Indonesia: Diversity under threat

For a long time Indonesia was considered a model for a moderate form of Islam. There have been increasing indications that radical Muslims are gaining more and more influence in the most populous Islamic country in the world. Far more Muslims live here than in the Middle East. Indonesia is made up of more than 17,000 islands. Its population numbers over 270 million people. Following the end of the brutal Suharto dictatorship in 1998, the country became a model for a democratic Islamic state. But in recent years, Islamist hate preachers have gained influence and steadily undermined religious tolerance. Indonesia's Christian minority feels more and more marginalized.