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==History==

While most Muslim politicians had supported the deposing of the [[Sukarno]] regime and the suppression of the [[Communist Party of Indonesia]] by [[Military of Indonesia|Indonesian army]] chief [[Suharto]] between 1965 and 1968, the latter suppressed Muslim political activities. Suharto pursued a [[secular]] system of government, which along with the high-level appointment of [[Catholics]] and patronage of the ethnic [[Chinese people|Chinese]] community made Muslim political groups a major part of opposition to his regime.

However, in the early 1990s, Suharto moved his public identity and government considerably towards Islam. Adopting the name [[Haji Mohammed Suharto]], he undertook a ''[[hajj]]'' pilgrimage to [[Mecca]], [[Saudi Arabia]] in 1991. In the prior year, Suharto had permitted the formation of the Indonesian Assocation of Muslim Intellectuals under the influence of Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, a close adviser and then-minister of technology and research. As opposed to traditional Islamic organizations in Indonesia such as the [[NadhatulNahdatul Ulama]] (NU), ICMI supported Suharto's regime in turn for considerable influence in policy-making and administration.

==Organization==