Indonesia and the Muslim World: Islam and Secularism in the Foreign Policy of Soeharto and Beyond Karen Dr Rydstrøm recently moved to

Dr Rydstrøm recently moved to take up a position at Lund University’s Centre for Gender Studies

Individual chapters deal with the most important plants

and with this translation guides the reader through the many complexities of this fascinating text

By the fourteenth century the Islamic faith had spread via maritime trade routes to Southeast Asia where

By Somchai Phatharathananunth

Indonesia and the Muslim World: Islam and Secularism in the Foreign Policy of Soeharto and Beyond Karen Dr Rydstrøm recently moved toAnak Agung Banyu Perwita 2007, 238 pp, 15x23 cm Popular hostility and official ambivalence in Indonesia to the United States led "War on Terror" seem easily understandable in the worlds largest Muslim country. But this kind of analysis misses the complexity of Indonesia and the host of internal differences behind this opposition. Military and bureaucratic elites since independence have worked to create a more secular nationalist Indonesian identity