In the 1940s and 1950s, the aspiration for an 'Islamic state' and constitutional recognition of Islamic law dominated Islamic politics. Yet in the post-Soeharto period, only a small minority of Muslims support these issues. How do you account for this change? Introduction. Ever since national independence in 1945, Muslim leaders and political parties in Indonesia have fought long and hard for the incorporation of Syariah (Islamic divine law) into the Indonesian Constitution. Movements were made to …showed first 75 words of 1986 total…

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