Kadrun
In Indonesian politics, the term kadrun is an Indonesian abbreviation of kadal gurun (desert lizard), a nickname addressed to people who are considered narrow-minded, especially those influenced by extremism and fundamentalism from the Middle East, to stigmatize those labelled as radical islamist.[1] They are also stereotyped to wear cadar, thawb, pants that are too short (cingkrang), and grow their beard.[2]
Since 13 September 2019, the trend for pronouncing kadrun has beaten the volume trend for mentioning similar animal-based political term of cebong (tadpole) for pro-Jokowi during the 2019 Indonesian presidential election, referring to Jokowi fondness of keeping tadpoles in the palace ground; and kampret (microbat) for pro-Prabowo during the 2019 Indonesian presidential election, coming from a play for Prabowo's coalition acronym of KMP (Indonesian: Koalisi Merah Putih, Red and White Coalition).[3][4]
"Desert lizard" likely refers to the Uromastyx aegyptia, a type of lizard commonly found in the deserts of the Middle East, mainly in Egypt.
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