Sensibility over Sectarianism in Jakarta Election

There is cause for relief from last week's Jakarta gubernatorial election: voters were not influenced by sectarian issues. Under the shadow of the massive protests of November 4 and December 2 last year, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok), according to the General Elections Commission (KPU), came first with 43 percent of the vote. Ahok was accused of blasphemy for quoting the Qur'an in a speech at the Thousand Islands last September. As a result, he is

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