ABSTRACT
Despite its overwhelmingly Muslim majority, Indonesia has always been seen as exceptional for its diversity and pluralism. In recent years, however, there has been a rise in "majoritarianism", with resurgent Islamist groups pushing hard to impose conservative values on public life – in many cases with considerable success. This has sparked growing fears for the future of basic human rights, and, in particular, the rights of women and sexual and ethnic minority groups. There have, in fact, been more prosecutions of unorthodox religious groups since the fall of Soeharto in 1998 than there were under the three decades of his authoritarian rule. Some Indonesians even feel that the pluralism they thought was constitutionally guaranteed by the national ideology, the Pancasila, is now under threat. This book contains essays exploring these issues by prominent scholars, lawyers and activists from within Indonesia and beyond, offering detailed accounts of the political and legal implications of rising resurgent Islamism in Indonesia. Examining particular cases of intolerance and violence against minorities, it also provides an account of the responses offered by a weak state that now seems too often unwilling to intervene to protect vulnerable minorities against rising religious intolerance.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|96 pages
State Regulation of Religious Freedom
chapter 3|27 pages
Faith and Freedom in Indonesian Law
part 2|82 pages
The Politics of Religious Intolerance
chapter 5|17 pages
The Politics of Religious Intolerance in Indonesia
chapter 6|26 pages
Ketuhanan Yang Maha Esa, the State and the Politics of Religious (In)Tolerance
chapter 8|15 pages
Race and Religion in the 2012 Jakarta Gubernatorial Election
part 3|60 pages
Civil Society, Pluralism and Intolerance
chapter 9|14 pages
The Decreasing Space for Non-Religious Expression in Indonesia
chapter 10|23 pages
The Council of Indonesian Ulama (MUI) and ʿaqīda 1 -Based Intolerance
chapter 11|21 pages
Administrative Law and Religion
part 4|62 pages
Violence and State Responses
chapter 14|28 pages
Pink or Blue Swing?
part 5|52 pages
Discrimination and Vulnerable Groups
part 6|18 pages
Conclusion