The point is that there's no problem at all. The standard for many Islamic countries to introduce parts of Islamic law as state law, such as the forbidding of alcohol or the veiling of women. By contrast, Turkey is much more secular in its government.
Unfortunately, this secular government is precisely what Erdogan is eroding.
People who haven't travelled read Islamic and think Saudi Arabia. Go to Indonesia and you'll find cheap beer and the only reason women wouldn't drive is the traffic is really bad.
Re:Wikipedia blocked in Turkey
by slowmotiony on Saturday April 29, 2017 @10:26AM
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What is the legal punishment for leaving or insulting islam in Indonesia?
People can sue you for insulting religion, there is a law for it (not specific to Islam, but religion in general). 99% of the times, this is a non-issue. People just don't care enough to bring the issue to court. However, if politic is involved, this can be used as a ground to discredit a politician. It is a hot topic this year before our capital's election, where one of the frontrunners was sued for allegedly insulting al-qur'an[1]
One other exception is if you live in Aceh. It is a special region in Indonesia which implements Islamic law to the tee.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_2016_Jakarta_protests
Re:Wikipedia blocked in Turkey
by wavefunction on Saturday April 29, 2017 @09:11AM
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Was. There's been a steady trend towards theism and religiousity promoted by Erdogan.
Call me naive, but is this actually a problem? I'm fairly secular and don't know much about how 'Muslim states' operate, but if they're producing alcohol, for it's population who drinks and and doesn't care, what is the actual problem here? Shouldn't the government reflect the values of the people (which has seemingly fine with alcohol consumption)?