Neighbors and Different Beliefs

An LSI survey records that the majority of Muslims in Indonesia can accept the concept of pluralism in the state ideology Pancasila, with several reservations.

October 31, 2006

INSIDE the Transito Mataram Asrama (boarding house), Sarim Ahmadi was crying. Together with 250 other Muslims who have embraced the Ahmadiyah belief, Sarim observed the Id and Idul Fitri annual celebrations not with joy but with sadness. What sins have I committed for this to happen to me? she whispered to her friends sitting next to her. Everyone in the room was shedding tears. They were all remembering their bitter experiences of nine months pr

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