Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim democracy, is preparing to elect a new president. But in this country of 270 million inhabitants with a Sunni majority, 12% of the population belongs to a religious minority – mainly Christian or even Shiite, Buddhist or Hindu. The different religious communities have always coexisted peacefully, but several radical Sunni groups have violently attacked minorities for around twenty years. More than 600 cases have been recorded since 2014. Truly forgotten during this electoral campaign, they had nevertheless placed a lot of hope in the promises of outgoing President Joko Widodo to pursue a tolerant and pluralist policy. A report by William de Tamaris.
Focus - Indonesia: religious minorities, left behind in the electoral campaign
2024-02-14T11:29:04.464Z
Highlights: Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim democracy, is preparing to elect a new president. But in this country of 270 million inhabitants with a Sunni majority, 12% of the population belongs to a religious minority. The different religious communities have always coexisted peacefully, but several radical Sunni groups have violently attacked minorities for around twenty years. More than 600 cases have been recorded since 2014. Truly forgotten during this electoral campaign, they had nevertheless placed a lot of hope in the promises of outgoing President Joko Widodo to pursue a tolerant and pluralist policy.
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Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim democracy, is preparing to elect a new president. But in this country of 270 million inhabitants with a Sunni majority, 12% of the population belongs to…
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