- Many adults in Indonesia think some elements of sharia or Islamic law should be abandoned, according to a poll by the Indonesian Survey Circle. 77.3 per cent of respondents are opposed to cutting the hand of a thief, and 77 per cent reject making women wear traditional head scarves.

In addition, 71.2 per cent of respondents are against the death penalty for Muslims converting from Islam, and 63.3 per cent are opposed to stoning as a punishment for adultery.

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono—a security minister who ran as the candidate of the Democrat Party (PD)—won the September 2004 presidential election with 60.62 per cent of the vote in a run-off over incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri of the Struggling Indonesian Democratic Party (PDIP). The vote marked the first time Indonesian voters picked their head of state through the ballot box.

Close to 85 per cent of Indonesia's 220 million inhabitants are Muslims. Aceh is currently the only Indonesian province that has been allowed to partially adopt sharia in its judicial system.

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