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Mar 28, 2024 · Muslims and Christians in Indonesia disagree over Islam’s importance to Indonesian identity. An overwhelming majority of Muslims (86%) say it is very important to be Muslim to be truly Indonesian, according to our 2022 survey of South and Southeast Asia. In contrast, 21% of Christians say being Muslim is key to being truly Indonesian.
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Islam in Indonesia. Islam is the largest religion in Indonesia, with 87% of the Indonesian population identifying themselves as Muslims, based on civil registry data in 2022. [1] In terms of denomination, the overwhelming majority are Sunni Muslims; the Pew Research Center estimates them as comprising ~99% of the country's Muslim population in ...
Jul 30, 2020 · Indonesians are among the most religious people in the world, a recently released survey from the Pew Research Center says. Nearly all Indonesian respondents (96 percent) surveyed stated that ...
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Islam
Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, with 88 percent of its citizens identifying themselves as Muslim. Traditionally, Muslims have been concentrated in the more populous western islands of Indonesia such as Java and Sumatra. In less populous eastern islands, the Muslim population is proportionally lower. Around 99 percent of Indonesian Muslims are Sunnis. The remaining Muslims are Shia and are concentrated in Acehprovince. The history of Islam in Indonesia is comple...
Christianity
The Government of Indonesia officially recognizes the two main Christian divisions in Indonesia, Protestantism and Roman Catholicism, as two separate religions.
Hinduism
Hindu culture and religion arrived in the Indonesian archipelago in the first century, later coinciding with the arrival of Buddhism, resulting in a number of Hindu-Buddhist empires such as Kutai, Mataram, and Majapahit. The Prambanan Temple complex was built during the era of Hindu Mataram, during the Sanjaya dynasty. The greatest Hindu empire that ever flourished in Indonesian archipelago was the Majapahit empire. This age of Hindu-Buddhist empires lasted until the sixteenth century, when t...
Animism
Animism (the belief in, and worship of, spirits found in nature or people) has existed since Indonesia's earliest history. Furthermore, two thousand years later, with the existence of Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism and other religion, Animism still exists in some parts of Indonesia. However, this belief is not accepted as Indonesia's official religion as the Pancasila states the belief in the supreme deity, or monotheism.
Judaism
There are small unrecognized Jewish communities in Jakarta and Surabaya. An early Jewish settlement in the archipelago was through the Dutch Jews who came for the spice trade. In the 1850s, about 20 Jewish families of Dutch and Germanorigins lived in Jakarta (then Batavia). Some lived in Semarang and Surabaya. Several Baghdadi Jews also settled in the island. Prior to 1945, there were about 2000 Dutch Jews in Indonesia. In 1957, it was reported around 450 Jews remained, mainly Ashkenazim in J...
Although the Indonesian government recognizes a number of different religions, inter-religious conflict sometimes is unavoidable. In the New Order era, former president Suharto proposed the Anti-Chinese law that prohibited anything related to Chinese culture, including names and religions. Nevertheless, positive form of relations have also appeared...
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Oct 3, 2021 · Only in 4 provinces, Islam is a minority religion or below 50%, such as West Papua. Based on Worldpopulationreview data, Indonesia is the country with the largest Muslim population in 2021, followed by Pakistan. Although predominantly Muslim Indonesia guarantees religious freedom, religious minorities like Christians, Ahmadiyya Muslims, and ...
Aug 1, 2020 · Sat, August 1, 2020. I. ndonesians are among the most religious people in the world, a recently released survey from the Pew Research Center has found. Nearly all Indonesian respondents surveyed ...
