<p>"This is an excellent book which will have a major impact on the current debate about the relationship between Islam and politics in Indonesia. Its greatest strength is its innovative characterization of three Indonesian Muslim models of polity, as opposed to the normal two, Islamic state and sec
Islam and the secular state in Indonesia
β Scribed by Luthfi Assyaukanie
- Publisher
- Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 280
- Series
- ISEAS series on Islam
- Category
- Library
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