoral support, it is …

This book examines the politics of Islam and the state in Indonesia over recent decades,
during which time there has been a notable resurgence of Islamic political movements. It …

For decades, scholars of Indonesia have rejected the religious claims of the Darul Islam
movement, interpreting the antagonism between the Islamic state and Soekarno's republic …

In humiliating circumstances, Indonesia's first democratically elected president,
Abdurrahman Wahid, was forced from office in July 2001 after less than two years in the job …

One of the great transformations presently sweeping the Muslim world involves not just
political and economic change but the reshaping of young Muslims' styles of romance …

Indonesian Islam is an important and timely book based on approximately 2,000 fatwâ (pl.
fatâwâ)--an opinion on a point of law or dogma given by a person with recognized authority …

Understanding and managing inter-religious relations, particularly between Muslims and
Christians, presents a challenge for states around the world. This book investigates legal …