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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Main Author: Nasir, Mohamad Abdun (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2014]
In: 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
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)