THE RISE OF ISLAMISM AND THE FUTURE OF INDONESIAN ISLAM

Since the downfall of Suharto dictatorial regime in 1998, Indonesia has witnessed the upsurge of various Islamist groups that have in turn potentially threatened the country’s religious tolerance, civil Islam, and civic pluralism. While some have argued that the rise of these Islamist groupings coul...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:fc26c191055e472d826e1d5324edef702021-11-16T02:14:15ZTHE RISE OF ISLAMISM AND THE FUTURE OF INDONESIAN ISLAM10.32890/jis2020.16.71823-691Xhttps://doaj.org/article/fc26c191055e472d826e1d5324edef702020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://e-journal.uum.edu.my/index.php/jis/article/view/jis2020.16.7https://doaj.org/toc/1823-691XSince the downfall of Suharto dictatorial regime in 1998, Indonesia has witnessed the upsurge of various Islamist groups that have in turn potentially threatened the country’s religious tolerance, civil Islam, and civic pluralism. While some have argued that the rise of these Islamist groupings could turn Indonesia into an intolerant Islamist country, this article argues that the Islamists will likely not be able to transform Indonesia into an Islamic State or Sharia–based government and society, nor receive popular support and winning the heart of Indonesian Muslim majority because of the following fundamental reasons: the groups’ internal and inherent weaknesses, unsolid alliances among the groups, lack of Islamist political parties, limited intellectual grounds of the movement, the accommodation of some influential Muslim clerics and figures into the central government body, as well as public opposition to the Islamist groups. Sumanto Al QurtubyUUM Pressarticleislamismislamist movementcivil islammuslim societyislamist radicalismpeaceful islamist mobilizationreligious pluralismInternational relationsJZ2-6530ENJournal of International Studies, Vol 16, Pp 105-128 (2020)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic islamism
islamist movement
civil islam
muslim society
islamist radicalism
peaceful islamist mobilization
religious pluralism
International relations
JZ2-6530
spellingShingle islamism
islamist movement
civil islam
muslim society
islamist radicalism
peaceful islamist mobilization
religious pluralism
International relations
JZ2-6530
Sumanto Al Qurtuby
THE RISE OF ISLAMISM AND THE FUTURE OF INDONESIAN ISLAM
description Since the downfall of Suharto dictatorial regime in 1998, Indonesia has witnessed the upsurge of various Islamist groups that have in turn potentially threatened the country’s religious tolerance, civil Islam, and civic pluralism. While some have argued that the rise of these Islamist groupings could turn Indonesia into an intolerant Islamist country, this article argues that the Islamists will likely not be able to transform Indonesia into an Islamic State or Sharia–based government and society, nor receive popular support and winning the heart of Indonesian Muslim majority because of the following fundamental reasons: the groups’ internal and inherent weaknesses, unsolid alliances among the groups, lack of Islamist political parties, limited intellectual grounds of the movement, the accommodation of some influential Muslim clerics and figures into the central government body, as well as public opposition to the Islamist groups.
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title_short THE RISE OF ISLAMISM AND THE FUTURE OF INDONESIAN ISLAM
title_full THE RISE OF ISLAMISM AND THE FUTURE OF INDONESIAN ISLAM
title_fullStr THE RISE OF ISLAMISM AND THE FUTURE OF INDONESIAN ISLAM
title_full_unstemmed THE RISE OF ISLAMISM AND THE FUTURE OF INDONESIAN ISLAM
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