The Instrumentalization of Islam in the Public Space of Modern Indonesia

This work is divided into three chapters, and each of them is divided into several paragraphs. The first chapter provides a selection of factors and conditions that determined the specifics of the formation and development of Islam in Indonesia. The directions of the influence of historical, cultural and economic features of different parts of the country on the spread of Islam in the local multi-ethnic community are shown. The second chapter analyzes the changes in the position of political Islam in Indonesia’s public space over the past two decades. A study of the program documents of the secular and Islamic political parties of the country on the issue of transforming attitudes towards Islam and its place in the country's socio-political system was carried out. The third chapter attempts to identify the prospects for the development of secular and Islamic political forces in Indonesia. Factors were selected that strengthen the role of the Islamic factor in the public space of modern Indonesia, leading to the radicalization of Islam, the merger of Islam with government institutions.