Indonesian communist and their peripheral wing were the co-founders of Indonesia, including President Sukarno. This has nothing to do with China.
That is to say the entire Indo constitution, the spirit of nation founding has to do with communism, which is diametrically opposite from all these so call Islamic states, including Malaysia.
It was the US and some local Muslims willing to evangelize that went on a killing spree hand in hand with Suharto. Suharto is no fan of these folks and kick them out once he got power.
Till now, lots of Indo upper class are scion of former leftist. Now Indo got so brainwashed that they forgotten communist were the country major founding shareholder, and the life they have given in overthrowing the Dutch.
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Nope, Communist force is so little compared to other Independence movement like Islamist and Nationalist. Communist military rebellion in Madiun is not too difficult to be defeated. It is somehow different with one Islamist group rebellion (DI/TII). Not all Islamist participate in DI/TII rebellion, only one leader, Kartosuwiryo, who rebels and the rebellion takes many years to finish. You can check on the history of Pancasila where about 4 Islamist leaders and 5 Nationalist make a compromise, even Kartosuwiryo is not one of the Islamist leaders who are considered as very influential.
General Sudirman, the first Indonesian Army Commander could be considered as Islamist as well since he is Muhammadiyah Activist ( Oldest Islamic organization in Indonesia and second largest after Nahdatul Ulama).
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Indonesia is started from Islamist movement which is Syarikat Islam. All Indonesian independent movement comes from here, including Soekarno.
Here take time to learn before stating funny thing like your above statement :
Sarekat Islam
Sarekat Islam or
Syarikat Islam (Islamic Association
[3] or Islamic Union,
[4] SI) was an
Indonesian socio-political organization founded at the beginning of the 20th Century during the
Dutch colonial era.
Initially, SI served as a cooperative of
Muslim Javanese batik traders to compete with the
Chinese-Indonesian big traders. From there, SI rapidly evolved into a
nationalist political organization that demanded self-governance against the Dutch colonial regime and gained wide popular support. SI was especially active during the 1910s and the early 1920s. By 1916, it claimed 80 branches with a total membership of around 350,000.
[1]
SI was eventually embroiled in an internal conflict between the Islamic moderates and the
radical communist members who urged firmer anti-colonialist and anti-capitalist actions. In 1921, the organization was split and communist members founded a separate entity known as the Sarekat Islam Merah (Red Islamic Association) which was absorbed into the
Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI). The split led to the decline of the organization, and the original SI later turned into a political party, the
Indonesian Islamic Union Party (PSII). PSII was fused into the
United Development Party (PPP) in 1973.
Today, SI is credited as the first large-scale Indonesian nationalist organization (or mass organization,
ormas) and the largest Muslim political organization in the pre-independence era.
[1][2][5]
en.wikipedia.org
This listen Indonesian Radio ignited Jihad call when Surabaya ( second largest city in Indonesia ) was attacked by British.
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The
Battle of Surabaya was fought between regular infantry and militia of the Indonesian nationalist movement and British and British Indian troops as a part of the
Indonesian National Revolution against the re-imposition of
Dutch colonial rule. The peak of the battle was in November 1945. The battle was the largest single battle of the revolution and became a national symbol of Indonesian resistance.
[2] Considered a heroic effort by Indonesians, the battle helped galvanise Indonesian and international support for Indonesian independence. 10 November is celebrated annually as Heroes' Day (
Hari Pahlawan).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Surabaya
Famous National Hero, Bung Tomo who made the Jihad call to fight British
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And many war happen before Indonesian is united. The wars were conducted by regional leaders and mostly Islamist leaders as almost all Indonesian is under Islamic Sultanate.
This one for example happen in West Sumatra :
The
Padri War (also called the
Minangkabau War) was fought from 1803 until 1837 in
West Sumatra,
Indonesia between the
Padri and the
Adat. "Padri" were
Muslim clerics from
Sumatra who wanted to impose
Sharia in
Minangkabau country in
West Sumatra,
Indonesia. "Adat" comprised the Minangkabau nobility and traditional chiefs. The latter asked for the help of the
Dutch, who intervened from 1821 and helped the nobility defeat the Padri faction.
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Background
It can be considered that the Padri War actually began in 1803, prior to Dutch intervention, and was a conflict that had broken out in Minangkabau country when the Padri started to suppress what they saw as un-Islamic customs, i.e. the
adat. But after occupation of the
Pagaruyung Kingdom by Tuanku Pasaman, one of Padri leaders in 1815, on 21 February 1821, the
Minangkabau nobility made a deal with Dutch in
Padang to help them to fight the Padri.
[1]
Adat, as customary law is called in Indonesia, includes indigenous, pre-Islamic religious practices and social traditions in local custom. The Padri, like contemporaneous jihadists in the
Sokoto Caliphate of West Africa, were
Islamist purists who had made the
hajj to Mecca and returned
[2] inspired to bring the Qur'an and
shariah to a position of greater influence in Sumatra. The Padri movement had formed during the early 19th century and sought to purge the culture of traditions and beliefs its partisans viewed as un-Islamic, including syncretic folk beliefs,
cockfighting and Minangkabau matrilineal traditions.
In the 1820s, the Dutch had yet to consolidate their possessions in some parts of the
Dutch East Indies (later Indonesia) after re-acquiring it from the
British. This was especially true on the island of Sumatra, where some areas would not come under Dutch rule until the 20th century.
en.wikipedia.org
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