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JAKARTA (AFP) - Thousands of members of 33 Indonesian Islamic groups on Sunday staged a peaceful rally in the central Java town of Solo to demand the imposition of the Shariah Islamic law. The chairman of the Indonesian Mujaheedin Council, Asep Maushul, spoke at the rally and pledged that the council would fight for Shariah law for Muslims in Indonesia. The Detikcom online news service said a convoy of trucks, buses and motorcycles traveled through the city after afternoon prayers. There were no reports of violence. Indonesia has one of the world's largest Muslim populations, with over 80% of its 210 million people following Islam. The Indonesian constitution guarantees religious equality and views the imposition of one religion over all others as subversion. In August, a Muslim lobby within the country's highest legislature, the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), failed to force discussions for amending the constitution to allow the imposition of Shariah on Muslims in Indonesia. |
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