The history of Islam in Indonesian politics of memory

The article analyses the perception of history Muslim community in modern Indonesian politics memory. For first time Belarusian historiography, features historical or memory Indonesia are considered. novelty lies integration issues into contexts interdisciplinary memorial studies. key subjects determined revision political Islam second half 20th century. activity media is considered as main form history, criticism old narratives and formation a new canon Islam. Attempts to revise analysed, including interpretations activists, who impact participated national movement. author contradictions context century secular canon. It assumed that attempts construct collective have compromise character. shows how intellectuals assimilate Islam, integrating it current noted within framework memory, ideologically politically controversial points related radical which early model were marginalised forgotten. Modern manipulations with analysed achieve between representatives community.