%A - MOCH. NUR ICHWAN
%J Islamic Law and Society
%T 'ULAMA', STATE AND POLITICS: MAJELIS ULAMA INDONESIA AFTER SUHARTO
%X This essay examines the Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) and the legal decisions
that it issued after the fall of President Suharto, whose regime played a role
in its establishment. In light of MUI’s changing relationship with the state
under Suharto’s successors B.J. Habibie and Abdurrahman Wahid, I call for
a more nuanced reading of MUI’s decisions.
I also discuss the relative weight accorded to MUI decisions—variously
called “opinions,” pieces of “advice,” and “fatw§s”—arguing that these
“discursive products” reflect a conscious attempt by MUI to break free from
the circumstances of its birth and to guide the reformation process in post-
Suharto Indonesia.
%N 1
%K Ulama, State, Politic, Majelis Ulama Indonesia
%P 45-72
%V 12
%D 2005
%I Koninklijke Brill NV
%L digilib16233