A shooting war (between totalitarians) could get interesting...
Indonesia is indeed a majority Muslim country, but one with substantial Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, and animist minorities. The province of Aceh is the only part of Indonesia where Muslims have gained a stranglehold on power and it is the most backward part of the county and is now destined to stay that way. Bali Province, on the other hand is predominantly Hindu with significant Christian, Buddhist and Muslim minorities.
Indonesia's national government is staunchly secular with a state ideology known as Pancasila, and for several years now has maintained a steady, stable democratic tradition of elections and peaceful transitions of power through several election cycles.
Your apparent tarring of Indonesia as “totalitarian” is very wide of the mark and demonstrates a lack of knowledge of the region.
You are absolutely CORRECT !
Religions:
Muslim 87.2%, Christian 7%, Roman Catholic 2.9%, Hindu 1.7%, other 0.9% (includes Buddhist and Confucian), unspecified 0.4% (2010 est.)
Sorry, you misunderstood. I did not mean to tar Indonesia as “totalitarian”, I meant to paint Islam (and Communism) with that brush. China has had problems with the Muslims to their West as well.
It’s amazing the amount of ignorance there is about Indonesia.
It’s the fourth largest country in the world and the third largest democracy, has less of a Muslim terrorist problem than France or many other European countries, gets along well with its neighbours and has been a good friend of the US and the west for the past half century but you’d swear it was the ultimate in dark menacing terror if you read comments here and in other forums.
It’s actually a credit to the left who never forgave Indonesia for wiping out the Communists so successfully and who have demonised the country ever since to such an extent that it’s simply part of the mental picture of anyone who hasn’t much knowledge of the country that Indonesia remains a dangerous “Archipelago of Fear” as one Communist writer recently described it.