Shari'a and Politics in Modern Indonesia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Shari'a and Politics in Modern Indonesia write by Arskal Salim. This book was released on 2003. Shari'a and Politics in Modern Indonesia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. After the fall of President Soeharto, there have been heightened attempts by certain groups of Muslims to have sharia (Islamic law) implemented by the state. Even though this burning issue is not new, it has further divided Indonesian Muslims. The introduction of Islamic law would also affect the future of multi-cultural and multi-religious Indonesia. So far, however, the introduction of sharia nationwide has been opposed by the majority of Indonesian Muslims. This book gives an overview of sharia from post-Independence in 1945 to the most recent developments in Indonesia at the start of the new millennium.
Challenging the Secular State
Challenging the Secular State - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Challenging the Secular State write by Arskal Salim. This book was released on 2008-09-30. Challenging the Secular State available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Challenging the Secular State examines Muslim efforts to incorporate shari’a (religious law) into modern Indonesia’s legal system from the time of independence in 1945 to the present. The author argues that attempts to formally implement shari’a in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim state, have always been marked by tensions between the political aspirations of proponents and opponents of shari’a and by resistance from the national government. As a result, although pro-shari’a movements have made significant progress in recent years, shari’a remains tightly confined within Indonesia’s secular legal system. The author first places developments in Indonesia within a broad historical and geographic context, offering a provocative analysis of the Ottoman empire’s millet system and thoughtful comparisons of different approaches to pro-shari’a movements in other Muslim countries (Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan). He then describes early aspirations for the formal implementation of shari’a in Indonesia in the context of modern understandings of religious law as conflicting with the idea of the nation-state. Later chapters explore the efforts of Islamic parties in Indonesia to include shari’a in national law. Salim offers a detailed analysis of debates over the constitution and possible amendments to it concerning the obligation of Indonesian Muslims to follow Islamic law. A study of the Zakat Law illustrates the complicated relationship between the religious duties of Muslim citizens and the nonreligious character of the modern nation-state. Chapters look at how Islamization has deepened with the enactment of the Zakat Law and demonstrate the incongruities that have emerged from its implementation. The efforts of local Muslims to apply shari’a in particular regions are also discussed. Attempts at the Islamization of laws in Aceh are especially significant because it is the only province in Indonesia that has been allowed to move toward a shari’a-based system. The book concludes with a review of the profound conflicts and tensions found in the motivations behind Islamization.
Expressing Islam
Expressing Islam - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Expressing Islam write by Greg Fealy. This book was released on 2008. Expressing Islam available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. As the forces of globalisation and modernisation buffet Islam and other world religions, Indonesia's 200 million Muslims are expressing their faith in ever more complex ways. This book examines some of the ways in which Islam is expressed in contemporary Indonesian life and politics. Editors from Australian National University.
Shari'a Politics
Shari'a Politics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Shari'a Politics write by Robert W. Hefner. This book was released on 2011-04-04. Shari'a Politics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. One of the most important developments in Muslim politics in recent years has been the spread of movements calling for the implementation of Shari'a or Islamic law. Shari'a Politics maps the ideals and organization of these movements and examines their implications for the future of democracy, citizen rights, and gender relations in the Muslim world. These studies of eight Muslim-majority societies, and state-of-the-field reflections by leading experts, provide the first comparative investigation of movements for and against implementation of Shari'a. These essays reveal that the Muslim public's interest in Shari'a does not spring from an unchanging devotion to received religious tradition, but from an effort to respond to the central political and ethical questions of the day. -- Publisher description.
Contemporary Islamic Law in Indonesia
Contemporary Islamic Law in Indonesia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Contemporary Islamic Law in Indonesia write by Arskal Salim. This book was released on 2015. Contemporary Islamic Law in Indonesia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Addressing changes in both the national legal system of Indonesia and the regional legal structure in the province of Aceh, this study focuses on the encounter between diverse patterns of legal reasoning and the vast array of issues arising in the wake of the December 2004 earthquake and tsunami in Aceh.
