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Today, [when?] the leading Islamic political party in Indonesia is Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), which is known for serving as a regional wing of Muslim Brotherhood movement in Indonesia. [27]: 34 A small minority subscribe to the Shia Islam and Ahmadiyya.
Feb 9, 2024 · They are also backed by the NasDem party and another Muslim party, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS).
- Al Jazeera Staff
- Indonesia’s Reformasi and Transition to Democracy
- Pancasila as The Unifying Ideological Foundation of Indonesia
- Conclusion
It has been over two decades since President Suharto resigned on May 21, 1998 from the position that he had held for 32 years, amidst large-scale demonstrations triggered by the Asian Financial Crisis. Suharto’s departure ushered in the Reformasiera, which has seen the systematic dismantling of the military-dominated New Order political structure t...
Despite the proliferation of political parties with different ideological orientations and priorities since the onset of Reformasi, all of them agreed that Pancasila as the pluralist foundation of the state should remain inviolable. In the subsequent constitutional amendments between 1999-2004, when the body of the 1945 Constitution was amended fou...
Despite the difficult terrain democracy has continued to flourish in Indonesia, though critics have argued that it is still mostly procedural rather than substantive democracy. The role of moderate Islamic mass organisations and political parties have contributed to the resilience of Indonesia’s democracy, amidst contending non-democratic approache...
Oct 24, 2013 · Though it was only established in 1998, PKB has deep roots in Nahdlatul Ulama, Indonesia’s largest Muslim organization. This connection has linked PKB to a voter base of rural, traditionalist Javanese Muslims. Yet the party’s policies have generally skewed closer to moderate Islam.
Jul 10, 2014 · Indonesia’s young generation of Muslims in the late 1960s and early 1970s played a big role in making Islam a spiritual, cultural and intellectual force in the nation. This can be seen in the...
Apr 16, 2019 · Many religions are practised in Muslim-majority Indonesia. Islam in Indonesia has always been different from the Islam practised in Saudi Arabia, or South Asia, having been brought from the...
Dec 16, 2020 · No contemporary Islamic party has replicated such a result. That’s why Masyumi remains the gold standard of Islamic party politics in Indonesia, home to the world’s largest Muslim...
