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This book explains the relationship between Islam and the state and politics in contemporary Indonesia. President Soeharto's departure from office in May 1998 brought tremendous and far-reaching impacts to Indonesia's political landscape. At least 181 new political parties came into being, a sizeable portion of which use Islam as their symbol and ideological basis.
Contents
Abbreviations
1. Introduction: The Problem of Political Relationship between Islam and the State
2. Explaining the Uneasy Relationship: Political Antagonism between Islam and the State in Indonesia
3. Emergence of the New Islamic Intellectualism: Three Schools of Thought
4. Implications of the New Islamic Intellectualism: Ideas and Practices
5. Beyond Parties and Parliament: Reassessing the Political Approach of Islam
6. Reducing Hostility: The Accommodative Responses of the State
7. Conclusion: Towards an Integrated Political Relationship between Islam and the State
8. Political Islam in Post-Soeharto Indonesia: A Postscript
Bibliography
Index
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