Blasphemy and Politics in Indonesia

This book telling about the blasphemy case that happened in Indonesia, from the period before and after independence. But the blasphemy case was really pure, only a matter of blasphemy of religion so that the settlement could be through court or mediation. During the current era of reform in Indonesia, the case of religious blasphemy is politicized into a political case as happened in the case of Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) at the 2017 Jakarta governor election. So as to draw the attention of the Indonesian Muslims by mass demonstration on 2 December 2016 or better known as Demonstration 212 with the number of demonstrators more than seven hundred thousand. The demonstration of Islam is very influential on the electability Ahok who are racing in the election of regional heads in the province of Jakarta.

Autorentext

Fisher Zulkarnain obtained his Ph.D in the field of Islamic Political Thought from National University of Malaysia (2002), now he is a lecturer at the Faculty of Social and Political Science, State Islamic University (UIN) Bandung, Indonesia. His research interest concerning the issue of Islam and democracy.