Joys of the Unknown
Tuesday, February 18, 2003
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ISLAM entered Indonesia peacefully. It did not seek to destroy the prevailing tradition but adapted it to meet Islam’s teachings or else bent the prevailing wisdom to avoid denial of the oneness of God.
Incense burning, for example, was not prohibited but the old-style practice was replaced by verses from the Holy Qu’ran.
It has also been written down in history that the shadow puppet shows were a means of the propagation used by t
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