Ennahda did not only come as the victor in the election, but it obtained 89 out of 217 seats in the Constituent Assembly.
Some surveys haveġ156 ~ Islamic Politics: Lessons Learned From Indonesia & Arab Spring predicted that Ennahda party would be the winner in the election in Tunisia on October 23, 2011, but the result of the election still surprised many people. Introduction One of the significant features in Tunisia, and also in Egypt, after the Arab Spring is the rise of Islamist parties to power. Keywords: Arab Spring, Reformasi, democracy, secularism, Ennahda Party, Islamist, Ben Ali, Suharto, politik aliran, Rachid Ghannouchi, Nurcholish Madjid. Furthermore, the role of Muslim scholars in desacralizing Islamist parties in Indonesia has been significantly challenges and undermines the identification of Islam with Islamist parties. Political Islam has not been exclusively represented by Islamist parties since Islamist agenda has been carried by all parties, including secular ones. However, the strongest argument for the decline of Islamist parties in Indonesia is the fading away of political or ideological streams. The role of Ennahda party as a symbol of opposition has contributed to its rise after the Spring, while the involvement of Islamists in the regime during the last years of Suharto regime has contributed to the decline of Islamist parties in Indonesia. 1987-2011)? This paper argues that the historical and socio-political position of Islamists during the authoritarian regimes has determined the fate of Islamist parties after the uprisings. By comparing the Spring in Tunisia and Indonesia, this paper intends to answer the following questions: What make the Islamists successfully take over the state in Tunisia, while they failed to do so in Indonesia? What is the difference between the uprising in these two countries? Why did modern and progressive Islam can grow mostly in the authoritarian and undemocratic system of government like during the reign of Suharto in Indonesia (19661988) and Ben Ali of Tunisia (r. Therefore, the Spring in Indonesia challenges the view from some scholars who argue that whenever democracy was introduced in Muslim countries, it is the Islamists who took the benefit.
This differs from Arab countries where the Islamists successfully took the control of the state after the revolt. Although the Islamists have been rising since then, they failed to take over the state. Following his downfall, Indonesia began a new era of democracy by having authentically democratic elections. Known as Reformasi, this popular upheaval forced President Suharto to step down after ruling this country for 32 years. The Arab Spring-like occurred in Indonesia in 1998. Quite different from Arab world was the Spring in Southeast Asia. This phenomenon has often been used to prove that instead of moving Arab countries toward democracy, pluralism, and liberalism, the current popular uprisings provide an opportunity for the Islamists to change their countries into Islamic states.
The Arab Spring and the Reformasi ’98: A Comparative Study of Popular Uprisings in Tunisia and Indonesia Ahmad Najib Burhani Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jakarta Abstract: One of the significant features after the Arab Spring is the rise of Islamist groups to power. CAPTER 5 ISLAMIC POLITICS: LESSONS LEARNED FROM INDONESIA & ARAB SPRING
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