Asia Briefs: Indonesia has envoy for religious unity

October 25, 2017 5:00 AM

Indonesia has envoy for religious unity JAKARTA • President Joko Widodo has appointed religious scholar Professor Muhammad Sirajuddin “Din” Syamsuddin, the former chairman of Indonesia’s second-largest Islamic organisation Muhammadiyah, as a special envoy for religious harmony.

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