The Jakarta Globe:

Indonesia’s Religious Affairs Minister, in an apparent attempt to downplay the nation’s rising tide of religious intolerance, suggested that inter-faith strife is “human nature” before calling the country “the best… in the world” in terms of religious tolerance.
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Suryadharma denied the country had a problem protecting religious minorities, pointing to the fact that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a Muslim, routinely attends celebrations of other religions.
“Now please show me any country like Indonesia,” he said. “That’s why I said Indonesia is the best country in the world in terms of religious tolerance. Is America like that?”…………………..

The spokesman for the nation’s long-oppressed Ahmadiyah community offered harsher words.
“We’re not questioning the conflict [itself],” ….“It’s true that it might happen elsewhere in the world. What we question is where the government stands in regards to the conflict.”

While inter-personal religious intolerance is common in most countries, the government’s role in recent events is unique, Firdaus said.

“Suryadharma’s efforts to convert Ahmadis,” Firdaus said. “[That] is actually something that wouldn’t happen in other countries.”

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