Designs on Indonesia's Muslim Communities

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Beyond Bandung: developmental nationalism and (multi)cultural nationalism in Indonesia

“…45 For the most part the Muslim-oriented bourgeoisie that had helped Soeharto into power had remained marginalised during the 1970s and 1980s, leading to anti-Chinese sentiments and periodic anti-Chinese violence. 46 From the 1990s Soeharto sought to capitalise on these sentiments by placing a growing emphasis on Islam within the culture of the state, 47 and by making a place for non-Chinese capitalists within the elite. Some of these indigenous capitalists were selected to become part of an emerging oligarchy centred around the Soeharto family and the families of a number of other high officials, such as the long-time Minister of Technology and Soeharto's eventual successor, Habibie.…”

Divine Text, National Language, and Their Publics: Arguing an Indonesian Qur'an

“…The rapid rise in literacy rates and growth of an urban middle class also fostered a new interest in pious orthodoxy. By the end of the New Order, some artists were turning away from Western models (George 1998; 2009), more women were covering their heads (Brenner 1996; Smith-Hefner 2007), Qur'anic recitation contests were soaring in popularity (Gade 2004; Rasmussen 2010), piety was influencing pop songs and movies (Heryanto 2014; Weintraub 2011), and televangelist preachers lacking traditional credentials were gaining huge followings (Hoesterey 2016; Rudnyckyj 2010). In light of these developments, the controversy over Jassin's translation may seem to be a sideshow.…”

“…The idea of a localized or Indonesian Islam is rejected by many Muslims who nonetheless accept Indonesian language renderings of the scripture. The literature on the distinctiveness or not of Indonesian Islam is vast, but useful starting points in English include Bowen 1993; Daneshgar, Riddell, and Rippin 2016; Fealy and White 2008; Feener 2002; George 1998; Laffan 2003; Ricklefs 2012; and Saeed 2005. For insights into the problem of localization in Indonesia, see Alatas 2016.…”

Vicissitudes of Vision: Piety, Pornography, and Shaming the State in Indonesia

“…During most of Suharto's rule (1965–1998), Indonesia only had one television channel, the state‐run TVRI, and heavily censored programs had to promote the five pillars of the nationalist state ideology of Pancasila (van der Pool , 11). During the late 1980s and early 1990s, however, Suharto embraced what he termed “cultural Islam” and endorsed the founding of an Islamic newspaper, an Islamic bank, and the Association for Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals (ICMI; George ; Hefner ).…”