Islam

**Contemporary Islam in Indonesia**

 * Background Information**
 * [|Indonesia CIA World Factbook]**


 * [|Islam in Indonesia]**

http://www.gimonca.com/sejarah/islam.shtml

http://countrystudies.us/indonesia/37.htm

[|World Religion Map]

[|Ramadan]

[|This clip i] s about Afghan-Australian Makiz Ansari's commitment to the Muslim faith. The first part of the clip describes how her family migrated to Australia in the 1990s when she was a child, after the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union (now Russia). The second part focuses on the profound effect of her study of the Koran following the terrorist attacks in September 2001. The clip concludes with Ansari discussing her decision to wear the headscarf as a sign of her religious commitment to Islam.
 * Islam in Australia**