The Contradictory Faithful

Indonesian Muslims are increasingly pious, according to a new study by a leading Muslim research institute. So then why are violence and corruption all the rage in the world's largest Muslim country?

December 25, 2001

Most Indonesian Muslims can be classified as santri, according to a new study. That means they belong to that section of the Muslim community that observes the rituals of Islam. It distinguishes them from the abangan, those whose rituals borrowed more from pre-Islamic Javanese beliefs.

This is the result of a study by the Center of Islamic and Community Studies (PPIM), a body within the State Institute of Islamic Studies (IAIN) Syarif Hidaya

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