THE advice dispensed during the imam’s sermon was for the members of the congregation to exemplify the behavior and attitude of the Prophet Muhammad. This advice made Siti, a member of the congregation at the Friday prayer in Manis Lor, Jalaksana district, Kuningan, West Java, cry. “We have the same Prophet, Muhammad, but why have we been outlawed,” she lamented while walking back to her home.

In Manis Lor, a village where the majority of