Open AccessA Prayer for Democracy: Secretarian Violence and Regime Type in Indonesia
Author(s) -
Donald Greenlees
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of global strategic studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2798-4427
DOI - 10.36859/jgss.v1i2.848
Subject(s) - prayer , democracy , islam , ethnic group , variety (cybernetics) , state (computer science) , population , religious violence , politics , political science , development economics , sociology , political economy , religious studies , history , demography , law , philosophy , economics , archaeology , algorithm , artificial intelligence , computer science
Indonesia has a long history of conflict with roots in ethnic, religious, communal and political difference. This was the inevitable consequence of unresolved tensions when the Republic of Indonesia was born in 1945. While a variety of differences over the nature of the state have emerged over the past 76 years, none have been more protracted or resistant to solution than those over religion. In a country where Islam commands the adherence of 87 percent of the population, but five other religions are officially recognized, it is not surprising that these divides should persist.