Using the high-profile 2017 blasphemy trial of the former governor of Jakarta, Basuki
'Ahok'Tjahaja Purnama, as its sole case study, this book assesses whether Indonesia's …

The role of Majelis Ulama Indonesia (Indonesian Ulema Council) in influencing the
construction of democracy through its fatwas has fluctuated since its establishment in 1975 …

“Islam is not a 'church institution'”, it “lacks the centralised leadership and institutions
associated with Christianity!” This common wisdom is first semester knowledge for students …

As a long-established fundamental value of both Indonesia and Malaysia, religious
pluralism has become a highly contested issue. A common tendency among the dominant …

 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 …

Discussions on halal are not newly invented in the context of Indonesia only since the
formalization of the halal issue in the 1990s. The matter has been recognized since the …

The outbreak of Covid-19 in early 2020 introduced a new angle on the use of Islamic legal
argument in Indonesian fatwas. The argument of prioritizing life (ḥifẓ al-ḥayā), rarely …

This chapter aims to provide a brief overview of aspects of the complex legal framework
regulating the treatment of minorities in Indonesia. 2 It shows that there is, in fact, no …

This paper compares state Islamic orthodoxy in Indonesia and Malaysia by using Islamic
education curriculum for senior high schools as my case study. I argue that Malaysian …

This article traces the usage of scholarly categories in online public discourses in Indonesia
and Malaysia. I make two main arguments: First, digital dissemination and discussion of …