Islam and the 2009 Indonesian Elections, Political and Cultural Issues : The Case of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS)

• Main Author: Ahmad-Norma Permata (auth)
• Other Authors: Najib Kailani (auth), Rémy Madinier (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Institut de recherche sur l'Asie du Sud-Est contemporaine 2010
• Subjects: politics; political islam; muslim Brotherhood; Tarbiyah Da'wa Movement; Prosperous Justice Party; PKS; Indonesia
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The history of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) is part of the longstanding tradition of political Islam in Indonesia. Born in 1912 with the foundation of the Union of Muslim Traders (Sarekat Dagang Islam) this trend dominated the emerging nationalism in the Dutch East Indies for nearly twenty yea...