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Fundamentalist Islam Falls Behind in Indonesia

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Jan 20, 2010
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In five years the number of women riding motorbikes in Indonesia has risen from 11 to 15 percent of the entire population of about 250 million people. But a Muslim preacher in East Java, Tohari Muslim, has announced that women cannot charge for giving lifts on motorcycles and therefore cannot drive ojeks (motorbike taxis).

This is in a country where 25 p…

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