Various religions in a single unity Indonesia ;SBY Said to CNN

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Various religions in a single unity in Indonesia ;SBY Indonesia's President Said to CNN
(CNN) -- Indonesia's transition from an autocracy to a vibrant democracy can be an example to those countries in the Middle East experiencing political upheaval, says the country's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
"Indonesia can be a model where Islam and democracy exist hand in hand, with no contradiction between the two," he told CNN.
"We are still facing some challenges to becoming a role model... there have been some difficulties, some ups and downs, setbacks, but we insist that democracy, Islam and modernity can exist together."
President Yudhoyono became Indonesia's first democratically-elected president in 2004 and has steered the country's fledgling democracy towards greater political transparency and economic growth.
During our reform process, I was actively involved in implementing internal reforms in the military. Afterwards, the military relinquished its political role. The military started respecting democracy and human rights," he said. "So what's happened in Egypt, the political power has to be first reformed, including the military, and together with the rest of society they can push forward reforms. Perhaps those are the lessons that can be learned by our friends in the Middle East and North Africa." Read More

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