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This title argues that in contemporary Indonesia, Muslim politics have worked with, rather than against, democratic principles. It illustrates that debates on the subject do not only allude to Muslim politics, but often relate to other central issues of politics and identity.

The political downfall of the Suharto administration in 1998 marked the end of the "New Order" in Indonesia, a period characterized by 32 years of authoritarian rule. It opened the way for democracy, but also for the proliferation of political Islam, which the New Order had discouraged or banned. Many of the issues raised by Muslim groups concerned matters pertaining to gender and the body. They triggered heated debates about women's rights, female political participation, sexuality, pornography, veiling, and polygamy.

The author argues that public debates on Islam and...