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View all search resultsBringing religion into diplomacy is not a novelty. Indonesia, which has the world’s largest Muslim population, has been doing just that for the last 15 years, promoting interfaith dialogues worldwide. Now the United States is joining in, taking the lead in the global campaign for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief.
The research, which started last October and is expected to be complete in September, also finds that non-mainstream organizations are inclined to opt for religious freedom as they perceive freedom to be more significant for their survival.
There are between 6,000 and 7,000 Hindus in Bekasi, a regency of 3.5 million people who are predominantly Muslim, according to data from the Bekasi Religious Harmony Forum, and plans to build the first Hindu temple in the regency were initiated in 2017.
Southeast Asia is struggling to uphold democracy, facing challenges caused by identity politics, which limits freedom of expression and religious that could eventually lead to human rights violations.
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