Indonesia’s largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), is facing one of the most disruptive leadership crises in its modern history. The contested “dismissal” of Chairman Yahya Cholil Staquf by the Syuriyah Council has ignited a national debate—not only about internal governance, but about whether Indonesia’s political elite now views civil society, including religious organizations, as strategic assets to be influenced, reshaped, or quietly absorbed. To subscribe please click here
