I should also hasten to add, in an Indonesian context, there is already a strong mixing of different religious traditions which has made large numbers of the population, from my experience, quite willing to accept religious difference and to be suspicious of religious-derived legislation. Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity and Animism in addition to Islam, are all present and have had historical influence. These even a small Unitarian group, and apparently some atheists...
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Date: 2007-10-16 10:17 am (UTC)I should also hasten to add, in an Indonesian context, there is already a strong mixing of different religious traditions which has made large numbers of the population, from my experience, quite willing to accept religious difference and to be suspicious of religious-derived legislation. Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity and Animism in addition to Islam, are all present and have had historical influence. These even a small Unitarian group, and apparently some atheists...