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Blasphemy, Islam and the State: Pluralism and Liberalism in Indonesia

Blasphemy, Islam and the State: Pluralism and Liberalism in Indonesia

Author: Stewart Fenwick
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781138694675
Published In: October 2016
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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This book draws on the work of Rawls to explore the interaction between faith, law and the right to religious freedom in post-Soeharto Indonesia, the world's largest democracy after India and the United States. It argues that enforcement of Islamic principles by the state is inconsistent with religious diversity and the country's liberal constitution.

The book thus contributes to understanding the role of religion in the development of democracy in the world's largest Muslim nation. A key objective is to test the argument that Rawls' thinking about public reason cannot apply to the case of Indonesia, and Muslim states more broadly. The book therefore contributes to emerging scholarship that considers Rawls in a Muslim context. In addition to examining public reason in detail and considering critiques of the concept, the work highlights the fact that the theory was created to deal with value pluralism and is therefore relevant in any religious setting, including an Islamic one. In doing so, it emphasises that Islam is multifaceted and demonstrates the difficulties, and negative consequences, of integrating faith and law in a liberal state.

Preface

Abbreviations

Glossary

Chapter 1: Islam and Pluralism

Setting the scene – sholat dwi bahasa

Ritual prayer – a Pillar of Islam

Islam, the Constitution and the State

Contribution of the Research – Why Rawls?

Chapter Outline

Chapter 2: Rawls and the Challenge of Faith

Political liberalism

Overlapping Consensus