Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, Indonesia’s Minister of Religious Affairs, has a tough job on his hands.It’s not just, as analysts point out, that the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated extremism online and offline. Yaqut is six months into his position at the helm of the ministry at a time conservative and hardline ideologies have permeated government schools and institutions of higher learning, the civil service, as well as political and social life.Conservatism has also crept into the judiciary, with…
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