"My kindergarten teacher was Catholic... my closest classmate then was an Ahmadiyah (a minority Muslim sect), but we are all naturally tolerant. Development in Indonesia must be based on our national ideology, which promotes pluralism."
Source/Credit: Straits Times
By Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja | September 17, 2017
Jokowi ally eyes West Java governor's seat to champion diversity in Indonesia
He is a close ally of President Joko Widodo and known for promoting religious tolerance.
Mr Dedi Mulyadi, 46, is also credited with helping to turn Purwakarta, a regency of some 800,000 people in West Java, from a sleepy industrial town into a popular tourist destination hailed for its open and inclusive community.
Now, the regent of Purwakarta plans to take his vision - creating a society where Indonesians of various races and religions can live in harmony and thrive - to a bigger stage, by running in the West Java gubernatorial election next year.
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Indonesia: Dedi Mulyadi is taking religious harmony as his rallying call
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