Searching for an Ideal Format in the Relationship between Religion and State: A Reflection from Indonesia

Nurdin, Muhamad Amin and Ropi, Ismatu and Sahrasad, Herdi and Al Chaidar, Al Chaidar Searching for an Ideal Format in the Relationship between Religion and State: A Reflection from Indonesia. The Islamic Quarterly, 65 (4). pp. 545-566.

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Abstract

Since the establishment of the Indonesian state, contestation between the state and religion has not actually been concluded. Theoretically, there are problems in the 1945 Constitution that are fundamental enough to become strong foundation for religious freedom and ideal relations to bridge interests of the state (government) and interests of the religions in the life of the nation. This is important to emphasize, because in the context of discussions on religious freedom that can not be separated from the role of the state. Therefore, there are several important matters to be discussed. First, how and to what extent international law guarantees religious freedom normatively; second, how is the general portrait of world state constitutions when discussing religious freedom, and third, the extent to which freedom is practically influenced by conditions in the public sphere and the existence of dominant majority groups.

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