Chinese Muslims in Colonial and Postcolonial Indonesia

migration to the Indonesian archipelago in the pre-colonial era, the forces that stimulated con-version to Islam, and the hybrid cultures that emerged from this process. The effects of the co-lonial and post-colonial periods on this process are also examined. Finally, the author focuses on the role of post-colonial organizations in challenging, defending and/or asserting new his-torical, Islamic and Chinese identities