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...closure of at least 23 "unlicensed" churches in recent months, according to press reports, a worrying sign for a nation long heralded as one of the Islamic world's most tolerant. "Hardliners are manipulating Muslim sentiment to further their own agendas," says Azyumardi Azra from the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University. "I don't believe it is part of a conspiracy as some have alleged, but more a factor of certain groups pushing the boundaries of democracy and the freedoms it brings...
With its neat rows of classrooms and its white domed mosque glowing against a backdrop of misty hills, the Hidayatullah Islamic school on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi seems the very picture of peace. "Yes," smiles Nyupeno, a school administrator, "it's quite cozy here...
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