Islam, Nationalism and Democracy

As Indonesia¿s leading Muslim politician in the second half of the 20th century, Mohammad Natsir (1908¿1993) went from heading the country¿s first post-independence government and largest Islamic political party to spending years in rebellion and in jail under the Soekarno regime. This political biography of Natsir places the important Muslim politician and thinker in the context of a critical period of Indonesia¿s history, and describes his vision of how a newly independent country could embrace religion without sacrificing its democratic values.