Challenging moderate Islam in Indonesia : NU Garis Lurus and its construction of the ‘Authentic’ NU online

Iqbal, Asep Muhamad (2021) Challenging moderate Islam in Indonesia : NU Garis Lurus and its construction of the ‘Authentic’ NU online. In: Rising Islamic Conservatism in Indonesia. Routledge, London. ISBN 978-0-367-81941-5

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Abstract

Filling the gap in the literature on opposition from within Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), this chapter conducts a preliminary analysis of the internet use by the proponents of NU Garis Lurus movement to challenge the ideological dominance of moderate outlook of Islam and current leadership of NU. Drawing on framing theory as a theoretical framework, it describes how the proponents of NU Garis Lurus mobilize their website to construct and promote their ideology of ‘authentic NU’ online in their struggle against the current NU chairman and allies in the NU executive board. This chapter argues that the internet has provided the proponents of NU Garis Lurus with a new, important resource to expose itself to Indonesian public in its attempt to promote its ideology of ‘the authentic NU’ and challenge the NU ideology of moderate Islam and the current NU leadership. This new media use has implication that should not be ignored in that it enhances the potential threat posed by the NU Garis Lurus on the moderate outlook of NU and Islam Indonesia in general as well as on the leadership of current NU chairman.

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