Preacher and protests: Islam's conservative shift in Indonesia

• Main Author: Desker, Barry
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science; Country and Region Studies; Regionalism and Multilateralism
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/160867
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The controversial views of Indonesian preacher Abdul Somad Batubara and his supporters are the product of two trends — the rise of a generation of social media savvy youth and Saudi-funded religious schooling.