The ʿUlamāʾ, Fatāwā and Challenges to Democracy in Contemporary Indonesia
This article examines the fatāwā issued by the Council of Indonesian ʿulamāʾ (Majelis Ulama Indonesia; MUI) regarding democracy, pluralism and religious minorities and explores their socio-historical contexts. The MUI emerges as having an ambiguous attitude towards democracy. The 1998 reform in Indo...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2014]
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Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Year: 2014, Volume: 25, Issue: 4, Pages: 489-505 |
RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BJ Islam KBM Asia TK Recent history |
Further subjects: | B
Conservatism
B Democracy B Fatwā B ʿulamāʾ B Indonesia |
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Volltext (Verlag) |