A nickel mining project in Raja Ampat forces Nahdlatul Ulama to confront its position amid state and corporate entanglement.
Political Islam
Madura’s kiai wield significant power, leveraging religious and local traditions to oppose phosphate mining and protect ancestral lands.
Power, access and key positions are prioritised over ideology and identity.
Rizieq Shihab may soon become Indonesia’s top opposition figure once again.
Recent global and local events have intensified identity politics in Malaysia.
Abah Aos, a Sufi, recently called Anies Baswedan “Imam Mahdi”, sending ripples across several quarters of the society.
There are a few reasons why Islamist populism does not feature heavily in political contestations ahead of the 2024 Presidential Election in Indonesia.
Can insecurity among Malay-Muslims be manufactured? In Malaysia, this has been happening for years.
The Islamist feminist movement in Indonesia is gaining traction and could shape the political landscape of the 2024 presidential election.
The ‘Green Wave’ is a phenomenon that is not explainable by Islamism alone. Thinking of it as a right-wing turn in Malay-Muslim majoritarianism helps us understand its pulling and pooling effects better.