State and the Protection of the Minority Rights in Indonesia: The Case of the Ahmadi Group

DOI

10.2991/icils-18.2018.2How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Minorty rights, Ahmadi People, freedom of religion and belief

Abstract

This paper focus to answer the question about why the central government and some governments at provincial and municipal levels produce policies that discriminate against the Ahmadi people, despite the fact that freedom of religion is guaranteed by the constitution and the fact that Indonesia is currently undergoing the process of democratization after a long period of authoritarianism. Two possible answers are evaluated in this paper. First, the government did so to reach certain political agenda (rational choice). Second, the government received a strong political pressure to do so from particular interest groups (a weakening government). To begin with, the paper provides a historical background of Ahmadiyah in Indonesia. Then, it discusses the two hypotheses and analyzes arguments underpinning the hypotheses. Conclusion is presented afterwards.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Dani Muhtada
PY  - 2018/07
DA  - 2018/07
TI  - State and the Protection of the Minority Rights in Indonesia: The Case of the Ahmadi Group
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Indonesian Legal Studies (ICILS 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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EP  - 11
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/icils-18.2018.2
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