supports and challenges of political Islam during reformation Indonesia

Islam; Challenges and Opportunities

Undoubtedly Islamic Revolution of Iran has been the source of Islamic awakening in the middle-east. Therefore Islamic Republic of Iran plays the role of an example and a director of political developments in the region. Islamic awakening in Arab countries has been able to question the dominant discourse of dictators in the middle-east region and topple their regimes. These developments include ...

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...

: Civil Islam : Muslims and Democratization in Indonesia

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ISLAM AND CONTEMPORARY ETHICAL CHALLENGES

Political Islam and Militancy: a Political Economy Approach

Given inevitable constraints of the fiscal year framework for development planning, not to mention the day to day rush of project design and implementation, development policymakers and practitioners often simply lack the time to engage in longer term strategic planning. While there is usually a general sense of what they want to see happen 10 years down the line, there is still a need to think...