The Politics of Intolerant Laws against Adherents of Indigenous Beliefs or <i>Aliran Kepercayaan</i> in Indonesia

Nalle, Victor Imanuel W.

doi:10.1017/als.2020.54

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“…They reformulated their identities as followers of those official religions. Some were even the main actors who declared their ancestors' Indigenous Religions not only as a culture but as primitive and heretical (Al Qurtuby and Kholiludin 2020; Arifin et al 2019;Deta 2021;Nalle 2021;Sukirno 2018).…”

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Human (Relational) Dignity: Perspectives of Followers of Indigenous Religions of Indonesia

Maarif

2023

Religions

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Religion and dignity are a two-sided coin for followers of Indigenous Religions in Indonesia. Dignity is the relationally inherent worth in both human and non-human beings. To give and receive dignity, one ought to be religious, which is to engage in interpersonal relationships with all beings, human and non-human. This article draws on data from two decades of engagement with followers of Indigenous Religions through extensive fieldwork, activism, and community service. It explores the distinctive worldviews and practices of Indonesian Indigenous Peoples, which many have maintained in the face of external incursions by governments, corporations, and missionaries, and internal encroachments from within their communities. Their worldviews spring from interrelational cosmology, which posits that relational dignity is a religious norm. This cosmology is institutionalized with adat (customary) systems that enact and reproduce relational dignity. The article concludes with a call to better understand and recognize Indigenous Religions by expanding the definition of religion to include the notion of relational dignity when considering how scholars and policymakers conceptualize and implement policies on freedom of religion or belief.

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Human (Relational) Dignity: Perspectives of Followers of Indigenous Religions of Indonesia

Maarif

2023

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“…12. Arguably, one reason the sawtooth pattern in the diffusion of anti-Ahmadiyah regulation is not more pronounced-there are no "dips" in Figure 4-is that Indonesia's legal system makes it extraordinarily difficult to revoke local regulations once they have been adopted (Butt, 2010;Crouch, 2012;Nalle, 2021). While human rights activists and lobbying groups have put pressure on governments to strike down anti-Ahmadiyah regulations, they have so far been unsuccessful (Dipa and Arbi, 2019, online).…”

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Do discriminatory laws have societal origins? The diffusion of anti-Ahmadiyah regulations in Indonesia

Buehler

2023

Politics and Religion

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Government laws and regulations discriminating against religious minorities are on the rise worldwide. Scholars have debated whether or not society-based discrimination is a pre-condition for government-based discrimination. Examining an original dataset of regulations discriminating against the Ahmadiyah community in Indonesia, this article argues that calls from within society to restrict the freedom of religious minorities are neither a sufficient nor a necessary condition for the rise of discriminatory government regulations. Instead, governments may emulate other governments and adopt laws and regulations discriminating against religious minorities without any immediate societal pressure preceding it. Hence, future research needs to consider the interdependence between jurisdictions as an important driver of laws and regulations discriminating against religious minorities.

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“…Namun hal demikian bukan berarti UUP tersebut sudah konprehensif mengatur kebutuhan seluruh elemen masyarakat Indonesia. Konsep Indoensia sebagai negara hukum perlu diketengahkan kembali (Nalle, 2021).…”

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Promlematika Hukum Perkawinan Aliran Kepercayaan di Indonesia; Antara Politik Hukum dan Politik Agama

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The freedom of every citizen to embrace and carry out worship based on belief and religion is a constitutional mandate contained in the first precepts and article 29 of the 1945 Constitution. The existence of followers of a belief must receive protection and legal certainty and receive equal status before the law. However, what is a disclaimer regarding this is the reality of marriage law in Indonesia when faced with adherents of belief. Article 2 paragraph ( 1) and ( 2) of the Marriage Law states that a marriage is said to be valid if it is carried out based on the laws of each religion and belief. As well as requiring it to be registered in the state administration. This paper raises the issue of marriage for religious adherents in Indonesia from two perspectives, namely the perspective of legal politics and religious politics. This paper was compiled using a descriptive qualitative method with a legal normative research approach. Data collection uses desk research and annotated bibliography methods. The findings in this paper show that until now the law of marriage for adherents of belief still contains polemics in its implementation. Meanwhile, when viewed from a legal political perspective, the government should regulate and provide legal certainty for marriages of religious beliefs, both adherents of religious beliefs or marriages between adherents of beliefs and non-believers as a form of legal supremacy. However, when viewed from the politics of religion, the existence of a belief system requires a clear understanding of the meaning of the term "belief".

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The Politics of Intolerant Laws against Adherents of Indigenous Beliefs or Aliran Kepercayaan in Indonesia

Cited by 7 publications

References 21 publications

Human (Relational) Dignity: Perspectives of Followers of Indigenous Religions of Indonesia

Human (Relational) Dignity: Perspectives of Followers of Indigenous Religions of Indonesia

Do discriminatory laws have societal origins? The diffusion of anti-Ahmadiyah regulations in Indonesia

Promlematika Hukum Perkawinan Aliran Kepercayaan di Indonesia; Antara Politik Hukum dan Politik Agama

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