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Islam, Democracy and Human Rights in Contemporary Indonesia13balance between economic growth, democracy and respect forhuman rights. Painful as this process is, Indonesia has enteredthe new millennium as a new era of democratization.Indonesia is now truly engaged in a process of unprecedented and fundamental reforms in all fields, notably in thepolitical, economic, social and legal sectors through strongengagement on the supremacy of law. These reforms are aimedat speeding up our national recovery from the social andeconomic system, and upholding the rule of law. In this effort,great emphasis is being placed on democratization and humanrights. Vigorous steps have been taken to strengtheninstitutions, engage in capacity building and work on theadoption of the necessary legislation in order to provide astructural framework conducive to the promotion andprotection of human rights.The effort to promote and protect human rights across thecountry covering over 17,000 islands with over 210 millionpeople is not an easy task. This effort should base on principlesof indivisibility, equality and recognition to the prevailingnational conditions. The indivisibility principle implies that civil,political, economic, social and cultural rights as well as right todevelopment are regarded as integral parts of a whole thatcannot be broken up without diminishing each one of thecomponents. The equality principle requires that there shouldbe balanced and harmony between the rights of the individualand collective rights and between the rights of the individualand his responsibility to the community and nation. We in Indonesia as a part of global community, have onesingle aim that is to bring our people to prosperity throughdemocratization in economic, social, political and cultural de-