CHRISTIANS AND MOSLEMS; JAKARTA ELECTION

Ahok - a Christian Chinese-Indonesian.
Indonesia is the largest Moslem country in the world.
Jakarta is about to elect its next Governor.
The current governor of Jakarta is Basuki Purnama, known as Ahok, who is a Christian.
Ahok is very popular.

Wiranto - East Timor.
Ahok has been verbally attacked by the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), which is closely linked to the Pentagon's golden boy General Wiranto.

Standing against Ahok in the coming election is Agus Yudhoyono, a one-time army major and the son of General Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the former president.

Agus Yudhoyono
General Yudhoyono is another of the Pentagon's golden boys.
Agus Yudhoyono is backed by three Islamic-based parties.

Also standing against Ahok is Anies Baswedan, until recently education minister in President Jokowi's government.
Baswedan holds a PhD in Political Science from Northern Illinois University, and a Master of Public Policy degree in International Security and Economic Policy from University of Maryland School of Public Policy.

Anies (left)

Anies Baswedan

Anies (left)
US magazine Foreign Policy named Anies Baswedan as one of the top 100 public intellectuals in the world in May 2008 [1] and the World Economic Forum included him in the 2009 Young Global Leaders.

Prabowo attended the Advanced Infantry Officers Course at Fort Benning, Ga., in 1985 and the Army Special Forces Training Course at Fort Bragg, N.C., in 1980. Washingtonpost
General Prabowo is another of the Pentagon's golden boys.
Prabowo graduated from The American School in London.[9]
General Prabowo's late mother, Dora, was a Christian.
Prabowo is a deadly rival of General Wiranto.
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Rizky
In 2013, General Wiranto's youngest son, Rizky Nur Zainal, died in mysterious circumstances in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Labels: Agus Yudhoyono, Ahok, Anies Baswedan, Christian, election, governor, Indonesia, Jakarta, Prabowo, Wiranto
