The Philosophical (and Theological) Contradiction Behind the Foundation of Indonesia

Indonesia is like a country being founded on a philosophical debate nobody even care to finish. At one hand, we have a theological ideology of - “the belief in the one and only God” - that infringes on others rights of religious expression // on the other, we have a very problematic unifying slogan “Unity in Diversity” - that is historically proven to be fictitious #decolonial #decolonisation #decolonization Time Stamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:19 - Monotheist dictatorship 08:29 - Why should monotheist be the status quo? 15:22 - Bhinneka Tunggal Ika 20:08 - Unity based on colonial hatred 23:32 - Outro References: 1. The Jakarta Charter of June 1945 by Endang Saifuddin Anshari (classic study on the Jakarta Charter debate) 2. Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia by George McTurnan Kahin 3. The Ideology of Indonesia: History of the Pancasila by Bernard Dahm 4. Speech of Sukarno, 1 June 1945 (birth of Pancasila) 5. Memoirs of Mohammad Hatta discussing the removal of the Jakarta Charter clause 6. Islam and the Secular State in Indonesia by Luthfi Assyaukanie 7. Civil Islam by Robert W. Hefner 8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prepara... 9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakarta... 10. Elson, R. E. (2009). "Another Look at the Jakarta Charter Controversy of 1945" (PDF). Indonesia. 88 (88): 105–130. Retrieved 21 December 2018. 11. Mpu Tantular (1975). Santoso, Soewito (ed.). Sutasoma, a Study in Old Javanese Wajrayana. International Academy of Culture. p. 9. 12. Zulfikar, Fahri. "Bhinneka Tunggal Ika bagi Bangsa Indonesia, Ini Artinya". detikedu (in Indonesian). Retrieved 30 September 2021. 13. Waskito (1 February 2020). Nuraini, Ratna (ed.). "Sebuah Filsafat Perenialisme Tertua". indonesia.go.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 10 November 2021. 14. Kinney, Ann R.; Klokke, Marijke J.; Kieven, Lydia (2003). Worshiping Siva and Buddha: The Temple Art of East Java. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824827793. 15. https://www.historia.id/article/melac... 16. Munoz, Paul Michel (2006). Early Kingdoms, Indonesian Archipelago & the Malay Peninsula. 17.    • Sati Nasution alias Willem Iskandar Pioner...   18. https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_... 19. https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhamma... 20. Thornton, David Leonard (1972). Javanization of Indonesian politics. The University of British Columbia. 21. https://www.instagram.com/p/DPWAYwigD... 22. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sang_Hy... 23. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholi... 24. International Humanist and Ethical Union (10 December 2012). "Freedom of Thought 2012: A Global Report on Discrimination Against Humanists, and the Nonreligious" (PDF). IHEU. Retrieved 8 August 2023. 25. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majapahit 26. Hadler, Jeffrey (2008). "A Historiography of Violence and the Secular State in Indonesia: Tuanku Imam Bondjol and the Uses of History" 27. Dobbin, Christine (1983). Islamic Revivalism in a Changing Peasant Economy: Central Sumatra, 1784-1847. 28. https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaum_Pa... 29. https://agrarianstudies.macmillan.yal... 30. https://www.historia.id/article/ketik... 31. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 32. https://media.neliti.com/media/public... 33. Majapahit: Reflection of the Religious Life, Deny Yudo Wahyudi(B ) and Agus Aris Munandar, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia 34. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduis... 35. https://humanists.international/wp-co... 36. "Nationality, Citizenship, and Religion". Government of Timor-Leste. 25 October 2015. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2020. 37. https://media.neliti.com/media/public...