FILE PHOTO: Women shop for hijabs at a stall at Muslim Fashion Festival in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 4, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/File Photo
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Arie Untung, a former video jockey for the Indonesian offshoot of MTV, says he used to drink alcohol regularly and - back then - was a jeans-clad, spiky-haired rocker who was only a nominal Muslim.
But he says his religious fervour was rekindled by online preachers promoting more conservative interpretations of Islam, which are gaining ground in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country and bringing profound changes in its economy.
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