Drugov Alexey

Religious Situation in Indonesia: Nationalism against Radical Islam

ЮГО-ВОСТОЧНАЯ АЗИЯ: АКТУАЛЬНЫЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ РАЗВИТИЯ, 2023, №5(61), 84-101

 
Annotation: Many problems Indonesia is facing nowadays, including political, social, economic and human rights ones, are in some way connected to the religion. Belief in God is included in the preamble of Indonesian Constitution and therefore is compulsory for all citizens. Therefore Indonesia is not a secular state. Religious tint is borne by the problems of social inequality giving rise to Islamic radicalism. The local authorities sometimes do not observe equal status of the six religions present in Indonesia giving preference to Islam. The central government is realistic in analyzing the situation and is taking measures to overcome this complicated heritage. Radical Islamism is especially dangerous because it is aiming at the solution of the Indonesian state in world Chaliphate, which is quite contrary to Indonesian nationalism.

Keywords: Indonesia, religion, nationalism, Islam, radicalism, human rights, social differences, contradictions, regions, power, government