Examining the growth of Islamic conservatism in Indonesia : the case of West Java

• Main Authors: Lanti, Irman G., Dermawan, Windy, Ebih, Akim
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Working Paper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Religion in Contemporary Studies; Country and Region Studies
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104236; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49497
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

With 48 million people, West Java is Indonesia’s largest province in terms of population. Historically, it has served as the cradle of Islamic conservatism in Indonesia. Modernist Islamic parties and candidates that espouse a purist and orthodox form of Islam always won the free and fair elections i...