 | Between Social Services and Tolerance Subjects: Islamic fundamentalism.; Islam and state.; Islam and politics.; Human services; Islamic fundamentalism; Islam and state; Islam and politics; Human services; On political issues, for instance, it is steered by Islamist imagery. On cultural issues, Muhammadiyah is often guided by old enmity towards what is called the TBC (takhayul, bid'ah dan churafat; delusions, religious innovation without precedence in the Prophetic traditions and the Qur'an, and superstitions or irrational belief). This position has placed Muhammadiyah in an uneasy relationship with both local cultures and traditionalist Islam. Three issues that were raised in 2017--the banning of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), the recurrent controversy on the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), and the ruling of the Constitutional Court on Penghayat Kepercayaan--are issues where Muhammadiyah has been easily drawn towards Islamist and conservative tendencies. |
