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

Din Syamsudin, former General Chair of the mass organisation Muhammadiyah.

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

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?

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Published 26 February 2021 12:29am

Updated 28 February 2021 10:15am

By KBR 68H team

Presented by sri dean

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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?

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