Jokowi appoints special envoy for religious harmony amid rising intolerance

October 24, 2017 4:36 PM

JAKARTA (JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has appointed religious scholar 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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