Islam and Nation Building in Southeast Asia: Malaysia and Indonesia in Comparative Perspective

Regulating Islamic banks in authoritarian settings: Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates in comparative perspective

“…However, this fast and unbalanced growth of Islamic credit for consumption posed significant risks. Importantly, PAS was also openly skeptical vis‐à‐vis the government's economic plan on the grounds that it was materialistic and against the true spirit of Islam (Hamayotsu , p. 363). Thus, the new regulations in 2004 introduced a series of additional measures to contain critical voices.…”

Muslim Politics and Democracy in Indonesia

“…21 The central issue from the early period of Indonesian history, therefore, is whether or not Islam should be formally linked or incorporated into the state. 22 There is no a single answer for the question and Indonesia has seen, as a result, an institutionalized divide between nationalist group who deny the formal link between Islam and the state and Muslim group who demand a more formal Islamic form of government.…”

State and the Protection of the Minority Rights in Indonesia: The Case of the Ahmadi Group

“…Legally speaking, the violence against the Ahmadi people in this country is never acceptable. As far as state ideology is concerned, Indonesia has been a state with an inclusive nationalist ideology [6]. In other words, citizens from any religious beliefs would be treated similarly without any discrimination.…”