‘Indonesia a moderate country’


On the ground: Indonesian president Joko Widodo (centre, in white shirt) visiting the site of one of the bomb blasts at the Thamrin business district in Jakarta. — Reuters

PETALING JAYA: Indonesia, with the world’s largest Muslim population, is a moderate country that rejects any form of religious violence, says Tajwini Jahari, the Indo­nesian head analyst of KRA Group.

In condemning the deadly shooting and suicide bombings in Jakarta, he said Indonesian Muslims practised and accepted diversity as a principle of the nation.

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