Episode 14: Islam and Sharia in Today's Indonesia
Prof Tim Lindsey
Duration: 25 min 35 sec
Format: MP3
Our guest for this episode is Professor Tim Lindsey. Tim is Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Asian Law Centre in the Faculty of Law at the University of Melbourne where he has served as an Associate Dean. He is also Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Islam.
In 2006, Professor Lindsey was awarded a five-year Federation Fellowship to research !!!OIslam and Modernity: Syari'ah, Terrorism and Governance in South-East Asia". Other recent Grants include !¢FDIslamic Law in Indonesia!| (2002-2005), !¢FDIslamic Law in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei!| (2005-2007) and !¢FDDefamation Law, Journalism and Public Debate in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore!| (2006-2009)
" ... this is a debate not between Islam and secularism, but a debate within Islam about what sort of future it will have." - Prof Tim Lindsey
Useful Information
Recent Publications
Journals
- LINDSEY, T., !¢FDRelaxed, Complacent and Risible!|, The Australian Literary Review, Vol. 2, Issue 2, 7 March 2007 (pp 18-19).
- LINDSEY, T., !¢FDLegal Infrastructure in East Asia!|, Asia Pacific Economic Literature, Vol.18, No. 1, May 2004, (pp 12-40).
- LINDSEY, T. and Hooker, MB, !¢FDTowards a new Mazhab? The Public Faces of Syariah in Indonesia!|, Studia Islamika, Vol 10, No. 1, 2003 (pp 23-64).
Books
- Law Reform in Developing and Transitional Economies
LINDSEY, T. (editor and contributor), Law Reform in Developing and Transitional States, London: Routledge (2006)
ISBN : 978-0-415-37859-8
Buy from Amazon - Chinese Indonesians: Remembering, Distorting and Forgetting
LINDSEY, T and PAUSACKER, H. (editors and contributors), Chinese Indonesians: Remembering, Distorting, Forgetting - A Festschrift for Charles A Coppel, ISEAS: Singapore; Monash Asia Institute: Clayton, 2005 reprinted 2006 (2nd edition)
ISBN : 981-230-286-7
Buy from Melbourne University Bookshop
Buy from Amazon - Corruption in Asia
LINDSEY, T. and DICK, H. (editors and contributors), Corruption in Asia: Rethinking the Good Governance Paradigm, Federation Press: Sydney, 2002
ISBN :1-86287-421-2 - Buy from Melbourne University Bookshop
Buy from Amazon - Indonesia: Law and Society
LINDSEY, T. (editor and contributor) Indonesia: Law & Society, Federation Press: Sydney, 1999
ISBN :1-86287-311-9
Buy from Melbourne University Bookshop
Buy from Amazon - Government of the Shadows (forthcoming)
LINDSEY, T. and WILSON, E. (editors), Government of the Shadows: Criminal Sovereignty and Para-politics, London: Pluto Press, forthcoming (2007)
Asian Law Centre website
Centre for the Study of Contemporary Islam website
Prof Tim Lindsey's web page in the Melbourne Law School website
Melbourne Law School website
Credits
Host: Sian Prior
Producers: Kelvin Param, Eric Van Bemmel and Sian Prior
Audio Engineer: Dean Collett
Theme Music performed by Sergio Ercole. Mr Ercole is represented by the Musicians' Agency, Faculty of Music
Voiceover: Paul Richiardi
Series Creators: Eric Van Bemmel and Kelvin Param
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World of Islam is very diverse, and ambiguous. It covers dozens of countries with different histories, cultures, economies and their inherent political traditions. With regard to countries whose people profess Islam, may well be applied the concept of center-periphery, where as the removal of the main origins of the outbreak and the impact of the world religion it is often very dependent on local customs, manners and customs, from the mature to its Parish philosophical values and the ongoing evaluation of internal and international developments in the minds of the people of this country.
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Excellent!
Inspirational. Thanks, Tim and UniMelb
It's Saturday and I am listening to Tim Lindsey's podcast from the University of Melbourne: Islam and Sharia in Today's Indonesia (podcast). I got the link from Charles Coppell's list which reproduced a posting by John MacDougall on his apakabar2 list on May 24, 2007.
This is a very valuable and clear review for students of the long train of unsuccessful Indonesian Islamism (or political Islam that promotes a shariah state), in English.
He also makes surprising comments on the "healthy and strong" Australia Indonesia relationship - "there's a lot of ballast although the relationship is more tense than ever before." He points to great contrasts between Australian views of Indonesia as the holiday destination and the market that many of us ignorantly fear may one day invade us. Indonesian fears of Australian colonial and racist attitudes are also discussed despite the thousands who study here.
He also mentions the lamentable collapse of Asian Studies in Australia.
Publicly available to all. A wonderful clear discussion Tim offers.
Well done to UniMelb for its podcasting page. Inspirational. Now how do we get such valuable talks out to the non-converted? I'll certainly put a link to it for my students.
Phil Mahnken Sunshine Coast