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The State and Religious Violence in Indonesia - Minority Faiths and Vigilantism (Paperback)
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The State and Religious Violence in Indonesia - Minority Faiths and Vigilantism (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
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This book analyses the response of the Indonesian state to violence
against Ahmadiyah and Shi'a minority communities by foregrounding
the close connections between state officials and vigilante groups,
which influenced the way the post-Soeharto democratic Indonesian
governments addressed the problem of violence against religious
minorities. Arguing that the violence stemmed in part from the
state officials' close connection with vigilante groups, and a
general tendency for the authorities to forge mutual and material
interests with such groups, the author demonstrates that vigilante
groups were able to perpetrate violence against the minority
congregations with a significant degree of impunity. While the
Indonesian state has become far more democratic, accountable, and
decentralized since 1998, the violence against Ahmadiyah and Shi'a
communities shows a state that is still unwilling in assisting or
allowing minority groups to practice their religion. The research
undertaken for this book draws upon a lengthy period of
ethnographic fieldwork in the communities of West Java and East
Java. Research material includes in-depth interviews with community
and religious leaders, state officials and security forces, and
other prominent politicians. A novel approach to the problem of
Islam, violence, and the state in Indonesia, the book will be of
interest to researchers studying Southeast Asian Politics, Islam
and Politics, Conflict Resolution, State and Violence, and
Terrorism and Political Violence.
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