Detaining of Indonesian Shiites to Participation in the Process and Structure of the Political Power

پژوهش نامه ایرانی سیاست بین الملل

Article 2, Volume 8, Issue 2 - Serial Number 16, June 2020, Pages 27-58   

Document Type: مقالات

DOI: 10.22067/ijip.v8i2.86121

Authors

Ali Bagheri Dolatabadi^{* 1}; Ebrahim Aghamohammadi²

¹Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Yasouj University

²Assistant Professor, Department of History, Arak University

Abstract

Indonesia is one of the Muslim countries in Southeast Asia, making significant economic and political progress in recent decades. Today, this progress in the political arena is seen as the activities of various groups in the form of political parties and factions in this country's decision-making process. The main question here is, "Why have Indonesian Shiites failed to change their socio-political position and failed to find a suitable political role and position in the country?" To answer the question, based on the combination of the two theories of political mobilization and the structure of political opportunity, it can be stated that "The five components of a dispersed population, along with the weak economic strength of the Shiite people, fragmented and non-political leaders, the prevailing ideology and obstruction of the political system, the dysfunctional organization and the lack of access to influential allies and the political non-use of media opportunities had played an essential role in this situation. The findings also show that Indonesia's Shiite population does not have the necessary geographical cohesion, organizations with a synergistic and mobilizing approach, dynamic and practical ideology, and leaders with socio-political concerns. Therefore, the Shiites of this country have been deprived of the process of participation in power. In this paper, the descriptive-analytical method and library method have been used to collect and analyze data.

Keywords

Indonesian Shiites; Ideology; Power; Political Structure

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