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Yes I live in Indonesia, I guess the daily impact of religions in my country is so vary, pretty much based on the location. There's more than 17,500 islands in Indonesia, and nearly all of them have different ethnic groups, cultures, local ancient believes aside from mainstream religions, even languages and dialects. I live in Jakarta - the capital, where the impact of religions in daily lives does not really stand out, except maybe at noon on Friday where at some points the streets will look empty cause a lot of people go to mosques for praying. But if you go to Bali for example, that has more than 90% Hindu population, or Aceh - a special province that practice sharia law, then you'll see some huge impacts.

I consider myself lucky to be able to know how it feels to be part of both the minority and the majority in this country. I'm an Arab, even though my ancestors came to this place since the 14th century I'm still a part of the minority, but being a muslim made me a part of the majority.