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The Islam Defence Action: A Challenge of Islamic Movement to Democratic Transition in the Post 2014 Indonesia

Wacana Journal of Social and Humanity Studies

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Title The Islam Defence Action: A Challenge of Islamic Movement to Democratic Transition in the Post 2014 Indonesia
 
Creator Herdiansah, Ari Ganjar
Putri, Dian Arifiyati
Ashari, Latip
Maduratmi, Rini
 
Subject political Islam; civil society; democracy; protest action; political stability
 
Description The Islam Defense Action in Jakarta during November to December 2016 was the largest protest movement that ever been held in Indonesia and brought national concerns over political instability. Hudred thousands to milions of people overwhelmed the streets protesting the alleged blasphemy on Islam by Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, a candidate for the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election that has a close connection to President Joko Widodo. This article analyzes the outbreak of the protest movement as a depiction of the strategic influence of Islamic groups in the midst of political upheaval threat. The protest movement showed a struggle to defend their values, but on the other hand its political impact cannot be disclaimed. Above all of the phenomena, Islam Defense Action implies that religious sentiment still interacts with the politics and challenging the role of Islamic civil society toward Indonesia democracy transition in the post 2014.
 
Publisher Pascasarjana Universitas Brawijaya
 
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Date 2017-05-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://wacana.ub.ac.id/index.php/wacana/article/view/509
 
Source Wacana Journal of Social and Humanity Studies; Vol 20, No 2 (2017)
2338-1884
1411-0199
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://wacana.ub.ac.id/index.php/wacana/article/view/509/349
 
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