SHARI'A POLITICS AND INDONESIAN DEMOCRACY

Robert W. Hefner

The Review of Faith & International Affairs, 2012, vol. 10, issue 4, 61-69

Abstract: Recent Indonesian history offers a panoply of trends with regards to the politics of Islamic law. On one hand, since the 1940s Indonesia has witnessed campaigns by small but militant Islamist groups dedicated to a notably unreformed and anti-liberal version of Islamic law. On the other hand, Indonesia also has one of the largest and most sophisticated traditions of pluralist Muslim scholarship anywhere in the world. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Indonesia's State Islamic Colleges generated an array of sophisticated scholars who, while well-versed in the Islamic sciences and fiqh , provided forceful arguments in support of the compatibility of Islamic law with democracy, citizen rights, and the rule of law.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1080/15570274.2012.739889

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