The Seven Wonders of the Muslim World
Indonesia
Children wait as Muslims pray at the start of the Eid-al-Adha celebrations in Jakarta, Indonesia. Eid-al-Adha is the Muslim Feast of Sacrifice which marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.
Islam in Indonesia is built on a long history of other religious influences. The indigenous animist religion was overlaid by Hinduism and Buddhism from the Indian subcontinent. Sunni Islam came later, also from India, but it was also influenced by Sufism, which, unlike the more austere forms of Islam, is open, tolerant and has music, poetry and dance at its heart.
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