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Philip Bowring
Mar 07, 2017
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Moderate Muslims and non-Muslims alike may worry that the high-profile visit of Saudi Arabia’s King Salman to Malaysia and Indonesia signals another Saudi Salafi assault on traditionally more flexible Southeast Asian interpretations of Islam.

But the royal tour, which also includes official visits to Japan and China as well as holidays in non-Muslim Bali…

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