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CHAPTER 3
The Baseline on Freedom of ReligionBelief
A. Introduction
he new government, Jokowi-JK should have clear road map to take comprensive policy about freedom of religionbelief as the basic
and constitutional rights of all Indonesian people. hat road map is needed to guarantee the sinergy and congruence of policy between the
central and regional in freefom of religionbelief issues.
he policy paradigm which could be taken is possible in top-down model, bottom-up, or combination between those both. But the note
must refers to some frameworks. First, the constitution must be placed as the highest legal basis. Second, refering to the principle and legal
norm of civilized country in human rights, either legally binding or non legally binding, and especially those are ratiied as national positive law.
hird, to point the central as the main authority holder. Because religion is not the government’s authority which decentralized to the
regional, so make the region as main subject of religious policy, is absolutely wrong. Fourth, to orientate on the serious problem solving,
concrete and urgent on freedom of religionbelief issues.
In order to give baseline for will be taken policy by Jokowi and for displaying the map and coniguration condition of freedom of religion
belief in Indonesia, Setara Institute presents this chapter. he new part of this report book of KBB in this year which distinguish to previous
reports.
In this part, SETARA Institute will present two subjects. First, the
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condition on freedom of religionbelief in the last 8 years. his condition map hopefully could be a guidelines for government in making policy
in religionbelief subject and it also hopefully could be an information for people that about 8 last year, this Pancasila country is still fulled by
many kinds of event which relecting the real situation of how far the ideal condition of freedom of religionbelief in Indonesia with Pancasila
and 1945 Constitutions as the guidelines. Second, the map condition and guarantee on freedom of religion and belief in region, especially
in regions where SETARA Institute took observation. his is hopefully that government and all of us could understand serious problems on
freedom of religionbelief in many regions, from that very substantive, to technique.
B. The 8 Years of Freedom of Religion and Belief: From “Subject to
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