A Diverse Citizenship

The idea of diverse citizenship here is equal to what Rosaldo called cultural citizenship and Kymlicka called multicultural citizenship.

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Constitutional Court (MK) Ruling No. 97/PUU-XIV/2016 on indigenous native faiths, which was issued on November 7 this year and is a judicial review of Article 61 Point 1 and Article 64 Point 22 of Law No. 24/2013 on Civil Administrations, has widespread implications on public services. The ruling ensures equal treatment for adherents of religions and native faiths both in the Constitution and other laws.

This implication is evident not only in the ability for native faith adherents to write in their respective faiths in their e-IDs but also in the transformation of citizenship doctrines and practices in Indonesia. MK rules that the word “religion” in Article 29 Point 2 violates the Constitution and has no binding legal power so long as it does not cover “native faiths”. In other words, adherents of native faiths are equal to religious adherents before the law.