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Nov 9, 2017 · Indonesia is constitutionally a pluralistic nation, but it’s one where you have to be a follower of one of six state-supported religions: Islam, Catholicism, Christianity (Protestantism ...
According to Ministry of Home Affairs data in 2023, 87.06% of Indonesians identified themselves as Muslim (with Sunnis about 99%, [18] Shias about 1% [19]), 10.47% Christians (7.41% Protestants, 3.06% Roman Catholic), 1.68% Hindu, 0.71% Buddhists, 0.03% Confucians and 0.05% others.
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Indonesia is the largest Islamic country in the world, with over 87% of the population identifying as Muslim. Of this group of people, more than 99% identify as Sunnisrather than Shias. The earliest recorded evidence of Islamic presence in Indonesia dates back to the eighth century, within a hundred years of the establishment of Islam as a religion...
Though less than 1% of Indonesians identify as followers of Confucianism, it is still recognized as a state-sanctioned religion. In other parts of the world, Confucianism is regarded as a code of conduct and a system of hierarchies rather than a religion, but daily life and other religious practices are heavily influenced by Confucianism, which cam...
Hinduism and Buddhismare the two oldest religions in Indonesia, and both are still practiced in scattered communities around the archipelago. Nearly 2% of the population, over 4 million people, identify as Hindu, while less than 1% identify as Buddhist. Both are recognized as official religions by the government of Indonesia. Hinduism arrived on th...
Both Catholicism and Protestantismare recognized as official religions in Indonesia, and both are practiced mainly in eastern Indonesia and parts of Java. Catholics make up about 3% of the population, or 7.5 million people, while Protestants make up more than 7% of the population, or 16.9 million people. Though the two state-sanctioned religions ar...
Indonesia is home to more than 245 distinct indigenous religions that have historically influenced the practice of other major religions in the country. For example, Muslim sultans of the Javanese kingdom of Mataram were often believed to be sacred or divine. The influence of indigenous beliefs gave the sultans an air of mysticism and infallible go...
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Nov 14, 2017 · To make life easier in a bureaucratic-ridden Indonesia, many followers of native faiths simply register themselves as a believer of one of the official religions. What are the reactions?
Mar 18, 2021 · Indonesia is home to an estimated number of 50-70 million indigenous peoples. Indonesia has adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Still, the government does not fully accept the concept of indigenous peoples.
Nov 14, 2017 · Indonesia’s Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that citizens can identify on their national ID cards with faiths outside the six religions officially recognized in the constitution.
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Among Indonesian provinces in 2018, East Nusa Tenggara had the highest percentage (among religions reported in the province) of Christians (89.73%), including the highest percentage of Catholics (53.56%) and the fifth-highest percentage of Protestants (36.17%).
