Policy Brief: Indonesian Exceptionalism – Where to from Here?

| April 20, 2017
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FILE PHOTO - Members of hardline Muslim groups hold a big national flag as they attend a protest against Jakarta's incumbent governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, an ethnic Chinese Christian running in the upcoming election, in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 4, 2016. REUTERS/Beawiharta/File Photo

The recent demonstrations surrounding the blasphemy accusations against the incumbent governor of Jakarta known as Ahok have shined the spotlight on the state of Islam and minority rights in Indonesia. The case has acquired symbolic importance as many seem to consider its outcome a harbinger of the direction the country is headed in.

For analysis of the issue, download our Policy Brief by Basel Ammane.

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Category: INTERNATIONAL LAW & HUMAN RIGHTS, POLITICS, SOUTH ASIA & ASIA PACIFIC

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Basel Ammane is a Non-Resident Research Fellow with the Council on International Policy. He was previously an intern at the Centre for Political-Military Analysis at the Hudson Institute and a former editor with the Global Summitry Project. He graduated from McMaster University's Master's program in Globalization Studies. The opinions expressed here represent his own.

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