Religious Freedom in Indonesia

Between Upholding Constitutional Provisions and Complying with Social Considerations

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ID19545992
AuthorsBani Syarif Maula (0000-0001-5425-3511, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume7
Issue2
Pages383
Publication date2013-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJOURNAL OF INDONESIAN ISLAM (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1978-6301 • E-ISSN: 2355-6994
PublisherState Islamic University (UIN) of Sunan Ampel (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.15642/jiis.2013.7.2.383-403
OpenAlexW2060553235
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited6

Human rights, including freedom of religion, are generally accepted and granted by all governments regardless of their ideology, political, economic, and social conditions. In a Muslim majority country such as Indonesia, ideally freedom of religion is considered to mean that the government allows religious practices of religious minorities or other sects besides the state religion, and does not persecute believers in other faiths. This paper discusses Indonesia's constitutional provisions concerning legal rights of citizens on freedom of religion, whether the government upholds the constitution as a concrete way to deal with human rights protection or it complies with some groups' demand to tighten restrictions on "the Western concept of" religious liberty. This paper concludes that even though there are many provisions in the Indonesia's constitution and in its legal system which is supportive of religious freedom, some governmental provisions were enacted based on social considerations, rather than to strengthen constitutional provisions

Constitution · Constitutional right · Democracy · Freedom of Religion · Fundamental rights · Human rights · Ideology · Political freedom · Political science · Politics · Religious freedom · Social rights · Sociology · Asian Studies and History · Gender and Women's Rights · Law · Legal Studies and Policies

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