Indonesia has officially changed a decades-old state policy of referring to Christian holidays by their Islamic names, such as Isa Messiah for Jesus Christ. President Joko Widodo signed a Presidential Decree to mark this shift to accommodate the Christian population in the country, which has the world’s largest Muslim population.
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The Ministry of Religious Affairs is targeting to ensure that the Annual International Conference on Islamic Studies (AICIS) is attended by more religious .