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Reflections on the Recent Religious Violence in Indonesia
On Sunday (6 February 2011), a mob attacked the home of a local leader of the minority Islamic sect Ahmadiyah in the remote area of Cikeusik in Banten province. There is terrific coverage in The Jakarta Globe, the New York Times … Continue reading
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Should Aceh’s Religious Leaders Demand an Apology from Serambi Too?
Today on facebook Aceh’s activist community had a good laugh sharing a picture of an advertisement that appeared on page 3 in today’s Serambi, Aceh’s oldest and most widely read provincial newspaper. The ad promotes a “late nite party” event tomorrow … Continue reading
Posted in Aceh, Indonesia
Tagged Aceh, advertising, Banda Aceh, beauty pageant, culture, Dinas Shariah, gender, HUDA, hypocrisy, Indonesia, Islamic law, Islamic orthodoxy, Jakarta Globe, Jimmy Saputra, Majelis Permusyawaratan Ulama Kota Banda Aceh, Medan, media, Miss Transsexual Aceh 2010, MPU, North Sumatra, Putroe Sejati Aceh, qanun, religion, Sarah Azhari, Serambi, Serambi Indonesia, shariah, society, Sumatra Utara, transsexual, waria
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Book Club: A Shadow Falls in the Heart of Java
Less than a few chapters into Andrew Beatty’s ethnographic travel memoir A Shadow Falls in the Heart of Java the two Big Bads in the book emerge: The State & Reformist Islam. Through efficient descriptive vignettes about the people in … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Book Club, Indonesia, Reflexive
Tagged A Shadow Falls in the Heart of Java, aliran, Andrew Beatty, anthropology, Banyuwangi, Clifford Geertz, cultural relativism, culture, culture effect, democracy, dictatorship, East Java, ethnography, Guided Democracy, ideology, Indonesia, Islam, Islamic orthodoxy, Java, Javanese religion, Jawa Timur, John Pemberton, New Order, ninja killings, On the Subject of "Java", Pancasila, Pancasila Democracy, political Islam, reformist Islam, religion, Religion of Java, Social History of an Indonesian Town, Soeharto, Soekarno, spirituality, state violence, tolerance, tradition, travel, travel memoir, yang sudah hilang
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