Posts with tag: Nahdlatul Ulama
Religious coal rush: Why do Indonesian Muslim leaders accept coal mining concessions?
Analysis, Policies, Religion, SocietyElites within NU and Muhammadiyah have faced criticism from their members for accepting the coal mining concessions, and a new ideological battle has opened up between progressive and conservative elements in the two organisations.
NU’s gambit with coal: What’s really at stake?
Environment, ReligionThe controversial policy of the outgoing Joko “Jokowi” Widodo government to grant coal mining concessions to Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) — Indonesia’s largest Islamic organization — is posing a serious threat to the country’s efforts in the fight against global warming.
Cancellation of Hijrahfest signals anxieties over shifts in religious authority
Religion, Society, Top StoriesMainstream religious organisations like Nahdlatul Ulama appear to view the hijrah movement as a threat to their authority.
Talking Indonesia: Nahdlatul Ulama's new leadership
Politics, Religion, Talking IndonesiaWith Indonesian democracy increasingly under threat, what is the role of the country's largest Islamic organisation, Nahdlatul Ulama? How will its new leader shape the organisation? Dr Jemma Purdey chats to Dr Alexander R. Arifianto in the latest episode of Talking Indonesia.
Rifts within NU and PKB complicate road to 2024
2024 Indonesian Elections, Politics, ReligionThe National Awakening Party (PKB) is sometimes described as the political vehicle of Islamic organisation Nahdlatul Ulama (NU). So why was PKB leader Muhaimin Iskandar absent from the swearing-in ceremony for the new NU leadership team?
Nahdlatul Ulama’s new chair faces a difficult choice: political neutrality or patronage
Politics, Religion, Top StoriesWhat will the election of Yahya Cholil Staquf as the new leader of Nahdlatul Ulama mean for Indonesia's largest Islamic organisation, and politics more broadly?
Nahdlatul Ulama leadership race vulnerable to political intervention
Politics, ReligionAs the race for Nahdlatul Ulama's next leader heats up, there are already indications that competition between the two leading contenders is becoming increasingly politicised.
Indonesian sympathy for a ‘changed’ Taliban: more harm than good
Foreign Policy, ReligionSome Indonesian political elites and Islamic leaders have expressed rather hopeful views on the future of governance in Afghanistan under the Taliban. This could be dangerous.
Isolation blues: a legislative failure at the heart of Indonesia’s national ideology
Law, Politics, Religion, SocietyNadirsyah Hosen and Jeremy J Kingsley look at the debate over the Pancasila guidelines bill and argue that one of Pancasila's main strengths is its ambiguity.