A ”tolerant“ Indonesia? Indonesian Muslims in comparative perspective

Menchik, Jeremy; Trost, Katrina

doi:10.4324/9781315628837-32

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“…From intimidations and discriminations and even to terror attacks, non-Muslims in Indonesia have been facing and experiencing multifarious hardships (Mietzner, 2018). As a result, international communities criticise Indonesia and question its reputation as a moderate, tolerant Muslim country (Menchik & Trost, 2018).…”

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On being moderate and peaceful: Why Islamic political moderateness promotes outgroup tolerance and reconciliation

Zaduqisti

Mashuri

Zuhri

et al. 2020

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Islamic moderateness is said to be one of the key factors that contribute to the promotion of peace in Muslim societies. We present an empirical study conducted in Indonesia ( N = 299) that assessed Islamic political moderateness and examined its role in explaining Muslims’ tolerance towards non-Muslims, as well as the first group’s support for making reconciliation with the latter group. We found as hypothesised that Islamic political moderateness was a positive predictor of outgroup tolerance, because of the role it had in positively predicting the sense of national identity as a higher order identity vis-à-vis Islamic identity (i.e. higher order nested identity). Outgroup tolerance positively predicted and, in turn, fully mediated the positive association between Islamic political moderateness and Muslims’ reconciliatory tendencies, including feelings of collective guilt and shame, intergroup trust and perspective-taking, intergroup cooperation, willingness to apologise, as well as support for intergroup empowerment and reparative actions. These findings suggest the benefit of Islamic political moderateness to drive Muslims to appreciate the existence of non-Muslims. We discuss these empirical findings in terms of theoretical implications, research limitations and practical implications.

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On being moderate and peaceful: Why Islamic political moderateness promotes outgroup tolerance and reconciliation

Zaduqisti

Mashuri

Zuhri

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“…Influential Indonesianist Cliford Geertz (1960) set a conception of Indonesian Islam as syncretic, an -Islamic superstructure erected atop a layer of Hindu belief that rests on a foundation of animistic folk religion‖ (Thomas, 1988, p.898). Menchik and Trost (2018) argue however that there never was a tolerant Muslim Indonesia; Geertz, they claim, long misrepresented the religion. In 2017, Anies Baswedan rode a wave of Islamist support to the Jakarta governorship, leaving the Chinese Christian incumbent imprisoned on religious charges for his comments on Sura 5:51 of the Quran.…”

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Recultured language in Indonesian English Language Teaching

Stockton¹

2018

Indonesian JELT

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While historically language and culture had been seen as separable, since Whorfianism they have commonly been viewed as intertwined. Today however, opposing political ideologies surprisingly work together to dissociate English language in ELT in Indonesia from its cultural background. They are the influence of globalist critical theory/political correctness which seeks not to oppressively impose Westernization, and the rise of nationalism, with its traditionalist education reemphasizing religion and the nation and disidentifying with Western values, fearing them a threat to local ones. The trend can be seen in the 2013 curriculum with its character-based curriculum, Indonesian teaching practice, and use of locally produced materials. Assessment using Purnell’s cultural competence model of widely used locally produced textbooks, Scaffolding (2008), Bright (2014), and Bahasa Inggris (2014), shows English in Indonesian ELT being stripped of liberal Anglo-American Western culture and values and recultured with Indonesian. The varieties of Englishes coming out of the process, Indonesian English and Islamic English, are not threatening to local language and culture as some have feared English is. Recultured English seems to put ELT at the service of nationalism, something English teaching may be caught off guard by. TESOL may prepare by becoming aware of traditionalist approaches to education.

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“…This article sought to analyse resistance against religious intolerance displayed in contemporary Indonesian Indie music lyrics. The cases of religious intolerance in Indonesia have increased dramatically with conservative Muslim groups' support, which slowly fills the vacuum of Indonesian political space after the '98 Reformation (Bruinessen, 2013;Hefner, 2018b;Menchik and Trost, 2018). Cases of religious-based violence increased sharply during the Presidential election in 2018 (Temby et al, 2019).…”

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Resistance against religious intolerance in Indonesia contemporary indie songs

Aji

Mauradiva

Kurniawan

2021

Indonesian Journal of Communications Studies

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This study sought to examine any form of criticism and resistance against the growing religious intolerance in Indonesian contemporary indie songs. The study of indie music is often marginalised in media and communication studies, even though the music itself is an effective form of media to convey socio-political messages. Indie music shows an increasingly crucial role within the map of cultural products in Indonesia mainly because it is considered an important means of conveying messages and alternative media for new Indonesian youth. Indie musicians cover sensitive issues within their lyric, including religious intolerance perpetrated by conservative Muslim groups in Indonesia. Through the discourse analysis method by Teun Van Dijk, this study found three forms of resistance discourse found in Indonesian indie music: a critique towards middle-class Muslims hypocrisy, rejection against the imposition of the sharia law, and the lament over the loss of humanity in religious practice. The research findings show that indie songs serve as a medium of resistance to a more secular, youthful audience against many issues seldom covered in mainstream media.

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A ”tolerant“ Indonesia? Indonesian Muslims in comparative perspective

Cited by 10 publications

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On being moderate and peaceful: Why Islamic political moderateness promotes outgroup tolerance and reconciliation

On being moderate and peaceful: Why Islamic political moderateness promotes outgroup tolerance and reconciliation

Recultured language in Indonesian English Language Teaching

Resistance against religious intolerance in Indonesia contemporary indie songs

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