Australian Journal of Political Science
Volume 49, Issue 3, 2014
DOI:10.1080/10361146.2014.934656
Fatima Zainab Rahmana (Lake Forest College)
pages 408-422
Abstract
Indonesia and Pakistan have both adopted state policy that restricts the religious freedom of a minority heterodox sect, the Ahmadiyya, which is viewed by mainstream Muslims as a non-Muslim minority. This outcome is somewhat puzzling as there is a great discrepancy between the institutionalisation and formal privileging of the dominant religion – Islam – in the two Muslim majority states. I find that the similar outcome is attributable not to the institutionalisation of Islam in the state, but rather to the political survival needs of the regime, motivating it to adopt the policy demands of Islamist actors to repress the Ahmadiyya sect.
Keywords
Ahmadiyya sect, Indonesia, Islam, minorities, Pakistan, religious freedom
http://www.tandfonline.com.proxy.library.ucsb.edu:2048/doi/abs/10.1080/10361146.2014.934656#.VGfhK_mUd4k
Volume 49, Issue 3, 2014
DOI:10.1080/10361146.2014.934656
Fatima Zainab Rahmana (Lake Forest College)
pages 408-422
Abstract
Indonesia and Pakistan have both adopted state policy that restricts the religious freedom of a minority heterodox sect, the Ahmadiyya, which is viewed by mainstream Muslims as a non-Muslim minority. This outcome is somewhat puzzling as there is a great discrepancy between the institutionalisation and formal privileging of the dominant religion – Islam – in the two Muslim majority states. I find that the similar outcome is attributable not to the institutionalisation of Islam in the state, but rather to the political survival needs of the regime, motivating it to adopt the policy demands of Islamist actors to repress the Ahmadiyya sect.
Keywords
Ahmadiyya sect, Indonesia, Islam, minorities, Pakistan, religious freedom
http://www.tandfonline.com.proxy.library.ucsb.edu:2048/doi/abs/10.1080/10361146.2014.934656#.VGfhK_mUd4k
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