Conference Paper / Presentation
| 2023
Care, immunization, religious vigilantism
Presented at: Sacralizing Security: Religous Vigilantism in Contemporary Cities, Utrecht October 3-4.
Is there an elementary structure of religous vigilantism ? If so, what might be the key elements ? This paper is an attempt to think through these questions using examples of vigilantism in Indonesia targeting the Ahmadiyah minority, a controversial Sunni Muslim reform movement. The paper argues that religious vigilantes engage in immunization operations that aim to safeguard the 'Muslim community' by affirming its core values and ideological boundaries. Particular attention is given to the territorial dimensions of anti-Ahmadiyah violence over the past two decades.
