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Diego Garcia Rodriguez - Queer Muslims and Their Allies

Talking Indonesia

Published
March 11, 2025
Duration
37:46
Summary source
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Last updated
Aug 30, 2026

Discusses Queer Muslims and Their Allies Amid Indonesia’s conservative turn, the moral panics of the 2010s and…

Summary

Queer Muslims and Their Allies Amid Indonesia’s conservative turn, the moral panics of the 2010s and the introduction of the draconian Criminal Code in 2022, LGBTQI+ people are as vulnerable as at any time in the country’s modern history. In a nation with the world’s largest Muslim population and where religion plays a central role in defining belonging a…

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Queer Muslims and Their Allies Amid Indonesia’s conservative turn, the moral panics of the 2010s and the introduction of the draconian Criminal Code in 2022, LGBTQI+ people are as vulnerable as at any time in the country’s modern history. In a nation with the world’s largest Muslim population and where religion plays a central role in defining belonging and nationalism, the identities of queer Indonesian Muslims provide valuable insight into how these subjectivities are negotiated in everyday li