Keeping the Faith

Adherents of local faiths are entitled to wed according to their beliefs. What are the practical obstacles?

November 26, 2007

WAHYU Ningrat’s thumb and index finger squeezed Nenah’s thumb while their two hands were held by the left hand of a female marriage witness. A few moments later, a declared intention of getting married was uttered in high Sundanese with no utterance of syahadat (Islamic creed) or affirmation of any religion as is customary. Another deviant sect?

Certainly not. This was a marriage ceremony of adherents of the Perjalanan faith at Pasawakan v

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