Religious Diversity in Muslim-majority States in Southeast Asia: Areas of Toleration and Conflict

Published by ISEAS Publishing 2014

Religious Diversity in Muslim-majority States in Southeast Asia

Areas of Toleration and Conflict

Edited by: Bernhard Platzdasch and Johan Saravanamuttu

https://doi.org/10.1355/9789814519656

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"This book fills a gap in authoritative analyses of the causes of inter-religious conflict and the practice of religious toleration. The rise of more overt expressions of Islamic piety and greater bureaucratization of Islam in both Indonesia and Malaysia over several decades have tested the "live and let live" philosophy which used to characterize religious expression in these nations. The analyses in each chapter of the book break new ground with contextualized studies of particular and recent incidents of conflict or harassment in a variety of areas – from urban centres to more remote and, even complex, locations. As these studies show, legislation stands or falls on the ability and determination of local authorities to enforce it. This volume is essential reading for understanding the dynamics of state-religious interaction in Muslim majority nations and the crucial role civil society organizations play in negotiating interfaith toleration." - Emeritus Professor Virginia Hooker FAHA, Department of Political & Social Change College of Asia & the Pacific, The Australian National University "A most welcome contribution to the academic discourse of political Islam in Indonesia and Malaysia! For this volume focuses not on Islamic resurgence as many others have done, but on the impact of Islamic resurgence upon its non-Muslim minority counterparts - Buddhists, Christians, Hindus and also the Syiah Muslims - in the two plural societies, and the varying responses of those minorities, themselves often fragmented, to Islamic resurgence. The rich case studies highlight the changing character of politics in the two countries and their capacities to deal with religious diversity, an aspect of politics often ignored because of the usual concern for economic and political institutional capacities. The juxtaposition of Malaysian and Indonesian cases in a single volume and comparisons of contrasting developments in the two countries, challenges readers not to resort to easy conclusions and overgeneralizations about rising inter-religious tensions, but to give more scholarly attention to this politics-religion diversity nexus." - Emeritus Professor Francis Loh Kok Wah, Department of Political Science, Universiti Sains Malaysia

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Bernhard Platzdasch and Johan Saravanamuttu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
GLOSSARY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
About the contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xxv
INDONESIA
1. Introduction Bernhard Platzdasch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. NU and Muhammadiyah: Majority Views on Religious Minorities in Indonesia Robin Bush and Budhy Munawar-Rachman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
3. Islam, Religious Minorities, and the Challenge of the Blasphemy Laws: A Close Look at the Current Liberal Muslim Discourse Supriyanto Abdi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
4. Reading Ahmadiyah and Discourses on Freedom of Religion in Indonesia Andy Fuller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
5. Sanctions against Popstars … and Politicians? Indonesia’s 2008 Pornography Law and Its Aftermath Helen Pausacker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
6. The Inter-religious Harmony Forum, the Ombudsman, and the State: Resolving Church Permit Disputes in Indonesia? Melissa Crouch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
7. In Each Other’s Shadow: Building Pentecostal Churches in Muslim Java En-Chieh Chao Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
8. Christian–Muslim Relations in Post-Conflict Ambon, Moluccas: Adat, Religion, and Beyond Birgit Bräuchler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
9. Chinese Muslim Cultural Identities: Possibilities and Limitations of Cosmopolitan Islam in Indonesia Hew Wai Weng Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
10. Majority and Minority: Preserving Animist and Mystical Practices in Far East Java Nicholas Herriman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
11. An Abangan-like Group in a Santri Island: The Religious Identity of the Blater Yanwar Pribadi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
MALAYSIA
12. Introduction Johan Saravanamuttu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
13. Islamic Praxis and Theory: Negotiating Orthodoxy in Contemporary Malaysia Gerhard Hoffstaedter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
14. Religious Pluralism and Cosmopolitanism at the City Crossroads Yeoh Seng Guan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	268
15. The Christian Response to State-led Islamization in Malaysia Chong Eu Choong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	290
16. The Politics of Buddhist Organizations in Malaysia Tan Lee Ooi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321
17. Hindraf as a Response to Islamization in Malaysia Arunajeet Kaur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341
18. “Deviant” Muslims: The Plight of Shias in Contemporary Malaysia Norshahril Saat Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359
19. Being Christians in Muslim-majority Malaysia: The Kelabit and Lun Bawang Experiences in Sarawak Poline Bala Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	379
20. Everyday Religiosity and the Ambiguation of Development in East Malaysia: Reflections on a Dam-Construction and Resettlement Project Liana Chua Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	400
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	419

Language: English
Publisher: ISEAS Publishing
Pages
- Main content: 431

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Published: August 6, 2014
ISBN: 9789814519656