President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on 23 December promised a safe Christmas celebration throughout Indonesia.
Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim nation, but only one of its provinces, Aceh, in the Singkil regency, applies shari’a law.
Churches destroyed
Ten churches were destroyed in this province in October alone, out of more than 30 churches nationally which were torched, destroyed or forced to shut down in 2015.
