Subnational Islamization through Secular Parties: Comparing &lt;I&gt;Shari'a&lt;/I&gt; Politics in Two Indonesian Provinces

Buehler, Michael

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“…Our findings corroborate existing research on the Islamization of politics in Indonesia that showed how local Islamist groups in a small number of provinces are putting pressure on local governments to adopt shari'a regulations (Buehler, 2013;2016 Islamic community (ummah). The democratization of Indonesian politics after 1998 has allowed the MUI not only to redefine its role -it now officially serves the ummah rather than the government -but also to become more directly involved in politics.…”

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“…With regard to territorial variance in the adoption of shari'a regulations, several studies showed that these regulations cluster in a small number of jurisdictions (Buehler, 2013;Bush, 2008). Concretely, 62 percent of all shari'a regulations that have been adopted since 1998 cluster in only six provinces.…”

Section: The Spread Of Shari'a Regulations In Indonesiamentioning

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“…Most shari'a regulations were adopted in six provinces and mainly diffused within these six clusters. With the exception of East Java 22 , in all other provinces local Islamist movements calling for a state based on Islamic law have existed for several decades (Buehler, 2013).…”

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Democratization and the diffusion of shari’a law

Buehler

Muhtada

2016

South East Asia Research

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The democratization of politics has been accompanied by a rise of Islamic laws in many Muslim-majority countries. Despite a growing interest in the phenomenon, the Islamization of politics in democratizing Muslim-majority countries is rarely understood as a process that unfolds across space and time. Based on an original dataset established during years of field research in Indonesia, this paper analyzes the spread of shari'a regulations across the world's largest Muslim-majority democracy since 1998. The paper shows that shari'a regulations in Indonesia diffused unevenly across space and time. Explanations put forward in the literature on the diffusion of morality policies in other countries such as geographic proximity, institutions, intergovernmental relations and economic conditions did not explain the patterns in the diffusion of shari'a regulations in Indonesia well. Instead, shari'a regulations in Indonesia were most likely to spread across jurisdictions where local Islamist groups situated outside the party system had an established presence. In short, the Islamization of politics was highly contingent on local conditions. Future research will need to pay more attention to local Islamist activists and networks situated outside formal politics as potential causes for the diffusion of shari'a law in democratizing Muslim-majority countries.

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Democratization and the diffusion of shari’a law

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2016

South East Asia Research

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“…There, Islamist pressure groups similar to those found in South Sulawesi have gained influence over the policymaking process as a consequence of heightened competition among state elites. 85 I argued earlier that state elites mediate the influence of societal groups. In other words, state elites have only become more receptive to pressures from societal groups in places and situations where such players can provide them with resources they deem important to gain and maintain power.…”

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Elite Competition and Changing State-Society Relations: Shari'a Policymaking in Indonesia

2018

Beyond Oligarchy

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Since the New Order collapsed in 1998, scholars have tried to characterize the "deep architecture" of politics in Indonesia. 2 This search for patterns in the accumulation and exercise of power has centered around the question of whether ancien régime figures continue to dominate politics or whether groups that were marginalized during the dictatorship have gained influence. Vedi Hadiz, Richard Robison, and Jeffrey Winters, who argue that a small group of wealthy individuals rooted in the New Order regime continue to define politics in contemporary Indonesia, have made an important contribution to this debate. 3 This "oligarchy thesis" has been influential for many scholars of Indonesian democracy, yet its focus on wealth and material power has led it to neglect the fundamental role of the state in Indonesian politics. This chapter challenges the oligarchy thesis, arguing that power continues to reside within Indonesia's state and political institutions in the post-New Order period. What is more, the overwhelming majority of figures populating these institutions represent "old interests," as the oligarchy thesis suggests. Yet, rather

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“…Accordingly, Buehler's (2013) analysis of Indonesia traces how secular rulers in several Indonesian provinces passed most of the country's Sharia (Islamic law) legislation, owing to ties they had forged with radical Islamist movements and power brokers in the context of fierce electoral competition among secular politicians.…”

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Islamization by Secular Ruling Parties: The Case of Bangladesh

Lorch

2018

Politics and Religion

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As of yet, Islamization by secular ruling parties has hardly been investigated in depth. To bridge this gap, the present article reviews the existing literature on Islamization, synthesizes the scattered existing theoretical insights on Islamization by secular actors and applies them to the case of Bangladesh. It argues that, especially when they act in conjunction, three main conditions can drive secular rulers to Islamize public policy: first, the rise of Islamist social movements; second, fierce political competition; and third, (semi-)authoritarian rule. Focusing on the current Awami League (AL) government, the article shows how these three factors have interacted to produce a top-down process of state-led Islamization in Bangladesh.

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Subnational Islamization through Secular Parties: Comparing <I>Shari'a</I> Politics in Two Indonesian Provinces

Cited by 35 publications

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Democratization and the diffusion of shari’a law

Democratization and the diffusion of shari’a law

Elite Competition and Changing State-Society Relations: Shari'a Policymaking in Indonesia

Islamization by Secular Ruling Parties: The Case of Bangladesh

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