Secularists challenge religious power in Indonesia
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The Indonesian Council of Ulamas has issued a fatwa or religious ban on yoga, smoking and abstaining from electoral voting.
While some observers are worried about the implications of these fatwas on human rights, others are saying that these fatwas are only signs of a changing and diverse, society.
Presenter: Tito Ambyo
Speakers: Dr Muhammad Ali, Assoc Prof at the Uni. of California; Professor of Azyumardi Azra, from the State Islamic University
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