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Originally Posted by cmbdiesel
An accident on par with the discovery of penicillin.
Hopefully, Indonesia will be able to continue their run of secular government in a majority Muslim country. They can be a fine example for others to follow.
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Both Indonesia and Turkey have been able to maintain secular governments with a strong centralization of power and a lot of repression. (Not up on the details of Indonesian history as much as Turkey). So the complaint of Muslims that secular governments are not very free is legit in those instances. The problem is that without forced secularization, both those governments are likely to turn into religious regimes. Neither option is very appealing to me.