Tug of War Over Numbers
The representatives of five religions have not yet reached an agreement on rules concerning the establishment of houses of worship.
March 14, 2006
First they aimed at the figure 100. Through a compromise, the figure is reduced to 90. Then there is a new demand that the figure be cut down to only 60. How much further down do you have to haggle? asks KH Maruf Amien, Chairman of the Fatwa Commission of the Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI).
The debate in the meeting of the five religious councils concerns the minimum number of religious followers who can propose the establishment of a place of wor
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