Clerics to coal miners: the decline of Indonesia’s Islamic civil society

On 28 July 2024, Muhammadiyah, Indonesia’s second largest Islamic organisation, agreed to President Joko Widodo’s government’s offer of mining concessions, following the lead of the largest Islamic organisation, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU). Critics both within and outside of these organisations have voiced opposition to the decisions, raising concerns about the acceptance of the mining concessions.

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