Indonesia's Islamic Revolution

Kevin W. Fogg
Paperback, 272 pages
9781108738170

 

The history of the Indonesian Revolution has been dominated by depictions of grassroots fighters and elite politicians who thought of it as a nationalistic or class-based war. In this major new study, Kevin W. Fogg rethinks the Indonesian Revolution (1945–49) as an Islamic struggle, in which pious Muslims, who made up almost half the population, fought and organized in religious ways. Muslims fighting on the ground were convinced by their leaders' proclamations that they were fighting for a holy cause. In the political sphere, however, national leaders failed to write Islam into Indonesia's founding documents - but did create revolutionary precedents that continue to impact the country to this day. This study of a war of decolonization in the world's most populous Muslim country points to the ways in which Islam has functioned as a revolutionary ideology in the modern era.

 

Contents
1. Islam in Indonesia before the Revolution
2. Islamic calls to action
3. Ulama, Islamic organizations, and Islamic militias
4. Magic, amulets and trances
5. Social revolution
6. Darul Islam
7. The Jakarta Charter controversy
8. The creation of Masjumi
9. The ministry of religion
10. Rise of Islamic socialists
11. Regional Islamic parties
12. The exit of PSII and the first fracture of Masjumi
13. Islamic diplomacy