Arskal Salim is professor of politics of Islamic law at Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta, Indonesia. He is the author of many books, including Challenging the Secular State: The Islamization of Laws in Modern Indonesia and Contemporary Islamic Law in Indonesia: Sharia and Legal Pluralism.Moch. Nur Ichwan is professor of Islamic social and political sciences at Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University, Yogyakarta. His articles appear in a number of international journals, such as Islamic Law and Society; Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations; Journal of Islamic Studies; Politics, Religion & Ideology; and Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde (BKI).Eka Srimulyani is professor of sociology at Ar-Raniry State Islamic University in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. She has written many articles and is the author of Women from Traditional Islamic Educational Institutions in Indonesia.Marzi Afriko is a research assistant specializing in studies of the provincial and district governments of Aceh, Indonesia. He has contributed to multiple papers and studies on the region.

"A welcome addition to the literature on Aceh. There are a lot of publications on the Shari`a project, and a few things on religious minorities in Aceh, as well as a lot of uniformed assumptions about both; however, I cannot think of any work that brings all of this together." —Dan Birchok, University of Michigan–Flint

• IntroductionPart 1. Theoretical Frames1. Politics of the Dominant Culture2. Dormant CitizenshipPart 2. The Shari`a State3. Religious Bureaucratic Authority4. Non-Muslim in Shari'a CourtroomsPart 3. The Causes of Interreligious Exclusions5. Mutual Ignorance and Unreciprocated Relations6. Officializing Confessional ExclusionPart 4. Lived Experiences of Minorities in Aceh7. The Negotiated 'Space' of the Chinese Community8. The Uprooted Identity of New Muslim Converts9. The Limited Agency of Female Religious MinoritiesConclusionWorks citedAbout the authors

Arskal Salim is professor of politics of Islamic law at Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta, Indonesia. He is the author of many books, including Challenging the Secular State: The Islamization of Laws in Modern Indonesia and Contemporary Islamic Law in Indonesia: Sharia and Legal Pluralism.Moch. Nur Ichwan is professor of Islamic social and political sciences at Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University, Yogyakarta. His articles appear in a number of international journals, such as Islamic Law and Society; Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations; Journal of Islamic Studies; Politics, Religion & Ideology; and Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde (BKI).Eka Srimulyani is professor of sociology at Ar-Raniry State Islamic University in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. She has written many articles and is the author of Women from Traditional Islamic Educational Institutions in Indonesia.Marzi Afriko is a research assistant specializing in studies of the provincial and district governments of Aceh, Indonesia. He has contributed to multiple papers and studies on the region.

"A welcome addition to the literature on Aceh. There are a lot of publications on the Shari`a project, and a few things on religious minorities in Aceh, as well as a lot of uniformed assumptions about both; however, I cannot think of any work that brings all of this together." —Dan Birchok, University of Michigan–Flint

• IntroductionPart 1. Theoretical Frames1. Politics of the Dominant Culture2. Dormant CitizenshipPart 2. The Shari`a State3. Religious Bureaucratic Authority4. Non-Muslim in Shari'a CourtroomsPart 3. The Causes of Interreligious Exclusions5. Mutual Ignorance and Unreciprocated Relations6. Officializing Confessional ExclusionPart 4. Lived Experiences of Minorities in Aceh7. The Negotiated 'Space' of the Chinese Community8. The Uprooted Identity of New Muslim Converts9. The Limited Agency of Female Religious MinoritiesConclusionWorks citedAbout the authors

Arskal Salim is professor of politics of Islamic law at Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta, Indonesia. He is the author of many books, including Challenging the Secular State: The Islamization of Laws in Modern Indonesia and Contemporary Islamic Law in Indonesia: Sharia and Legal Pluralism.Moch. Nur Ichwan is professor of Islamic social and political sciences at Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University, Yogyakarta. His articles appear in a number of international journals, such as Islamic Law and Society; Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations; Journal of Islamic Studies; Politics, Religion & Ideology; and Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde (BKI).Eka Srimulyani is professor of sociology at Ar-Raniry State Islamic University in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. She has written many articles and is the author of Women from Traditional Islamic Educational Institutions in Indonesia.Marzi Afriko is a research assistant specializing in studies of the provincial and district governments of Aceh, Indonesia. He has contributed to multiple papers and studies on the region.

"A welcome addition to the literature on Aceh. There are a lot of publications on the Shari`a project, and a few things on religious minorities in Aceh, as well as a lot of uniformed assumptions about both; however, I cannot think of any work that brings all of this together." —Dan Birchok, University of Michigan–Flint

• IntroductionPart 1. Theoretical Frames1. Politics of the Dominant Culture2. Dormant CitizenshipPart 2. The Shari`a State3. Religious Bureaucratic Authority4. Non-Muslim in Shari'a CourtroomsPart 3. The Causes of Interreligious Exclusions5. Mutual Ignorance and Unreciprocated Relations6. Officializing Confessional ExclusionPart 4. Lived Experiences of Minorities in Aceh7. The Negotiated 'Space' of the Chinese Community8. The Uprooted Identity of New Muslim Converts9. The Limited Agency of Female Religious MinoritiesConclusionWorks citedAbout the authors