The monograph offers an illuminating study of Islam in Indonesia in seven deeply probed sections. It locates major Islamic issues in socio – cultural and historical contexts of the archipelago constituted by more than 13000 islands of which 6000 are inhabited by over 300 ethnic groups and tribal minorities speaking some 150 languages and dialects. How the island of Java alone, sheltering half of the national population, dominates over the rest of the ...
