In his analysis of Indonesian politics which was marked by the strengthening of religious issues, Marshal (2017) emphasized that democracy in Indonesia is "sliding into authoritarian or Islamic rule". This statement is based on the heat of politics during the Jakarta gubernatorial election contested by candidates of puritan Muslims and secular nationalists background. It is important to note that the heat was triggered by the latter's speech as an incumbent that was deemed to have harassed Islam as stated by the fatwa of the Indonesian Ulema Council. Puritan Muslims who support the incumbent rival use this moment of abuse to make the incumbent lose the election and to drag him to court. Three rallies involving millions of Muslims have been carried out and were confronted by nationalist supporting the incumbents so that open conflict is inevitable. The secular nationalist called the rally as carried out by the radicals. However, it was argued that the rally, famously called “peaceful actions of 212”, was not only filled with puritans but also included traditionalists who had so far been more supportive of the government. Thus, the argument for the presence of radicalism through that rally seems to be groundless given that the rally was merely a reaction to religious harassment. What is interesting is that Muslim traditionalists affiliated with Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) stand behind secular nationalist party which place the former’s top leader as a vice presidential candidate in the 2019 presidential election. That is why what followed was a strengthening of conflict between Puritans and traditionalist Muslims in addition to that between secular nationalists and puritan Muslim. This case shows that Islam does have an influence on politics, but its interpretation gives birth to different behaviors from its followers.