Islam Nusantara: An Indonesian Challenge To The Ideology Of Islamic State
Monday 29 February, 2016
12 - 1:30pm, $0
New York University, Puck Building
295 Lafayette Street, Room 3306
​Many in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country claim a brand of Islam - called Islam Nusantara or Islam of the East Indies - offers a tolerant alternative to violence in the name of Islam. Akhmad Sahal will speak about Islam Nusantara and the degree to which it can confront jihadism.
Akhmad Sahal is a Ph.D candidate of the Department of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania, and a former research fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center. His research area revolves around modern Islamic and Jewish political thinking. Sahal is the co-editor of Islam Nusantara (2015).