Human rights culture in Indonesia : attacks on the Ahmadiyya minority group / Max Regus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Regus, Max, author.

Series:

Studies on modern Orient ; Volume 35.

Studies on Modern Orient ; Volume 35

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Indonesia.

Human rights.

Ahmadiyya--Indonesia.

Ahmadiyya.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVIII, 279 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Drawing on human rights discourse and a study of the difficulties faced by religious minority groups (using the Ahmadiyya minority group as a case study), this book presents three interconnected challenges to human rights culture in Indonesia. First, it presents a normative challenge, describing the gap between philosophical and normative principles of human rights on one side and the overall problems and critical issues of human rights at national and local levels on the other. Second, it considers the political problems in developing and strengthening human rights culture. The political challenge addresses the ability (or inability) of the state to guarantee the rights of certain individuals and minority groups. Third, it examines the sociological challenge of majority-minority group relationships in human rights discourse and practices. This book describes the background of human rights in Indonesia and reviews the previous literature on the issue. It also presents a comprehensive review of the discourses about human rights and political changes in contemporary Indonesia. The analysis focuses on how human rights challenges affect the situation of religious minorities, looking in particular at the Ahmadiyya as a minority group that experiences human rights violations such as discrimination, persecution, and violence. The study fills out its treatment of these issues by examining the involvement of actors both from the state and society, addressing also the politics of human rights protection.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

List of Tables and Figures

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Introduction

Part I: The Paradox of Human Rights

Chapter 1 The Theory of Human Rights

Chapter 2 Defining Human rights Culture

Chapter 3 Human Rights Discourse in Indonesia

Chapter 4 Religious Minorities in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia

Part II: Portraying the Ahmadiyya Minority Groups

Chapter 5 The Ahmadiyya and Its Historical Origin

Chapter 6 The Ahmadiyya in the Contemporary Global and Indonesia’s Context

Part III: The Indonesian Ahmadiyya and the Violation of Human Rights

Chapter 7 Triggers and Actors Involved in the Violation of the Ahmadiyya

Chapter 8 The Ahmadiyya and the Violation of Substantive Human Rights

Part IV: The Politics of Human Rights Protection in Indonesia

Chapter 9 The Politics of Human Rights Protection in Indonesia

Chapter 10 Co-constructing Human Right Protection

Conclusion: Contribution and Prediction

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110696073

311069607X

OCLC:

1253313750