Reply #19: Careful with the stereotypes there. I live in Indonesia and find it very inspiring & hope the rest..

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...of the world does too.

That article proves nothing. He is a Wall Street Journal hurlanist from India who has history of having a problem with Muslims and Islam. He had an experience with some students in Java (1 of 17,000 islands), so what? That doesn't mean that "Extemist Islam is altering Islam in Indonesia".

This article is a much better read: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x516859

My wife and her family are Javanese (my 2 brothers in law are Muslim, 2 of my sisters in law converted to Christianity, 1 converted to Balinese Hinduuism and my wife converted to Christianity for marriage purposes), I have many Javanese friends and have been to Java several times. Java has not been taken over by radical Islam. Far from it.