Ready to serve: Jokowi going through documents at his office in Jakarta. - AFP
You are going to be the leader of the world’s most populous Muslim country which has been praised by many as a moderate Muslim country. How important is it for Indonesia to maintain this moderation in terms of religion in this time of growing interest among Muslims in Islam? Why do you think that the Indonesian voters have rejected religious-based political parties in this election in favour of secular-based ones?
Indonesia as the world’s largest Muslim democracy has on the whole kept to a tradition of tolerance and pluralism. It is a part of our DNA. It is written into how we live.
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