Indonesia: Protecting Values or Limiting Freedom?

[Anonymous]

As an Indonesian citizen, I’m proud to be born and live in this country. Even though some areas are still developing, my faith is Christian while the majority here are Muslim.

I truly admire that many Muslims in Indonesia are tolerant and respectful toward minority religions like mine.

I also appreciate how people strongly hold onto their faith and moral values, which I feel align with my core beliefs and guide behavior responsibly.

I believe this foundation helps many avoid being ego-driven and keeps respect for God at the center of life something I feel is less emphasized in some secular countries.

Of course, morality is complex and shaped by many factors, but the respect for spiritual and cultural values here still plays a major role.



** What’s your opinion about Indonesia’s stance against premarital sex and LGBTQ, considering there are legal consequences for these?

Do you think these laws truly protect cultural and moral values, or do they conflict with individual freedom and modern society?

And what do you know about Indonesia, its culture, and its people?


# I’d love to hear your honest thoughts, impressions, experiences, or anything you find interesting about this country.

[Agape93]

1. I think it's tyrannical. Nobody has the right to tell me what to do in my private life, with my own body. This is why I despise Islam.

2. I don't know the people but the religious culture is shit. I've gotten more threats from Muslims in the last few years than I even got from baptists, and I intentionally antagonize the baptists. So if the Muslims there are as "tolerant" as they are in every other nation they control from Chechnya to Afghanistan, then I don't expect much from Indonesians.

[slatyb]

I think Indonesia's stance against premarital sex and LGBTQ is sadism under the guise of religious morality.

Do these laws protect anything? No, they are merely an excuse for the persecution of others.

I will not visit countries where there is official persecution of religious or sexual minorities.

[Berethor]

Under Sharia Law Indonesia is Beating People, I think that it's not a good country to live at.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/6wryJYB7YQI

[msc545]

That's very bad. I think there's stance against homosexuality and LGBT care is bound to fail because those things are natural variants of humans and they're not going to go away no matter what you do or how you penalize people.

[beefcakebradybatson]

Indonesia is backwards and moralistic, and I'd never live there, plus I'm sure they don't care for us blacks.