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(22,109 posts)Last edited Mon Mar 28, 2016, 09:19 AM - Edit history (4)
I have lived in Indonesia for several years, have married an Indonesian from a Muslim family who converted to Christianity (which her Muslim brothers had no problem with, btw) and have an in depth knowledge on the subject.
Aceh is the very predictable strawman that anyone who hates Muslims but doesn't know anything about Indonesia brings up, after a quick Google search for something bad about the place.
Look...
Aceh is a relatively small semi-autonomous region on the far west tip of Indonesia - a country of over 18 thousand islands.
Saying what happens in Aceh is the law of Indonesia is as patently absurd as saying:
"Because 'sodomy' is a felony in Michigan that's punishable by a 15 year prison sentence, it's illegal in the whole of the country."
http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/johnwright/michigan_senate_passes_bill_saying_sodomy_is_a_felony
In San Antonio, Texas, flirting is against the law. Does that mean flirting is illegal throughout America?
Anyway, my original point still stands. The largest Muslim majority country in the world celebrates Easter - and other Christian holidays - with a public holiday.