A'An Suryana

The State and Religious Violence in Indonesia

Minority Faiths and Vigilantism

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Produktbeschreibung

This book analyses the response of the Indonesian state to violence against Ahmadiyah and Shi'a minority communities by foregrounding the close connections between state officials and vigilante groups, which influenced the way the post-Soeharto democratic Indonesian governments addressed the problem of violence against religious minorities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 370g
• ISBN-13: 9780367248574
• ISBN-10: 0367248573
• Artikelnr.: 57498219

Autorenporträt

A'an Suryana is a lecturer at the School of Government and Public Policy (SGPP), Indonesia.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction
2 Escalating heresy campaigns against Ahmadiyah and Shi'a communities
3 State officials' entanglement with vigilante groups
4 The judiciary and the law
5 Local bureaucrats
6 The president
7 Conclusion: state capacity and communal violence against minority faiths

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1 Introduction; 2 Escalating heresy campaigns against Ahmadiyah and Shi'a communities; 3 State officials' entanglement with vigilante groups; 4 The judiciary and the law; 5 Local bureaucrats; 6 The president; 7 Conclusion: state capacity and communal violence against minority faiths

Rezensionen

A'an Suryana succeeds in presenting a new approach to the problem of Islam, violence, and the state in Indonesia, and this book will be interesting for researchers of Southeast Asian politics, Islam and politics, conflict resolution, state and violence, terrorism and political violence. - Herdi Sahrasad, Southeast Asian Studies