Islam in Indonesia Contributed by Prof. Dr. Nazeer Ahmed, PhD Modern Indonesia has the largest Muslim population in the world. Together with Malaysia and the Philippine islands, this area is home to over 250 million Muslims.
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. 1,627 1 12 21 4 I think you've pretty much got the answer yourself: Bali was kind of a Hindu remnant that survived the Muslim states' eastern expansion. The religious exodus of Hindu intellectuals to Bali probably also helped fortify it against Islam's influence, unlike Lombok. - Semaphore ♦ Sep 15, 2014 at 5:15Indonesian people can accept the existence of Islam well. There are six channels of Islamization in Indonesia, namely: trade, marriage, Sufism, education, arts and culture, and politics. Third
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.