JAKARTA: Indonesia’s president said that the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country needed to pull together to meet the threat of extremism and safeguard a constitution that enshrines religious freedom and diversity.
In an address to parliament ahead of Indonesia’s independence day today, President Joko Widodo – also known as Jokowi – peppered his speech with references to the need to address inequality in South-East Asia’s biggest economy and tackle the threat of radicalism.
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