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Author Peterson, Daniel (Daniel P.), author.

Title Islam, blasphemy, and human rights in Indonesia : the trial of Ahok / Daniel Peterson
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 224 pages)
Series Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series.
Contents Ahok and blasphemy: an introduction -- Liberal democracy and human rights in Indonesia -- Indonesian human rights discourse coalitions -- From Pramuka to trial -- A legal defence to blasphemy -- The verdict -- Legal literacy, fatwas, and the Majelis Ulama Indonesia -- Ahok and blasphemy: findings
Summary "Using the high-profile 2017 blasphemy trial of the former governor of Jakarta, Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama, as its sole case study, this book assesses whether Indonesia's liberal democratic human rights legal regime can withstand the rise of growing Islamist majoritarian sentiment. This book analyses whether a 2010 decision of Indonesia's Constitutional Court has rendered the liberal democratic human rights guarantees contained in Indonesia's 1945 Constitution ineffective. Key legal documents, including the indictment issued by the North Jakarta Attorney-General and General Prosecutor, the defence's 'Notice of Defence', and the North Jakarta State Court's convicting judgment are examined. The book shows how Islamist majoritarians in Indonesia have hijacked human rights discourse by attributing new, inaccurate meanings to key liberal democratic concepts. This has provided them with a human rights law-based justification for the prioritisation of the religious sensibilities and religious orthodoxy of Indonesia's Muslim majority over the fundamental rights of the country's religious minorities. While Ahok's conviction evidences this, and the book cautions that matters pertaining to public religion will remain a site of contestation in contemporary Indonesia for the foreseeable future"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Daniel Peterson is a qualified lawyer and an Associate of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society (CILIS) at the University of Melbourne, Australia
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Subject Purnama, Basuki Tjahaja -- Trials, litigation, etc
SUBJECT Purnama, Basuki Tjahaja fast
Subject Blasphemy -- Indonesia
Trials (Blasphemy) -- Indonesia
Blasphemy (Islam)
Islam and politics -- Indonesia.
Human rights -- Indonesia
Human rights -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Blasphemy
Blasphemy (Islam)
Human rights
Human rights -- Religious aspects -- Islam
Islam and politics
Trials (Blasphemy)
Indonesia
Genre/Form Trials, litigation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781003007814
1003007813
9781000764840
1000764842
9781000765021
1000765024
9781000764932
1000764931
Other Titles Trial of Ahok