Indonesia and Islam in Transition

Dr. Leonard C. Sebastian is Senior Fellow and Coordinator of the Indonesia Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS). Educated at York University (Canada) and The Australian National University, his academic training is in History, International Political Economy and Strategic and Defence Studies. He has covered Indonesia in a career spanning more than two decades and published his first major work on Indonesia about defence and security doctrine titled Realpolitik Ideology: Indonesia’s Use of Military Force (2006).   Syed Huzaifah Bin Othman Alkaff is a Associate Research Fellow at the Indonesia Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. His research interests include Middle Eastern and North African Politics, Political Islam, Islamic Jurisprudence, and Islamist Movements in Southeast Asia.

Chapter 1 Introduction and Conceptual Framework.- Chapter 2 Islam, Muslims and State – Post-Suharto Indonesia (Historical consideration).- Chapter 3 Ideologies – their importance in shaping Islam, Muslims, and activism in Indonesia.- Chapter 4 The Established Islam vs The New Emerging Islam: Utopian visions and Islamic Activism.- Chapter 5 Inclusivist Muslim Developments in Indonesia: Proponents of Democracy and Islamic Moderation.- Chapter 6 Exclusivist Muslim Developments in Indonesia: Proponents of Conservatism.- Chapter 7 Shifts within groups and blocs.- Chapter 8 Rising Phenomenon of Crossover Islamic Conservatism.- Chapter 9 Future of Islam, Muslims, and activism in Indonesia.