According to historian M.C. Ricklefs, legends describe the conversion of rulers to Islam in coastal Malay regions as a "great turning point" marked by miracles (including the magical circumcision of converts), the confession of faith, and adoption of Arabic names.
Classical documentations divide Indonesian Muslims between "nominal" Muslims, or abangan, whose lifestyles are more oriented toward non-Islamic cultures, and "orthodox" Muslims, or santri, who adhere to the Orthodox Islamic norms.
In 2022 Indonesian governmental statistics, 87.02% of Indonesians identified themselves as Muslim (with Sunnis about 99%, [20] Shias about 1% [21] and Ahmadis 0.07-0.2%), [9] 10.49% Christians (7.43% Protestants, 3.06% Roman Catholic ), 1.69% Hindu, 0.73% Buddhists, 0.03% Confucians and 0.04% others.
Islam in Indonesia. Indonesia contains the largest Muslim population of all countries in the world. The current number of Muslim inhabitants is estimated to be around 207 million individuals, most of whom adhere to Sunni Islam. This large number implies that approximately 13 percent of the total number of Muslims in the world live in Indonesia,
"Indonesia ensures respect for all religions, and this has led to a strengthening democracy." In fact, this harmonious relationship reflects the peaceful manner in which Islam was originally introduced to Indonesia, a country which has grown to represent the largest Muslim population in the entire world. [Read more: Islam in Asia]
How Islam came to dominate Indonesia Unlike other parts of the world, Islam spread in Southeast Asia without a major conquest.
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