What comes into your mind when you hear the term ‘Indonesian Islam’ or Islam in Indonesia, and what makes Islam in Indonesia different or ‘unique’ from Islam in other regions such as the Middle East/West Asia, Africa, and South Asia?

General Assessment criteria

Your assignments will be assessed according to how you have:

  • argued your case based on the evidence/ideas you cite
  • expressed your ideas clearly and succinctly and in logical sequence
  • critically analysed the relevant literature
  • demonstrated your understanding of the subject matter of the unit
  • presented your work in accordance with the formatting guidelines below
  • complied with the UNEReferencing Guide and complied with the UNE Plagiarism and Academic Misconduct policy.

Resources: Burhani, A. N. (2013). Defining Indonesian Islam: An Examination of the Construction of the National Islamic identity of traditionalist and modernist Muslims. In J. Burhanuddin & K. van Dijk (Eds.), Islam in Indonesia: Contrasting Images and Interpretations (pp. 25-48). Amsterdam University Press.

McCaulay, E, adapted by Khan Academy. (n.d.). Introduction to Islam. Khan Academy. https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/introduction-cultures-religions-apah/islam-apah/a/introduction-to-islam-2.

Azra, A. (2013). Distinguishing Indonesian Islam: Some lessons to learn. In J. Burhanuddin & K. van Dijk (Eds.), Islam in Indonesia: Contrasting Images and Interpretations (pp. 63-74). Amsterdam University Press.
Maarif, A. S. (2018). Islam, Humanity, and Indonesian Identity: Reflections on History. Leiden University Press. Chapter 1: Islam and Nusantara, 43-107. (Open Access: https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/27536)

Ricci, R. (2011). Islam Translated: Literature, Conversion, and the Arabic Cosmopolis of South and Southeast Asia. The University of Chicago Press. Chapter 1: Introduction: Arab Cosmopolis? (pp.1-23).

Ricklefs, M. C. (2012). Islamisation and Its Opponents in Java: c. 1930 to the Present. NUS Press – Chapter 1, 3-20.

O’Connell, R. (2023, September 14). How Shadow Puppets Helped convert Indonesia to Islam. The National News. https://www.thenationalnews.com/travel/2023/09/14/how-shadow-puppets-helped-convert-indonesia-to-islam/.
Suryana, A. and F. Ridzuan. (2022, March 4). ‘Wayang kulit demonstrates Indonesia’s resilient culture’ The Jakarta Post, https://www.thejakartapost.com/paper/2022/03/03/wayang-kulit-demonstrates-indonesias-resilient-culture.html.

Ricklefs, M. C. (2012). Islamisation and Its Opponents in Java: c. 1930 to the Present. NUS Press – Chapters 2 & 3, 21-79.

Fogg, K. W. (2019). Indonesia’s Islamic Revolution. Cambridge University Press. Chapter 1: Islam in Indonesia before the Revolution, 23-46. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/indonesias-islamic-revolution/islam-in-indonesia-before-the-revolution/9E2D44E2C24E3F726B9E084C7F35B3DE (Access via UNE Library)

Malaka, Tan. (1922). Komunisme dan Pan-Islamisme. Marxist.org. https://www.marxists.org/indonesia/archive/malaka/1922-PanIslamisme.htm

Hosen, N. (2007). Shari’a & Constitutional Reform in Indonesia. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies – Chapter 3: Indonesia, Shari’a, and the Constitution: An Overview, 59-107.

Elson, R. E. (2009). Another Look at the Jakarta Charter Controversy of 1945. Indonesia, 88, 105-130. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40376487.

Piagam Jakarta. https://id.wikisource.org/wiki/Piagam_Jakarta.

Ricklefs, M. C. (2012). Islamisation and Its Opponents in Java: c. 1930 to the Present. NUS Press – Chapter 4: The First Freedom Experiment: Aliran politics and Communist Opposition to Islamisation, 1950-66, 80-116.

McGregor, K. E. (2009). Confronting the Past in Contemporary Indonesia: The Anti-Communist Killings of 1965-66 and the Role of the Nahdlatul Ulama. Critical Asian Studies, 41(2), 195-224. https://doi.org/10.1080/14672710902809351.

Fealy, G. (2010, January 24). Killing for God. Inside Indonesia, 99. https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-998/killing-for-god.

BBC Indonesia. (2019, October 1). Anak ‘Algojo PKI’ dan eks-tapol 1965: Hapus dendam dengan Rekonsiliasi – BBCNews Indonesia [Video]. YouTube.

Ricklefs, M. C. (2012). Islamisation and Its Opponents in Java: c. 1930 to the Present. NUS Press – Chapters 5 & 6: The totalitarian experiment (I & II), 116-256.

Hefner, R. W. (2001). Islamisasi dan Demokratisasi di Indonesia. In R. W. Hefner and P. Horvatich. (Eds.), Islam di era Negara-Bangsa: Politik dan Kebangkitan Muslim di Asia Tenggara (I. Rosydi, Trans.). Tiara Wacana Yogya.

Liddle, R. W. (1996). The Islamic Turn in Indonesia: A Political Explanation. The Journal of Asian Studies, 55(3), 613-634. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2646448.
Russell, E. (2022, September 25). Reformasi! The Indonesian student movement that toppled Suharto. Redflag. https://redflag.org.au/article/reformasi-indonesian-student-movement-toppled-suharto.Journeyman Pictures. (2016, December 1). The Straw that Broke the Indonesian Dictator’s Back (1998). [Video]. YouTube.

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