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The Politics of Shari'a Law: Islamist Activists and the State in Democratizing Indonesia. (2016)
Book
Buehler, M. (2016). The Politics of Shari'a Law: Islamist Activists and the State in Democratizing Indonesia. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316417843

The Islamization of politics in Indonesia after 1998 presents an underexplored puzzle: why has there been a rise in the number of shari'a laws despite the electoral decline of Islamist parties? Michael Buehler presents an analysis of the conditions u... Read More about The Politics of Shari'a Law: Islamist Activists and the State in Democratizing Indonesia..

Why do Indonesian politicians promote shari’alaws? An analytic framework for Muslim-majority democracies (2016)
Journal Article
Pisani, E., & Buehler, M. (2016). Why do Indonesian politicians promote shari’alaws? An analytic framework for Muslim-majority democracies. Third World Quarterly, 38(3), 734-752. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2016.1206453

Taking the discussion in the existing literature on the adoption of shari’a laws in democratising Muslim-majority countries as a starting point, we posit that there are two broad motivations for democratically-elected politicians to adopt shari’a law... Read More about Why do Indonesian politicians promote shari’alaws? An analytic framework for Muslim-majority democracies.

Democratization and the Diffusion of Shari'a Law: Comparative Insights from Indonesia (2016)
Journal Article
Buehler, M., & Muhtada, D. (2016). Democratization and the Diffusion of Shari'a Law: Comparative Insights from Indonesia. South East Asia Research, 24(2), 261-282. https://doi.org/10.1177/0967828X16649311

The democratization of politics has been accompanied by a rise of Islamic laws in many Muslim-majority countries. Despite a growing interest in the phenomenon, the Islamization of politics in democratizing Muslim-majority countries is rarely understo... Read More about Democratization and the Diffusion of Shari'a Law: Comparative Insights from Indonesia.