Unfurling Flags and Beating Drums

THE walls of the Gedung Wanitatama, an impressive building for a city the size of Yogyakarta, seemed to be crumbling as they resounded with the echoes of the repeated religious chants glorifying Almighty God. This occurred in a meeting of adherents one day in early August two years ago. Each and every speaker who took to the rostrum was given a resounding welcome. There was a distinct air of togetherness pervading the "Congress of the Indonesian M...