Bahtiar Effendy

Bio: Bahtiar Effendy is an academic researcher from Ohio State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Islam & State (polity). The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 11 publications receiving 291 citations.

Islam and the state in Indonesia

Abstract: This work explains the relationship between Islam and the state and politics in contemporary Indonesia. President Soeharto's departure from office in May 1998 brought tremendous and far-reaching impacts to Indonesia's political landscape. At least 181 new political parties came into being, a sizeable portion of which use Islam as their symbol and ideological basis.

Islam and the State in Indonesia: Munawir Sjadzali and Development of a New Theological Underpinning of Political Islam

Abstract: The relationship between Islam and the state is one of the complex issues in Indonesia . Since the beginning of independence , the debate on Islam and the country has a lot of coloring the history of this nation . Most Indonesian Muslims are eager remedy make Islam the state religion and ideology . This desire has repeatedly attempted , but always failed. Both non-Muslims and most Muslims do not want Islam serve as the official state religion and ideology underlying system state . History proves that both parties have always managed to ward off the desire first . Even so , it does not mean the struggle among Muslims who want Islam as a state ideology has been stopped by the failure . Efforts in that direction continue to be run by the figures from the beginning wanted a formalization of Islam in the state system . At the beginning of the New Order , some of the fight for the restoration of Islamic parties that dissolved during the reign of Indonesia's first president Sukarno . They also want the implementation of the Jakarta Charter which clearly guarantees the existence of Islam in the country . DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v2i2.836

The Rise of "Muslim Democracy"

Abstract: In recent years "Muslim democracy" has emerged as a new political reality in a number of Muslim countries with open politics to define the role of Islam in democracy. Muslim democracy evokes the legacy of Christian Democratic parties of Europe in that it is an electoral platform that seeks to dominate the middle by integrating Muslim values into broader socioeconomic demands. Muslim democracy is not a platform for religious reform nor a theoretical construct, but rather the product of politics on the ground and the give-and-take of electoral politics. Muslim democracy has taken shape in the political process by Islamist parties such as Turkey's AKP, and non-religious parties such as Pakistan's PML. It provides a model for pragmatic change with broader influence across the Muslim world.

The Islamic Turn in Indonesia: A Political Explanation

Abstract: In December 1995, the Association of Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals, ICMI (Ikatan Cendekiawan Muslim se-Indonesia), held its second national congress in Jakarta (Kompas 4–10 December 1995; Republika, 4–10 December 1995; Gatra 9 and 16 December 1995; Forum Keadilan, 1 January 1996; Ummat, 11 December 1995). Twelve hundred delegates, representing 42 000 members from all Indonesian provinces and from many Indonesian Islamic communities abroad, participated. Minister of Research and Technology B. J. Habibie, generally considered President Suharto’s favourite cabinet member, was chosen for a second five-year term as national chair. Sixteen ministers, nearly half the cabinet, were elected to leadership positions, and the President himself was designated ICMI’s ‘Protector’ (Pelindung).

Islam, Law, and Equality in Indonesia: An Anthropology of Public Reasoning

Abstract: Part I. Village Repertoires: 1. Law, religion and pluralism 2. Adat's local inequalities 3. Remapping Adat Part II. Reasoning Legally through Scripture: 4. The contours of the courts 5. The judicial history of 'consensus' 6. The poisoned gift 7. Historicizing scripture, justifying equality Part III. Governing Muslims through Family: 8. Whose word is law? 9. Gender equality in the family? 10. Justifying religious boundaries 11. Public reasoning across cultural pluralism.

The Many Faces of Political Islam: Religion and Politics in the Muslim World

Abstract: Analysts and pundits from across the American political spectrum describe Islamic fundamentalism as one of the greatest threats to modern, Western-style democracy. Yet very few non-Muslims would be able to venture an accurate definition of political Islam. Mohammed Ayoob's "The Many Faces of Political Islam" is the first work to thoroughly describe the myriad manifestations of this rising ideology, and to analyze its impact on global relations.

Consuming the transnational family: Indonesian migrant domestic workers to Saudi Arabia

Abstract: There is heated debate in contemporary Indonesia about the rights and regulation of transnational women migrants, specifically about the ‘costs to families’ of women working overseas, but little attention has been given to women migrants' own views of family or women's own motivations for migration. In this article, which is based on field work in a migrant-sending community in West Java, I focus on migrant women's narratives of transnational migration and employment as domestic workers in Saudi Arabia. I contribute to the literature on gender and transnational migration by exploring migrants' consumption desires and practices as reflective not only of commoditized exchange but also of affect and sentiment. In addition, I show in detail how religion and class inflect low-income women's narrations of morally appropriate mothering practices. In conclusion, I suggest that interpreting these debates from the ground up can contribute towards understanding the larger struggles animating the Indonesian state's contemporary relationships with women and Islam.