Indonesia in 2017: Shoring Up the Pancasila State

Indonesia in 2017: Shoring Up the Pancasila State

In mass demonstrations spearheaded by a coalition of Islamic radicals, 2017 witnessed a polarizing assault on the nation's broadly secular founding creed, Pancasila. With the arrest and imprisonment of the popular ethnic-Chinese Christian mayor of Jakarta on spurious blasphemy charges, even the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Asian survey 2018-01, Vol.58 (1), p.166-173
1. Verfasser: GUNN, GEOFFREY C.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Blasphemy
Demonstrations & protests
Founding
Imprisonment
Islam
Presidents
Radical groups
Radicalism
Secularism
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Zusammenfassung:In mass demonstrations spearheaded by a coalition of Islamic radicals, 2017 witnessed a polarizing assault on the nation's broadly secular founding creed, Pancasila. With the arrest and imprisonment of the popular ethnic-Chinese Christian mayor of Jakarta on spurious blasphemy charges, even the Indonesian president was left on the back foot and obliged to push back.
ISSN:0004-4687
1533-838X
DOI:10.1525/AS.2018.58.1.166