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Has the New Order risen again? Is it true that identity politics would lead to the establishment of Unitary Sharia State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI Syariah)? These two questions have often appeared in discussions over the past year.

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Boni Hargens
· 8 minutes read
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Has the New Order risen again? Is it true that identity politics would lead to the establishment of Unitary Sharia State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI Syariah)? These two questions have often appeared in discussions over the past year.

Perhaps this is connected to the rise of old faces in politics and other clamor clad in religious identity issues. There is a vice presidential candidate who never attended a pesantren (Muslim boarding school) who has been suddenly named a "post-Islamist" student. A presidential candidate who was rarely heard quoting Quranic verses is now fluent in the language of the scriptures. The idea of holding a debate in English was responded to with a proposal to debate in Arabic or to hold a contest reciting the Holy Quran.

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