Article on the “Reconciliation” within NW
Supporters of NW-Anjani protest at the provincial office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights on September 18, 2019 In the October 2022 issue of the Cornell-based journal Indonesia, I was very pleased to have an article with my colleague Dr. Saipul Hamdi of Universitas Mataram on the process of "reconciliation" in the Islamic organization Nahdlatul Wathan (based on Lombok) and the role of the national government in that process. You can see the full article at https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/255/article/869998/summary Here is the abstract: The Islamic organization Nahdlatul Wathan is the most influential religious group on the island of Lombok in West Nusa Tenggara province, but since the death of its founder in 1997 the group has been split between two factions. This article examines the conflict, its endurance, and especially…
