THE inclusion of moderate figures in the new leadership of the Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) gives hope for the future and the diversity of Indonesia.

Old faces such as members of the 212 Alumni Brotherhood are not among the new leadership of the MUI. The Alumni Brotherhood is a group of people who mobilized demonstrators to oppose former Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, who they accused of insulting Islam. Din Syamsuddin, an unpopular