Buku ini dibuat dalam konteks perjuangan KPPSI (Komite Persiapan Pelaksanaan Syariat Islam) dalam upayanya memperjuangkan formalisasi ajaran Islam dalam pemerintahan melalui otonomi khusus di Sulawesi Selatan.
This book explains the relationship betweem Islam and the state and politics in contemporary Indonesia. President Soeharto`s departure from office in May 1998 brought tremendous and far-reaching impacts to Indonesia`s political landscape. At least 181 new political parties came into being, a sizeable portion of which use Islam as their symbol and ideological basis.