Protesting Ahok: Flaking Indonesian Islam’s Pluralistic Tradition
The protests in the lead-up to Jakarta’s gubernatorial elections, demanding the ouster of minority candidate Ahok for blasphemy, demonstrated how religion, in its decontextualised form, was employed for politics. The misuse of sacred texts for political gains can undermine the pluralistic tradition...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-848592020-11-01T06:43:38Z Protesting Ahok: Flaking Indonesian Islam’s Pluralistic Tradition Nursheila Muez S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies Country and Region Studies East Asia and Asia Pacific The protests in the lead-up to Jakarta’s gubernatorial elections, demanding the ouster of minority candidate Ahok for blasphemy, demonstrated how religion, in its decontextualised form, was employed for politics. The misuse of sacred texts for political gains can undermine the pluralistic tradition of Indonesian Islam. 2017-01-12T05:31:19Z 2019-12-06T15:52:29Z 2017-01-12T05:31:19Z 2019-12-06T15:52:29Z 2016 Commentary Nursheila Muez. (2016). Protesting Ahok: Flaking Indonesian Islam’s Pluralistic Tradition. (RSIS Commentaries, No. 309). RSIS Commentaries. Singapore: Nanyang Technological University. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84859 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41995 en RSIS Commentaries, 309-16 Nanyang Technological University 3 p. application/pdf |
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The protests in the lead-up to Jakarta’s gubernatorial elections, demanding the ouster of minority candidate Ahok for blasphemy, demonstrated how religion, in its decontextualised form, was employed for politics. The misuse of sacred texts for political gains can undermine the pluralistic tradition of Indonesian Islam. |
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