Shari?a, Citizenship, and Identity in Aceh

Arskal Salim is professor of politics of Islamic law at Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta, Indonesia. He is the author of many books, including Challenging the Secular State: The Islamization of Laws in Modern Indonesia and Contemporary Islamic Law in Indonesia: Sharia and Legal Pluralism. Moch. Nur Ichwan is professor of Islamic social and political sciences at Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University, Yogyakarta. His articles appear in a number of international journals, such as Islamic Law and Society; Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations; Journal of Islamic Studies; Politics, Religion & Ideology; and Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde (BKI). Eka Srimulyani is professor of sociology at Ar-Raniry State Islamic University in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. She has written many articles and is the author of Women from Traditional Islamic Educational Institutions in Indonesia. Marzi Afriko is a research assistant specializing in studies of the provincial and district governments of Aceh, Indonesia. He has contributed to multiple papers and studies on the region.

Introduction Part 1. Theoretical Frames 1. Politics of the Dominant Culture 2. Dormant Citizenship Part 2. The Shari`a State 3. Religious Bureaucratic Authority 4. Non-Muslim in Shari'a Courtrooms Part 3. The Causes of Interreligious Exclusions 5. Mutual Ignorance and Unreciprocated Relations 6. Officializing Confessional Exclusion Part 4. Lived Experiences of Minorities in Aceh 7. The Negotiated 'Space' of the Chinese Community 8. The Uprooted Identity of New Muslim Converts 9. The Limited Agency of Female Religious Minorities Conclusion Works cited About the authors

"A welcome addition to the literature on Aceh. There are a lot of publications on the Shari`a project, and a few things on religious minorities in Aceh, as well as a lot of uniformed assumptions about both; however, I cannot think of any work that brings all of this together." -Dan Birchok, University of Michigan-Flint