Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Is it okay for a Christian to govern Muslims? An Indonesian election turns on that question.

Is it okay for a Christian to govern Muslims? An Indonesian election turns on that question.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — On a blisteringly hot day a few months ago, I joined a crowd of worshipers at Jakarta’s Istiqlal Mosque, the largest mosque in Southeast Asia, seating about 200,000. After Indonesia secured its independence from the Netherlands in 1949, the looming modernist building was envisioned as a monument to the country's extraordinary religious diversity: […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/02/14/is-it-okay-for-a-christian-to-govern-muslims-an-indonesian-election-turns-on-that-question/

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