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Blasphemy, Islam and the State Stewart Fenwick (Federal Circuit Court of Australia, Australia)

Blasphemy, Islam and the State By Stewart Fenwick (Federal Circuit Court of Australia, Australia)

Blasphemy, Islam and the State by Stewart Fenwick (Federal Circuit Court of Australia, Australia)


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This book explores the interaction between law and religion in a democratic state where religion plays a significant role in public life, using post-Soeharto Indonesia as a case study.

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Blasphemy, Islam and the State: Pluralism and Liberalism in Indonesia by Stewart Fenwick (Federal Circuit Court of Australia, Australia)

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 worlds 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 countrys liberal constitution. The book thus contributes to understanding the role of religion in the development of democracy in the worlds 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.

Blasphemy, Islam and the State Reviews

'A masterly exploration of the intersection between legal, political and religious institutions in Indonesia as they engage with the difficult issue of religious freedom and blasphemy.'

Professor Abdullah Saeed, University of Melbourne, Australia

'Based on extensive fieldwork in Java, this is a beautifully written and meticulously researched account of the paradox that democratisation in Indonesia led to rising intolerance in the Muslim community. It has important implications for the wider intellectual project of reconciling Islamic thought with Western modernity.'


Professor Tim Lindsey, University of Melbourne, Australia

About Stewart Fenwick (Federal Circuit Court of Australia, Australia)

Stewart Fenwick is an Honorary Professor of the Australian Catholic University at the Institute for Religion, Politics and Society, and an Associate of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, and the Asian Law Centre, University of Melbourne, Australia. He was awarded the Harold Luntz Graduate Research Thesis Prize for 2015 at the Melbourne Law School, and was awarded the Chancellor's Prize for Excellence in the PhD Thesis for 2016 at the University of Melbourne.

Table of Contents

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

Public reason

The Role of Courts

Commentary and critique

Agreement and Divergence

Conclusion

Chapter 3: Faith and Freedom in Indonesian Law

The Promotion and Protection of Religion

State, Law and Religion

Judicial review of the Blasphemy Law

The Constitution - Compromise or Compromised?

Conclusion

Chapter 4: MUI The Institutionalising of Indonesian Islam

Islam in Indonesia

Innovation and related concepts

Innovation in Indonesian Islam

Majelis Ulama Indonesia and its fatawa

Orthodoxy Entrenched

Conclusion

Chapter 5: Case Study Part 1 The Language of Devotion

Pondok Itikaf Jamaah Ngaji Lelaku

The publications

The fatawa

Key events

Reaction and Resonances

Conclusion

Chapter 6: Case Study Part 2 Innovation on Trial

The Indictment

Evidence

Defence Case

Court Decision

Appeals

Blasphemy - A Case Note

Conclusion

Chapter 7: Islam, Public Reason and the State

Case Study of Post-Soeharto Indonesia

Rawls, Islam and the State

Pluralism and Liberalism in Indonesia

Rawls and Indonesian Pluralism

Postscript

Bibliography

International Instruments

Legislation and Legislative Instruments

Cases

Books and Journal Articles

Index

Additional information

NPB9781138362857
9781138362857
1138362859
Blasphemy, Islam and the State: Pluralism and Liberalism in Indonesia by Stewart Fenwick (Federal Circuit Court of Australia, Australia)
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2018-08-14
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