• LittleBorat3@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Can the “federal government” not step in and end this whole sharia thing in this province?

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      8 hours ago

      Indonesia is not a stable, long-establish democracy. A lot of people are pleasantly surprised they’ve kept it together this long.

      So no, a big dramatic swing directly targeting one of the major provinces and by proxy ethnicities is not a good idea.

    • enbiousenvy@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 days ago

      in fact aceh wants to separate from indonesia. but the 2004 tsunami ruined the movement and they have to rely on the central government and foreign help to fix things. they were later given autonomus privilege from the central government, which is why aceh can have rather special laws compared to the rest of the country.