Comparing Religious Intolerance in Indonesia by Affiliation to Muslim Organizations

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ID2913669
AuthorsHariyadi (0000-0003-4232-9245), Hariyadi Hariyadi (0000-0002-7737-3708, Department of Sociology at Jenderal Soedirman University), Akhmad Rizal Shidiq (0000-0001-6744-0076, Leiden University Institute for Area Studies), Arief Anshory Yusuf (0000-0002-3126-3853, Padjadjaran University), Dharra Widdhyaningtyas Mahardhika (Jenderal Soedirman University)
Year2023
Volume96
Issue1
Pages5-34
Publication date2023-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePacific Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0030-851X • E-ISSN: 1715-3379
PublisherPacific Affairs (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5509/20239615
OpenAlexW4321788699
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited9

Very few studies explicitly, let alone quantitatively, examine gaps in religious intolerance among individual Muslims based on a liation with major Muslim organizations in Indonesia. Most existing studies either focus on a single organization (non-comparative), are at the organizational policy level (not examining individual attitudes), or use a limited number of samples in their analysis. Against this backdrop, this study compares Indonesian Muslims' levels of religious intolerance based on their a liation with Muslim organizations or traditions: Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Muhammadiyah, and other organizations. We utilize a large-scale household survey, the 2014 Indonesia Family Life Survey-5, and run an ordinal logistic regression to identify organizations' rank on the religious intolerance scale. We find that Muslims without any a liation with a Muslim organization (some 18 percent of Indonesian Muslims) are the most tolerant. Against this reference group, we find that NU followers are generally the most tolerant, followed by those a liated with Muhammadiyah, and those a liated with other Muslim organizations. This finding adds a stock of knowledge to our understanding of religion and society, especially regarding interfaith relations in Indonesia and in the Muslim world in general. Methodologically, this study also shows the benefit and feasibility of identifying the dynamic of religious intolerance using a quantitative approach at a micro level

Geography · Indonesian · Islam · Ordered logit · Political science · Public relations · Religious organization · Scale (ratio) · Sociology · Statistics · Islamic Finance and Banking Studies · Law · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology

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