Nahdlatul Ulama and the Struggle for Power within Islam and Politics in Indonesia

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ii The The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) was established as an autonomous organization in 1968. It is a regional centre dedicated to the study of socio-political, security and economic trends and developments in Southeast Asia and its wider geostrategic and economic environment. The Institute’s research programmes are the Regional Economic Studies (RES, includingASEAN andAPEC), Regional Strategic and Political Studies (RSPS), and Regional Social and Cultural Studies (RSCS). ISEAS Publishing, an established academic press, has issued almost 2,000 books and journals. It is the largest scholarly publisher of research about Southeast Asia from within the region. ISEAS Publishing works with many other academic and trade publishers and distributors to disseminate important research and analyses from and about Southeast Asia to the rest of the world. iv First published in Singapore in 2009 by ISEAS Publishing Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace Pasir Panjang Singapore 119614 E-mail: publish@iseas.edu.sg Website: http://bookshop.iseas.edu.sg All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.© 2009 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore ISEAS Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Bush, Robin. Nadhlatul Ulama & the struggle for power within Islam & politics in Indonesia. 1. N.U. (Organization). 2. Islam and politics—Indonesia. 3. Indonesia—Politics and government—1988-. I. Title. BP10 N83B97 2009 ISBN 978-981-230-875-7 (soft cover) ISBN 978-981-230-876-4 (hard cover) ISBN 978-981-230-879-5 (PDF) Copy-edited by Beth Thomson, Canberra. Typeset by Superskill Graphics Pte Ltd Printed in Singapore by Seng Lee Press Pte Ltd v Dedicated to the memory of Daniel S. Lev, with much love and gratitude vi ...