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Article: Envisioning the nation: women activists, religion and the public sphere in Indonesia.(Report)
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- Social Forces
- Article date:
- June 1, 2008
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Forty young women wearing long white headscarves march down a sidewalk in Jakarta, Indonesia. They reach a concrete roundabout in front of the Grand Hyatt, joining a larger group holding banners protesting pornography. Speakers yell into a megaphone, as protesters wave signs and chant "Allahu Akbar." There are men at this demonstration, but the women with their uniform clothing are the most visible protesters.
Indonesians passing by will recognize the activists as members of the Prosperous Justice Party, a Muslim political party. The rally against pornography is evidence that issues of gender and morality are key to the Islamic revival in Indonesia and elsewhere. Yet ...
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