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Reformasi in the Islamic world? : Comments

By Roger Smith, published 10/4/2015

The world's largest Islamic nation shows there is another way.

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We need to be cautious when interpreting developments in Indonesia: Jokowi won last July - but only just. More than 30 per cent of the electorate didn't vote. Jokowi has been a huge disappointment and his failure to rise to the position and deliver on the promises he made to get into power are serious worries. He has yet to be tested on a religious issue. There are liberal Muslims quietly pushing for reformation, but they are numerically small and often threatened. There is no freedom of religion - you must belong to one of the six government approved faiths. Atheism is not an option unless you want to serve jail time. There are occasional flickers of sunlight but a change of weather seems unlikely at this stage.
Finally, one correspondent is misinformed about the use of Chinese characters and language. Those restrictions vanished more than a decade ago - we even openly celebrate Chinese New Year.
Posted by Duncan Graham, Monday, 13 April 2015 7:53:47 PM
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