Next, I explain the topography of Islamic movements in contemporary Indonesia. In the first section, I present a brief review of the notion of post-Islamism and Islamic public sphere as categories of analysis to examine the dynamics of Islam in Indonesia. I argue that the public sphere is not only an arena of contestation between Islamists and secularists, but also among the proponents of social movements that mobilize Islam as a source of legitimacy. Sabina who has been considered as sister by Fahri, is not only help to take care of Fahri's house, but also able to make Fahri continue his life.The following essay examines post-Islamism in post-reform Indonesia by focusing on contestation in the remaking of the Islamic public sphere. All supported Fahri to continued his life with Hulya, including Sabina, a disabled faceless woman whom Fahri accommodated to stay with them. Fahri still hoping, every night, Aisha re-emerged in his life. Fahri hesitates to open his heart to Hulya's presence because if he did it, it means he admits that Aisha is dead. Hulya is willing to replace Aisha's role in Fahri's life. Hulya who is cheerful and dynamic, showing her interest to Fahri. Fahri's life becomes more complicated when Hulya, Aisha's cousin, now grows up into a beautiful woman. Fahri's good intentions often make misunderstanding and drag into more complicated issues and endanger his life. Fahri tries to keep Aisha's trust to help people around. There is also Keira McGills, a talented violinist who hates Fahri very much, considered him as terrorist who has caused the death of her father by a bomb in London. There is a Jewish grandmother, Catarina who is having problems with her stepson. Fahri is often confronted with the problems of his various neighbors. Fahri is also preoccupied with the presence of Misbah, his old friend, who want to stay with him. He tries to overcome his sadness by busied himself as a lecturer and successful entrepreneur in the city. Friends and relatives alike tell him that she is gone. He had given her his blessings to go to Palestine but due to reasons not shown at first, Aisha had stopped contacting him. He recalls Aisha having had two miscarriages and finding herself restless till a friend's invitation to help displaced children of Palestine created a renewed zest for life. Fahri has lost contact with Aisha, his wife, seven months ago, when Aisha started becoming a volunteer in the Gaza Strip. Fahri, now living in Edinburgh and working as a lecturer at the University Of Edinburgh, lives in a quiet neighborhood together with Uncle and Hulusi, his Turkish household assistant.
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