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Islamisation Through Democratisation? Deciphering Calls for Islamic Law in Contemporary Indonesia

Hosted by the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre

TW1.G.01, Tower 1,

Speakers

Dr Michael Buehler

Dr Chris Chaplin

Chair

Dr Jürgen Haacke

Indonesia has, within the 21st century, seen a growing political acceptability for conservative Islamic activism that (often successfully) seeks to regulate public behaviour in accordance with religious dictums. Indeed, politicians and their Islamic sympathisers have sought a bigger role for the state in upholding morality, leading to the implementation of approximately 440 religious inspired pieces of local (provincial government and below) Sharia legislation. Yet, does this underline a shift towards Islamisation?

Michael Buehler is a Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).

Chris Chaplin is a postdoctoral researcher at the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV) and a Visiting Fellow at LSE SEAC for the Lent Term 2017.

Jürgen Haacke is Director of the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre and Associate Professor of International Relations at LSE.

The Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre (@LSESEAC) is an inter-disciplinary, regionally-focused academic centre within the Institute of Global Affairs at LSE. Building on the School's deep historical connections with Southeast Asia, the Centre seeks to promote the best academic and policy research on the region, deepen research ties with Southeast Asia, and improve the student experience at LSE.

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