Leaving a Narrow Cage

Nahdlatul Ulama has a long history of taking an active role in politics. Its cadres have never been absent in presidential elections post-reformasi.

Stefanus Pramono

March 5, 2019

BANNERS promoting Joko Widodo-Ma’ruf Amin were dispersed throughout the Langensari subdistrict in Banjar City, West Java, last Wednesday. In Jalan Pesantren in the Citangkolo hamlet, Kujangsari village, a row of banners advertising the presidential and vice-presidential candidates are placed alongside banners of the Ulama National Congress and the Nahdlatul Ulama Conference. Jokowi-Ma’ruf banners only disappeared from sight at th

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