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Indonesia: President highlights nationalism amid controversy
August 13, 2018 By Faith Matters

Indonesia: President highlights nationalism amid controversy

Indonesia’s president, Joko Widodo, brandished his nationalist and religious credentials on Friday amid reports he had come under pressure from Islamic party allies to accept a conservative cleric as running mate in next year’s election. In a last-minute decision, Widodo announced on Thursday Ma’ruf Amin, who heads the board of advisers of the country’s biggest […]

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