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Islam, Secularity, and the State in Post-New Order Indonesia: Tensions between Neo-Modernist and Revivalist Leaderships in the Muhammadiyah, 1998-2005 Muhammad Hilali Basya Submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy University of Leeds School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science August 2016 ii The candidate confirms that the work submitted is his/her own and that appropriate credit has been given where reference has been made to the work of others. This copy has been supplied on the understanding that it is copyright material and that no quotation from the thesis may be published without proper acknowledgement. The right of Muhammad Hilali Basya to be identified as Author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. © 2016 The University of Leeds and Muhammad Hilali Basya iii Acknowledgements The completion of this thesis cannot be separated from the support of other people. I would like to thank to my supervisor, Dr. Sean McLoughlin, for his thoughtful guidance enlightening my scholarly research. He has guided me on how to think and write analytically and persuasively. Although writing has always been a familiar activity for me in various settings, scholarly writing in English for a PhD provided me with new challenges. I would like to express my thankfulness to the Ministry of National Education of the Republic of Indonesia, which supported me with a scholarship through the overseas postgraduate studies programme named BLN-DIKTI (Beasiswa Luar Negeri-Pendidikan Tinggi) for 3,5 years, the Rector of the University of Muhammadiyah Jakarta (UMJ), Professor Dr. Masyitoh, who recommended me for the scholarship, and the School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (PRHS) at the University of Leeds, that granted me additional funds to conduct fieldwork in Indonesia and to return to Leeds for a period of face- to-face supervision during the writing-up period, as well as to proofread the thesis. I would also like to show my great appreciation to the Leeds Humanities Research Institute (LHRI) that provided me comfortable rooms, particularly in Cavendish Road, where I spent most of my time during my study in Leeds, and my friends in the UK and Leeds, especially PCIM (Muhammadiyah) UK and Kibar Leeds community for sharing knowledge and generally creating a cheerful situation in which to live and work. I would like to express special gratitude to my father (almarhum), H. Badawi Hasya, who passed away in 2009. He was the first to teach me about Islamic subjects and still inspires me to study seriously. Even when money is short, he convinced me that there is always a way for someone who wants to be successful. The completion of this thesis has also been made possible by the support of my lovely wife, Ai Fatimah Nur Fuad, and my sons, Rafyal Fikri Fasya and Kafyal Rusydi Fasya. I also want to thank my mother, Syukria Rasyid, who always prays for me, and my little brothers and sisters: M Kamal Basya, Saila Mahdina Basya, Salafia Basya, and Azmia Basya. iv Abstract This thesis explores how Muslims negotiate Islam, secularity and the modern state (Chapter 1) through examining the views of Muslim leaders in Indonesia during the colonial and postcolonial periods (Chapter 2), and, in particular, through a case study of the leadership of the Muhammadiyah ± one of the two largest Islamic organisations in the country (Chapter 3). In the main body of my thesis I focus on the post-New Order period (1998±2005) when Indonesia underwent a transition from state authoritarianism to experiments with democracy. During this time of new political freedom, various Islamic movements pushed for the Islamization of the state, revisiting earlier GHEDWHVZLWK VXSSRUWHUVRIVHFXODULVPIROORZLQJ ,QGRQHVLD¶ independence. Notably, this changing context also exposed tensions within the Muhammadiyah between more marginal revivalists and more dominant neo- modernist groupings with rather different conceptLRQVRI,VODP¶VUHODWLRQVKLSWRWKH state and secularity. To investigate this further I undertook fieldwork in Indonesia between 2012 and 2013, adopting qualitative research methods to consult the RUJDQLVDWLRQ¶V DUFKLYHV RWKHU SXEOLFO\ DYDLODEOH PDWHULDO and interview both revivalist and neo-modernist leaders at different levels of the Muhammadiyah: 11 central board members, 8 µXODPD and 16 activists (Chapter 4). Analysing their different responses to three key post-New Order debates about the relationship between Islam, secularity and the modern state ± the position of Islam in the constitution (Chapter 5); the position of VKDULµD in the law (Chapter 6); and regarding non-Muslim leadership (Chapter 7) ± my main argument is that in contrast to the revivalists who support a VKDULµD-based state, Muhammadiyah neo-modernist RSLQLRQWHQGVWRHQGRUVHWKHLGHDRIWKHµQHXWUDOLW\¶RIWKHVWDWHZKLOHVWLOOVXSSRUWLQJ the public recognition (and even prioritisation) of Islamic identity. My research shows that having higher education and/or wider engagement in organizations concerned with democracy, human rights, and religious pluralism is a significant influence on the extent to which Muhammadiyah leaders develop such neo- modernist ideas. Nevertheless, I also conclude that the wider post-New Order political context of conflict between revivalists and secularists, typically saw neo- modernists, and particularly those in the Muhammadiyah central board, seek points of convergence with revivalists that would maintain the movHPHQW¶VRYHUDOOXQLW\ v Table of Contents Acknowledgements .................................................................................................. iii Abstract .................................................................................................................... iv Table of Contents ..................................................................................................... v List of Figures .......................................................................................................... ix Introduction .............................................................................................................. 1 Negotiating religion and politics in the Islamic world ............................................ 4 Islam and the state in late colonial and post-colonial Indonesia: from contestation to negotiation ........................................................................................................... 8 The Muhammadiyah and the state in post-New Order Indonesia ......................... 14 Cultural and social capital of Muhammadiyah leaders ......................................... 21 Literature review ................................................................................................... 24 The structure of the thesis ..................................................................................... 28 Chapter 1 Muslims and the Nation-State in Modernity ................................... 33 1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................ 33 1.2 Modernity and the nation-state ................................................................... 36 1.3 Early modernization in Islamic world ........................................................ 42 1.4 $W\SRORJ\RI0XVOLPV¶UHVSRQVHVWRPRGHUQLW\ ....................................... 45 1.4.1 Secular modernists or secularists ........................................................ 46 1.4.2 Islamic modernists and neo-modernists .............................................. 47 1.4.3 Islamic revivalists................................................................................ 50 1.5 The nation-state and umma ........................................................................ 53 1.6 The nation-VWDWHDQGVKDULµD........................................................................ 59 1.7 Conclusion .................................................................................................. 63 Chapter 2 The Relationship between Islamic Movements and the State in Post-Colonial Indonesia .................................................................................... 66 2.1 Introduction ................................................................................................ 66 vi 2.2 Islamization in Indonesia: the emergence of santri and abangan in the colonial period ....................................................................................................... 69 2.3 Indonesian Muslims and modernity ........................................................... 78 2.4 The quests for an Islamic and a secular modern state ................................ 82 2.5 New Order attitudes toward Islamic movements ....................................... 91 2.6 The rise of Islamic neo-PRGHUQLVPDQGWKHVKLIWLQ WKHVWDWH¶VDWWLWXGHWR Islamic groups ....................................................................................................... 96 2.7 Conclusion ................................................................................................ 104 Chapter 3 7KH 0XKDPPDGL\DK¶V &KDQJHV LQ $WWLWXGH WRZDUGV WKH 1DWLRQ- State in Indonesia ................................................................................................. 106 3.1 Introduction .............................................................................................. 106 3.2 Ahmad Dahlan .........................................................................................
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