Comments on: Resisting Wahhabi Colonialism in Yogyakarta

By: COMOPS Journal » COMOPS Journal Top Posts of 2009

COMOPS Journal » COMOPS Journal Top Posts of 2009 — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:37:46 +0000

[...] Resisting Wahhabi Colonialism in Yogyakarta (November 6, 2008). [...]

By: COMOPS Journal » Bombing Reactions by Indonesian Groups are Telling

COMOPS Journal » Bombing Reactions by Indonesian Groups are Telling — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:23:43 +0000

[...] is Partai Keadilan Sejahtera (PKS, the Justice and Prosperity Party), which was the subject of an earlier post in this blog. PKS can be best understood as the Indonesian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. Its [...]

By: COMOPS Journal » What a Difference a Decade Makes

COMOPS Journal » What a Difference a Decade Makes — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:09:44 +0000

[...] The most important change in this year’s election is that voters now choose individual candidates, not party lists. This has increased the importance of local issues, and decreased the importance and power of national party elites. For the first time voters can “spit” tickets. This has changed the nature of election campaigns. In the past campaigns were conducted primarily at the national level. Local campaigns were primarily “get out the base” efforts based as much on patronage and party loyalty as issues. It is still the case that some candidates, especially those from Muslim and Christian parties, appeal primarily to “primordial loyalties” of ethnicity and religion. The new electoral rules have, however, meant that many voters chose candidates who they know personally, or by reputation. Candidates featured local as well as national celebrities in their print and television ads, and some appeared in distinctively local ethnic costumes. In Yogyakarta this meant that some appealed to the city’s history as a center of Islamic modernism, and others to royalist sentiments that are still powerful here. [...]

By: COMOPS Journal » Israeli “Nukes” versus Palestinian Slingshots

COMOPS Journal » Israeli “Nukes” versus Palestinian Slingshots — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:08:36 +0000

[...] They report on how the local population of Muslims–many of whom are moderates who oppose more radical interpretations of Islam–interpreted the latest skirmish in the Holy Land. The [...]