In 1978 , the government took steps to impart ideological training in Pancasila at all levels. Anyone opposed it, will be branded communists or Islamic extremists.
In 1983 , the People Consultative Assembly adopted a resolution making Pancasila the sole official ideological principle to be accepted by all political parties.
This created in widespread riots among Muslim youths in Jakarta's Tanjung Priok dock area on September 12, 1984 . The riots were not incited entirely by Islamic extremists, they were a reflection of the socio-economic problems of the large urban slums.
Suharto was criticized of politicizing Indonesia's state ideology, Pancasila and using it as a weapon against the opposition.