Source: Asia Review
‘Jakarta will be led by a Muslim leader who submits to the will of Allah’
Protesters pray at a rally against Jakarta incumbent governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama inside Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta on Feb. 11. © Reuters
JAKARTA (Reu
ters) — Thousands of Indonesians gathered on Saturday at a mosque in central Jakarta, where religious leaders urged them to support a Muslim candidate during next week’s contentious election to select the capital’s governor.
Millions of Jakarta residents head to the polls on Wednesday to pick the next governor of the sprawling city, in a contest analysts say has shaped as a proxy fight ahead of a presidential election in 2019.
Indonesia has the world’s largest Muslim population but recognizes six religions and is home to hundreds of ethnic groups and adherents of traditional beliefs.
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