@inproceedings{digilib52516,
       booktitle = {1st Annual Internatioal Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities, Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research},
           title = {The NU?s Youths among The Radical Movements in Yogyakarta},
          author = {- Mochamad Sodik and - B.J. Sujibto},
            year = {2019},
           pages = {19--24},
        keywords = {NU, Young generation of NU, Youth,
Identity, Islamism, Radical Islam, extremism,
Yogyakarta.},
             url = {https://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/id/eprint/52516/},
        abstract = {This article aims at examining the
contestation of identity of the Islamic youth movement,
represented by the Nahdlatul Ulama?s (NU) youths, in
the midst of radical and extremist Islamic movements
in Yogyakarta. The NU?s youth movements which are
mostly associated with peaceful faces of Islam have
directly been facing the puritan and extremist Islamic
movement communities spreading out massively in
many elements of societal environment. The radical
Islamist and extremist movements supported by
transnational-affiliated Islamic movements such as
Wahabism and Hizbut Tahrir as well have taken apart
in the contestation of identity in public space to gain
social and political attention. In practice, these groups
have eroded and at the same time threatened tolerant
values in Yogyakarta, such as the latest fact about
removal of cross from grave in some areas of the city.
The movement of NU?s youths, however, is awfully
required to minimize and even deny the means of
radical and extremist Islam campaigns which are
heralded by radical groups in general. This article will
map out the forms of contestation of the identity of
NU?s youths and the main activities they have been
done to intervene the public sphere in order to
maintain tolerant values and diversity of Indonesia as
a pluralistic country both ethnically and religiously. A
qualitative approach is used for this research with an
open-ended interview as a collective data technique.
The findings have implications for tolerant-affiliated
youth movements and those who advocate for, work
with, and support them to always campaign peaceful
faces of Islam, tolerance, and harmony within
Indonesian society.}
}