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Religion, Law and Intolerance in Indonesia (Hardcover)
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Religion, Law and Intolerance in Indonesia (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Law in Asia
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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.
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