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One thing I don’t understand is how Indonesia became an Islamic nation. One of the islands, Bali, is Hindu as I understand. That fits my expectations more given
by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
One thing I don’t understand is how Indonesia became an Islamic nation. One of the islands, Bali, is Hindu as I understand. That fits my expectations more given the geographical location. Is there some past history of religious brutality in this story?
- Aerbil313 2y ago> It came on ships and boats. It travelled with spices and silk. Swords remained in the scabbards, there was hardly any bloodshed. https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/how-islam-came-to-dominate-indonesia-39182?ref=hir.harvard.edu https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/how-islam-came-to-dominate...
- lmz 2y agoOf course, the fact that there had to be water between Bali and Java for the people of Bali to keep their religion might mean something too.
- elthor89 2y agoI don’t have the source, but I read that before the Dutch VOC came there were also quite a lot of Arabic traders active in the region that brought with them their religion.