Ethnic Conflict, Political Islam and Power in Indonesia

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In 1998 the Indonesian people managed to force the Suharto-dictatorship from power. The mostly moderate Islamic society has democratized since, but at the same time become more radicalized and turned intolerant towards minority groups.

Some extremists use violence to advance their agendas while Islamist politicians promote the enforcement of Sharia provisions and challenge the idea of Indonesian nationalism.

About these developments we will have a discussion with Andreas Harsono.

Andreas Harsono, Jakarta, is a former journalist and the Indonesia-researcher of Human Rights Watch. He is one of the most quoted analysts of the developments there and will talk about the findings of his latest book about ethnic and religious violence and analyse the outcome of the April 17 elections.

Moderator: Sven Hansen, Asia-editor of taz

Weitere Informationen unter: http://taz.de/Discussion-1605/!168524/

A cooperation of taz and han sens Asientalk.

Veranstaltungsort und Adresse

taz Kantine, Friedrichstraße 21, 10969 Berlin

    16. Mai 2019

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    16.05.2019
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Ethnic Conflict, Political Islam and Power in Indonesia

Diese Veranstaltung in Berlin (Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg) wurde von taz Kantine veröffentlicht. Ethnic Conflict, Political Islam and Power in Indonesia ist den Rubriken Indonesien, Demokratie, Politik und Nationalismus zugeordnet.