Islam has made important contributions to nation-building and socioeconomic development in Indonesia. Since the dawn of Islam in the Indonesian archipelago in the seventh century, the ulama (religious scholars) have played a significant role in the...

The Muhammadiyah was established on 18 November 1912 in Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia, by K. H. Ahmad Dahlan (1868–1923), as a socioreligious organization aimed at adapting Islamic teachings to modern life. It is considered the largest educational...

Islam is Indonesia's dominant religion with approximately 88%, over 200 million, of its population identifying as Muslims, making it the most populous Muslim-majority nation in the world. The Indonesian Central Statistic Bureau (BPS) conducts a census...

In the dock Cracking down on terrorism AFTER months of procrastination, Indonesia's campaign against the alleged ringleaders of Islamic terrorism in South-East Asia has finally reached the courts. Abu Bakar Basyir, a revered Islamic cleric or spiritual leader of al-Qaeda's regional...

Islam and the State in Indonesia By BAHTIAR EFFENDY Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2003. Pp. xii, 265. Notes, Bibliography, Index. doi: 10.1017/S0022463405520472 This book elucidates the uneasy and shifting political relationship between Islam and the state in Indonesia from the...