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This article describes how Qur'anic exegetical discourse is employed to challenge the legitimacy of the Indonesian state, particularly in interpreting religious doctrines
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This article gives an important perspective on how religious and political authority becomes increasingly fragmented in Indonesia's post authoritarian regime of Suharto.
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This page is a summary of: Challenging the State: Exegetical Translation in Opposition to the Official Religious Discourse of the Indonesian State, Journal of Qur anic Studies, October 2015, Edinburgh University Press,
DOI: 10.3366/jqs.2015.0214.
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