What does ‘radicalism’ mean in Joko Widodo’s Indonesia?

In Indonesia there has been a shift in the use of the label ‘radical.’ What is the shift and what are the implications for Indonesian society?

Din Syamsudin was accused of being a ‘radical’ but was the accusation justified? Source: Photo by Yulian Firdaus/Creative Commons

Recently the former General Chair of the mass organisation Muhammadiyah Din Syamsudin was accused of being a radical  by the Bandung Institute of Technology Anti Radicalism Movement. But what is a radical? The team at KBR 68 explain how the political label of ‘radical’ is being used and abused in contemporary Indonesia

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