Not so long ago there used to be much talk of another model with a far greater track record than Indonesia (which has only been a democracy since 1998), which embodied the coexistence Clinton lauded: Malaysia. A democracy ever since independence in 1957, Islam was the religion of the state but the constitution guaranteed freedom of worship. The legal system was based on common law - a mild form of Sharia applied only to Muslims - and it was a country where citizens of different races and faiths worked and flourished side-by-side, while many prominent offices from cabinet posts to governorship of the central bank have been held by women.
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