The Wahid Institute

Monitoring and Advocating Pluralism Workshop

Maximizing Data and Networks to Change Policy

In coordination with the Institute for Social and Islamic Studies (LK3) of Banjarmasin, the Wahid Institute (WI) held a workshop titled ‘Monitoring and Advocating Pluralism’ in Hotel Pesona, Banjarmasin, Monday – Wednesday (4-6/8/2008).
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Working Paper

Map of Islamic Movements and Thought in Indonesia: The Future of Indonesian Islam

2008 is a year in which the political process is incredibly intensive in facing the most crucial moment of Indonesia’s journey to democracy, namely the parliamentary and presidential elections, both of which are to be held in 2009.
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Working paper

Religiously Nuanced Local Regulations and the Future of Indonesian Democracy, An Outline

As a public issue there is a tendency to regard the application of Syariah Islam as increasingly unpopular.
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Statement of support for the Mindanao Peace Process
South East Asian Forum on Islam and Democracy

Made by the members of the Southeast Asian Forum on Islam and Democracy (SEAFID), Jakarta, Indonesia, 14 August 2008.
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Waiting For the Demise of the FPI

Untitled Document At least 70 activists from the National Alliance for Freedom of Religion were seriously injured when they were attacked by the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) and Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) – under the banner of the Islamic Defenders Command (KLI) – during Pancasila celebrations at Monas earlier this month.
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Delay of Ahmadiyah ban, radical groups up pressure on central government

The government then promised to immediately issue the decree but had not done so by Sunday, May 5. The movement to ban Ahmadiyah has been driven by several hard-line Muslim groups, including the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) and some officials within the Religious Affairs Ministry, and therefore it is only natural that they would be disappointed over the delay. They are expected to increase violent acts against Ahmadiyah.
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Joining the Caravan?: The Middle East, Islamism and Indonesia

There are similarities between the radical Islamic movements in Indonesia and the Middle East.
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Extremism: Enemy of Religion

As one of the biggest social organizations in a country with a Muslim majority, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) has a large role in influencing international policy to build peace.
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