Despite formal guarantees, minorities in new democracies often have difficulties securing
their rights. Many scholars have focused on formal institutions to explain the quality and …

 is study uses an anthropolinguistic approach to examine two Majelis Ulama Indonesia
(MUI) fatwa texts regarding Ahmadiyya. First, it shows that there are signi cant differences …

 is paper examines the con uence of Islam and Communism in the Netherlands East Indies
from 1915-1927, by studying how Islam and Communism were theorized as compatible. It …

This book discusses the new emergence of the saint worshipping tradition in contemporary
Indonesia and Muslim pilgrimage to Bali through the lens of the travelling tradition and …

This article examines the motives behind the decisions of the Majelis Ulama Indonesia
(MUI), in 1980 and 2005, to issue fatwas condemning the Ahmadiyah. Using critical …

This paper examines the challenges that accusations of heresy pose for peacebuilding
processes. Although heresy is often viewed among the most intractable drivers of conflict …

In an effort to publicise and garner support for certain perspectives of their interpretation of
Islam, mainstream Islamic groups in Indonesia have organised numerous street …

This article discusses the handling of the health of pilgrims since the Ordonantie van 1922,
which regulates the organization of the ḥajj in the Dutch East Indies. As is known, during this …

This article analyses how the state in Senegal has managed the hajj since the liberalisation
era in the early 2000s. Although the essence of the hajj is religious, it is also deeply political …

This study examines the religious perspectives on the Ahmadiyya movement in East
Sumatra in the early twentieth century. The primary research questions are: What was the …