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View all search resultsThe nation’s presidential candidates and their running mates spent time over the Christmas holiday visiting churches to promote religious tolerance and in an effort to make themselves more appealing to Christian voters.
As religious tolerance has stagnated in the past year throughout the country, West Kalimantan’s Singkawang was found to be the most tolerant city in the country while Banten’s Cilegon is the most intolerant, a study by human rights advocacy group Setara Institute revealed.
Following a suicide bomb attack at a cathedral in Makassar that left around 20 people wounded, residents and former residents of the biggest eastern Indonesian city assess the state of religious tolerance.
“Democracy guarantees freedom, but it is only for freedom that respects other people’s rights. No one should be self-righteous and blame others. No one should think of themselves as the most religious,” President Jokowi has said.
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