Islamisation and Its Opponents in Java: A Political, Social, and Religious History, c. 1930 to the Present
Author: M.C. Ricklefs
Publisher: Singapore (National University of Singapore, 2012), xxi + 576 pages

In 1870s Java, one Muslim regent so admired the West that he once considered living like a Dutchman. However, when he was asked if he would become a Christian, he replied, 'I'd rather have four wives and one God, than one wife and three Gods.'

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