| BIN | Badan Intelijen Negara (National Intelligence Agency) |
| DPR | Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (People’s Representative Council) |
| FPI | Front Pembela Islam (Islamic Defenders’ Front) |
| GAM | Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (Free Aceh Movement) |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| Golkar | Golongan Karya (Functional Groups) |
| HMI | Himpunan Mahasiswa Indonesia (Islamic Students Association) |
| HTI | Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (Indonesian Party of Liberation) |
| IAIN | Institut Agama Islam Negeri (State Islamic Institute) |
| JAT | Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid (Group for the Oneness of God Partisans) |
| JI | Jemaah Islamiyah (Islamic Community) |
| KOMPAK | Mujahidin Komite Aksi Penanggulangan Akibat Krisis (Mujahideen Crisis Management/Prevention Committee) |
| KPPSI | Komite Persiapan dan Penegakan Syariat Islam (Committee for the Preparation and Creation of Islamic Sharia) |
| LeIP | Lembaga Kajian dan Advokasi untuk Independensi Peradilan (Indonesian Institute for an Independent Judiciary) |
| LSI | Lembaga Survei Indonesia (Indonesian Survey Institute) |
| Masyumi | Majelis Syuro Muslimin Indonesia (Council of Indonesian Muslim Associations) |
| MMI | Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (Indonesian Jihad Fighters Council) |
| MPR | Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat (People’s Consultative Assembly) |
| MPU | Majelis Permusyawaratan Ulama (Ulama Deliberative Council) |
| MUI | Majelis Ulama Indonesia (Indonesian Ulama Council) |
| NGO | nongovernmental organization |
| NU | Nahdlatul Ulama (Rise of the Ulama) |
| Parmusi | Partai Muslimin Indonesia (Muslim Party of Indonesia) |
| PDI | Partai Demokrasi Indonesia (Indonesian Democracy Party) |
| PDIP | Partai Demokrasi Indonesia Perjuangan (Indonesian Democracy Party/Struggle) |
| PK | Partai Keadilan (Justice Party) |
| PKI | Partai Komunis Indonesia (Indonesian Communist Party) |
| PKS | Partai Keadilan Sejahtera (Prosperous Justice Party) |
| PNI | Partai Nasional Indonesia (Indonesian Nationalist Party) |
| PPP | Partai Pesatuan Pembangunan (Development and Unity Party) |
| TNI | Tentara Nasional Indonesia (Indonesian National Military) |
| WH | Wilayatul Hisbah (Sharia Police) |