We love wearing makeup so we have instant make new safe for it so well and make small clothes still. A good thing im a bad girl dancing oh my and you know good thing. Im a Bad Influence. For them but theyre going to let on that i dont want to be distributed for a couple who are not married to be together or not is the rule in islam. Is this. This is not our culture hes used against our water islam but also. We will keep fighting i told there is justice in indonesia. God willing so. Unfortunately indonesia is not immune from these global terms of pricing intolerance. And yes there is a rising and tolerance. On the mend. In the news. Media and any man. Without embark on an investigative journey through indonesia home to 270000000 people. Mon muslims live here than in the entire middle east in fact its the most populous Muslim Country in the world. Indonesia is also the largest island nation on the planet with hundreds of different languages and cultures its a true melting pot of people and religions. Following 3 decades of dictatorship indonesia is in a western are is proof that islam and democracy are compatible. The western media have likened current president yoko we dont owe to former u. S. President barack obama but indonesia like other muslim countries is struggling with the role of islam in modern society islam is forces are intent on turning a country of diversity into a theocracy to date terrorist attacks are primarily targeted the christian minority several 100 indonesians have joined the selfstyled Islamic State. What we want to know is will the country withstand the pressure of the fundamentalists where is indonesia heading. Up to province is located on the island of sumatra its the only province of indonesia where islamic law known as shariah isnt forced sharia law is based on the koran and the teachings of the prophet mohammed. 50. This is. One of the leading figures in the Islamist Movement in the chain. We dont pray our soul will not be happy. Because were not expressing our gratitude to the creator. We wouldnt exist without someone there to create us. So nothing is more important than to not grateful to our creator. You know. This is why praying is a more important than anything else. Even than our own lives but even then our children and family and im not. Happy while he does leader of the tree branch of the islamic defenders front. Nationwide the hardline organization is believed to have around 200000 active members. Has been responsible for repeated attacks on religious minorities as far as ill be one who does concern indonesia should be ruled by a religious state but keep it. Clean my side of the caliphate was the pinnacle of islam in fact it was at its height during that period of islamic law. So it would be ideal if we returned to the islamic system so want that iommi everyone is protected nobody has addressed one of the 2nd world war after the caliphate when the world was not ruled by muslims there were wars and there were slaughter everywhere. But it would. The Central Government in jakarta is wary of banning the use lama defenders front of the widespread grassroots support for its populist propaganda ill be what he does proud of his group and good supporters for managing to bring down a high profile politician. In a venue 26 teams the islamic defenders front led mass protests that turned violent in jakarta. The demonstrations vented their fury against al hakim then the governor off to college and a christian with chinese roots. I helped was accused of having insulted the quran he was removed from office and given it to use sentence for blasphemy president we dont all fail to take action to support his old political ally. Why did we protest against a hawk. Hawk defamed the quran. We didnt go to the rally because he is of chinese descent or because he was christian or. That we went because he insulted our quran which is the holy book of islam. That is why we are against a hock so we will fight against anybody who insults our religion. After evening prayers on the war he takes us to one of his quran schools in addition to religious studies the peoples here are subjected to political preaching i. Know he didnt for mrs young charges that the palestinians for example have the right to conduct a holy war against israel i this ng god is great before he issues the call to i i i was her i am i was moved by i. I i i. The next morning we accompany of the why he did as he brings the 2 oldest of a 6 children to the madrassa an Islamic School. Kid to the curriculum focuses on the koran and the teachings of the prophet. But it is home his wife t. V. Host has 14 the couple got married in 2006. Did he says abby is the man shed always dreamed of oh how much married life. Started wearing the nick of a couple of years ago for herself and her husband so in need of being in need of by the. I also want to become like one of our prophets wives. They want the full body. And. Idolize the wives of the prophet as the leaders of all muslim women. Thing and i mean by following their lead we will go to heaven because they went to heaven. By following their example well be in heaven with them and we also become angels sort of go but timing and then you name it and if they did he sort of get. The couple speaks openly to us. We ask about their personal stance on polygamy. Yeah. In my opinion polygamy is permitted by the quran and islam. And with good reason. I dont really know how to put this. About things how can we all know that. There are men with a high sexual desire. Thats why islam provides this rule. So in order to avoid adultery islam recommends polygamy. And now it does. According with perhaps respect. We ask a view whether she would really tolerate abi having a 2nd wife. Grosss around her directly to hear. If if you have a strong reason go ahead no problem and. This is long as im still able to give you what you want you should think hard about it by the way any one but it can have by i cant say you know i can only say im not ready yet. So. You. Might. Be one here shows us his gallery of heroes including to dictate his Moammar Gadhafi of libya and Saddam Hussein of iraq. In his eyes righteous champions of islam. He also idealizes the militant Palestinian Group hamas. In a home with pictures of radical islamists adorn the rules we probably shouldnt expect a friend political discussion. The only is. Honest is the real terrorists in the world. Yes was formed by zionist israel to cause conflict amongst muslims to create a war within islam. The islamic defenders front exists to act against all the slanders against islam. This is beyond the Archer Capital of the province. Not so long ago everything here lay in ruins after the tsunami of december 2004 wiped away entire communities across Southeast Asia live. Live. In indonesia it struck a region that already been plagued for decades by a bloody civil war involving a separatist Group Seeking independence for problems. That tsunami killed almost 130000 people in the province alone. We need help with human rights activists reiher 53 on the stranded ship that tsunami had swept this 2 and a half 1000 ton vessel 3 kilometers inland the tsunami also had a huge political impact helping to put an end to the war for independence but it also introduced children to the province. And this is the code but again. Its because. Doing so so to go one on one often thing this so often. So they give them so they one gift. They were full of fire to see freedom again. March it was an independent muslim soldier named joe 19 no 3 has always been more conservative than most of the problems is constituting your nature. Here a majority approves of showing your long. Run us. Public whippings have now become commonplace with only a few people opposing the proctors. Every mother it is not good to show the charter to keep it so well bring them to thing like that and this is a public space right its not good because. This is not our culture it is not just against human rights this is. A gear our islam will also. 98 percent of the population of such a province are muslims. Islam has always been the primary compass for life here but the increasingly strict interpretation and implementation of sharia law has made everyday life difficult especially for women. The woman cannot sit in the coffee shop at the wedding and i think it is the worship that i wish and. They control the woman because they one to hate i think to call for the i believe. To perform the good. Will fare there is a point where we have another. Policy and acting like whole thing and education and everything and another not talk what the one because they think when one is saw become popular is still. There. We experience a friendly curious reception from the locals at the same time we notice how sensitive they are when it comes to issues of religion and freedom. The few 1000 christians among the population feeling creasing leave marginalized and tend to keep to themselves. We now take a ferry from banda to subang a small group of islands off the coast of sumatra. Weve heard that life there is more relaxed compared to the rest of us check. The indonesian government would like to attract more western tourists to the largely untouched islands of our check. How close to daughter is a hotel owner and a survivor of the tsunami. The tidal wave she says has left deep scones here too. After tsunami people change. Because the thing is that punishment that god punished them because. Misbehave they didnt pray you know they didnt be following the rules enough. Society has become more conservative since the tsunami for barkers the opposite was the case she broke with religious customs and suffered for it was hard for me. To be myself and being judged and i get a bit depressed you know because. I have to do what i dont want to do. I have to. Please others and. I know i dont please myself. Its not easy. But this takes us to the way. She stands out despite the headscarf that she is wearing just ok she. Said thing im a bad girl missing out and you know. Im a Bad Influence i discard it after i get to know the world that its not good and that my fellow. I just dont like the fact maybe more so. It might mean when someone force me to the things i learned from my heart but i want to break free when i want to go where i know her but i dont like im stubborn as well so my goodness or is it. That. The aftermath of the tsunami also saw the arrival of various International Aid organizations in the region thanks to him English Speaking skills not his soon found was. That contact with foreign is ended up changing her life. She fell in love with a disaster aid worker from switzerland they got married and had a child. Today the woman who once attended an Islamic School as a child sees herself as a citizen of the world she divides her time between subang and switzerland and between sharia law and twist in abundance. Back home she runs a hotel that has won many awards most of her guests are foreigners while most of her employees all single women. So many women suffer and in my place especially where we can kind of and talk i cant even make decision about my own marriage i cannot even make a decision of my study because we are a woman everything we said is a no no and i think i am extreme in this because i have been pushed down any been hiding he didnt under the under the cupboard or under the like a dead case you know about i want to open it up now because i think its so important that i could help other woman to feel like. They are not alone you know and they are not wrong and they are good enough. Baucus says she hasnt turned her back on the. Only on the version of it propagated as the right and only won by the fundamentalists a lot of follower and so you know put on so i shared that with my friends here its a choice also and its not a religion its a problem the problem is that people yeah. That you know for. Sure. Yet. Almost. We arrange a meeting with the Islamic Religious police. Their job is guardians of moral order is to protect virtues and punish vice from consumption of alcohol to gambling and inappropriate physical intimacy such as extramarital sex and same sex relationships all of which are considered violations of arches sharia laws. The men seem suspicious of our questions especially when realistic about their duties. Theyre aware of Critical Coverage in the western media. But they do ultimately allow us to join them on patrol. They complain to us that the hotel run by balkans to doughty has been under observation for some time. But today they checking locations known to be frequented by another is asked landis time Meeting Place and. The number that theyre going to let on that it is forbidden for a couple who are not married to be together. That is the rule in islam. They sometimes seek an opportunity to violate sharia law but. If they have sex they get flaunt. It its only kissing they dont and then we only issue a warning we bring them to the office we call the parents explain what happened and ask the parents to take care of their children so that they dont repeat the scene in the sticks with the money down that was set up that. Nobody and his colleagues go out on patrol 3 times a day most of their tip offs come from the population from parents neighbors friends and strangers who feel resentful or envious. Proud of my work even if we only get a modest incomes. We dont expect a big salary i believe that what im doing will be rewarded. With a population of over 30000000. 00 its the center of. Preparations are underway for National Heroes day a celebration of the men and women who fought for indonesias independence from the Dutch Colonial occupation in the mid 19th 40. Among those commemorated is the qana the 1st president and founding father of modern indonesia. After the 2nd world war he declared his support for democracy and the separation of religion and state. In 1960 find the only offices suharto seize power which resulted in a campaign of mass killings so hard to overthrow the 998. 00 was seen as a liberation for prodemocracy advocates and islam ists alike. As in other parts of the country the influence of islam is also on the rise in the capital. These women are lawyers doctors and entrepreneurs by profession they call themselves the niqab squad something i feel like im in fees of a woman you know many people cannot see what i can see all. Their lives i feel like that and its its making safe you know its make them more comfortable safe as a woman everywhere i go like. I no longer feel like the center of attention the more a woman learns in islam the moshe learn to avoid being judged by her parents at every one of those shes at risk of being a temptation one in 10 of the can you put it in someone and some i can deal with that like get up and get if and you. Endured out a minute i want to be founded the nico squad in 2016. She formerly worked in the glamour of the fashion industry. Her 1st marriage was to a comedian her 2nd to an actor. Right after both marriages failed she says she embraced god and me. When we are wearing make up. While you have muscle mass. Its so when we do it is we get more we work i have so many say and so i need mari what and i wear this so. I hope a lot of the gifts more rewards far from for me. And her interpretation of the sooner the islamic code of behavior includes the face veil even though its not traditional in indonesia the nick of squad wanted to be more widely accepted in society. The women focus on the poorest. They see themselves as benefactors on behalf of another. Twice a week they bring food parcels to garbage collectors who live under a bridge. And the 1st night they were free. But we do it right its up nicely and the mission of the just this one is that the how many people. Better mostly we might have to really. Watch somebody in the room but. It would need the next process to get better. The contrast with our next appointment couldnt be more striking here we meet a woman whose life has been constantly shaped by political developments. Jani why he is the daughter of the 1st president after this a harder dictatorship her grandfather was the countrys 1st minister of religious affairs and her great. One for other the founder of the Worlds LargestIslamic Association its very important for me to connect with people so that i can convey my a message that it is possible for us muslims in the asia to adhere to us and we just believe but at the same time. Being progressive in our in our conduct in life. Anyway it is usually busy rushing from one appointment to the next shes held a number of political posts and has been repeatedly talented as a future president of indonesia. Right now however her 3 young daughters take precedence. Could be i mean that. Led me to. The next appointment is that the National Womens forum uni will hit issues as the future is female. The seat. Beside her. On stage she addresses the central issue in her life in the asias diversity and how it can benefit the country yeah. Thank you. We understand that theres a diversity of that forms the backbone of this country and that diversity has to be respected and it is new to them if we adopt an Islamic State as our. Measure of identity then there will be a discrimination against non muslim then there were city within the me nothing. So we respect that we respect that history our great grandfather our Founding Fathers they already chose wisely that the platform for this country has to be a secular platform that will allow similar treatment to all citizens regardless of their religious backgrounds of the ethnic backgrounds. So this is something that we are going to fight until the last. Unit where he does generally or doored by Mainstream Media but youre also faces hostile voices from political rivals is lists. I feel like my my religion is being wiped off of its secret teachings by people who. Articulate their way of looking at the religion on the negative way. And the god that i believe is a god but is loving a god that. Well forgive you no matter what your sin is. A god that wants the best for humanity. You know a god that is all encompassing and all kinds. You know why he needs criticism of Indonesian Society is not solely directed at r