NAHDLATUL ULAMA AND THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER WITHIN ISLAM AND POLITICS IN INDONESIA by Robin Bush ( 9789812308764 )

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Title:

NAHDLATUL ULAMA AND THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER WITHIN ISLAM AND POLITICS IN INDONESIA

By:

Robin Bush

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9812308768

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Publisher:

INSTITUTE OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES

Pub. date:

18 March, 2009

Pages:

256

Description:

Explores the political and ideological motivations behind the formation of the Nahdlatul Ulama-affiliated political party, and Abdurrahman Wahid's rise to the Presidency of Indonesia after having led NU for 15 years away from formal politics.

Synopsis:

This book explores the political and ideological motivations behind the formation of the Nahdlatul Ulama-affiliated political party, and Abdurrahman Wahid's rise to the Presidency of Indonesia after having led NU for 15 years away from formal politics. It sheds light on the complex and historical rivalries within Islam in Indonesia, and how those relationships inform and explain political alliances and manoeuvres in contemporary Indonesia.

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Singapore

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Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

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