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Re:How Did Indonesia and Malaysia Become Majority-Muslim? by captainperl on Sunday December 02, 2018 @05:11PM (#18584902)
Java used to be Hindu, as evidenced by Borobudur and other monuments.

If you're working in Indonesia and your boss is Muslim and you're not, the fastest way to get ahead is to convert.

That plus other one-way traps reinforces Islam as a dominant religion.

Re:How Did Indonesia and Malaysia Become Majority-Muslim? by ian0 on Sunday December 02, 2018 @08:49PM (#18585806)
> If you're working in Indonesia and your boss is Muslim and you're not, the fastest way to get ahead is to convert.

This is hyperbole. While Im sure there are businesses where it's true (there are millions of them in Indonesia), it's not common at all, at least in my experience in Java/Sumatera. There are glass ceilings based on ethnicity in some companies, but it's rarely related to religion and more based on cultural cliques.

Re:How Did Indonesia and Malaysia Become Majority-Muslim? by bodhiandphysics on Sunday December 02, 2018 @08:31PM (#18585745)
While Borobodur is many things, it is not Hindu. The friezes on the site are stories from the life of the Buddha (and his past lives) and the monument itself is capped by a large number of Buddhist stupas.
Re:How Did Indonesia and Malaysia Become Majority-Muslim? by johnsavage on Sunday December 02, 2018 @09:17PM (#18585915)
> While Borobodur is many things, it is not Hindu. The friezes on the site are stories from the life of the Buddha

Technically, the term "Hindu" as defined by the British just meant non-Muslim. In fact, it was the British who popularized the term Hindu in the first place since prior to British influence, there was no such religion, just a broad set of different religions such as Shivaism, Buddhism, Vishnuism and numerous others. In many places such as Assam, Buddha is revered by people who are labeled as Hindu.

Re:How Did Indonesia and Malaysia Become Majority-Muslim? by Hasknewbie on Sunday December 02, 2018 @11:44PM (#18586376)
You are correct, GP might be mistaking it with Prambanan [1] a nearby hindu temple that, like Borobudur, is located next to the city of Yogyakarta.

[1] https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/642

Re:How Did Indonesia and Malaysia Become Majority-Muslim? by kakaorka on Sunday December 02, 2018 @07:36PM (#18585522)
Do you have a source for this? Or is this just personal experience?
Re:How Did Indonesia and Malaysia Become Majority-Muslim? by throwaway2048 on Sunday December 02, 2018 @08:31PM (#18585744)
Borobudur is a Buddhist temple though?
Re:How Did Indonesia and Malaysia Become Majority-Muslim? by forapurpose on Sunday December 02, 2018 @05:54PM (#18585101)
Are you Indonesian?