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Legislative Race 3 years ago
PREMIUM
Islamic parties may face uphill battle in 2024 elections, experts say
Indonesia’s established Islam-based parties could face a tough challenge to maintain their legislative standing in the upcoming 2024 general elections amid a lack of popular leaders to attract voters in an increasingly crowded political space filled by many ner parties, experts have said.
Politics 5 years ago
PREMIUM
Elite power struggles ‘main driver’ behind resurgence of Islamic parties
No one would be faulted for thinking that there was a resurgence of Islamic politics in Indonesia, but the truth is the elite class among Islam-based parties remains mired in power struggles amid efforts to secure the Muslim vote in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country.
Politics 5 years ago
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Revived Masyumi Party pushes onto crowded stage of Islamic politics
Conservative Islam has seen a recent resurgence in Indonesia’s political landscape, most recently with the reemergence of the born-again Masyumi Party. But moderates and other Islamic politicians were quick to dismiss the influence and aspirations of a minority group in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country.
Opinion 6 years ago
Poll results show fear of Islamism widely exaggerated
Indonesia may have the world’s largest Muslim population, but Islamism (political Islam) remains a hard sell here. This has been so since its independence in 1945, yet Indonesianists never fail to raise the alarm on the rise of Islamism, particularly around elections. This year was no exception.
Opinion 7 years ago
PREMIUM
Signs of new New Order amid hope, fear
Ahead of the 2019 presidential election both candidates, the incumbent President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and his challenger Prabowo Subianto, may be moving toward some characteristics contrary to the spirit of the Reform Era, which put an end to Soeharto’s New Order regime in 1998.
