Dayaknese and Islam: A Confluence from Borneo's Hinterland, Indonesia

: Civil Islam : Muslims and Democratization in Indonesia

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The Contest Between Radical-Conservative Islam and Progressive-Liberal Islam in Post-Soeharto Indonesia

Islam in the West: From Immigration to Global Islam

Hinterland Revisited

This study aims to display how Carol Shileds’s short story Hinterland subverts the fundamental aspects of the classical definition of literature. Via parody, the story deconstructs the mediums that are peculiar to the concept of literary art. Moreover, Shileds does not only question central truths, but she also renders the reader to open a new perspective by revising the grand narratives of lit...

The Myth of the Clash of Civilizations: Political Islam in Indonesia and Iran

Lily Winter " Islam's borders are bloody, and so are its innards. " (Huntington 1996: 258) " The insistence, if only implicitly, on a choice-less singularity of human identity not only diminishes us all, it also makes the world much more flammable. " (Sen 5) " If you want to know whether Islam, democracy, modernity and women's rights can coexist, go to Indonesia. " (Hillary Clinton, qtd. in Kur...