  indonesia is not islamic state, but islam is the dominant religion in indonesia, which also has a larger muslim population than any other country in the world, with approximately 202.9 million identified as muslim (88.2% of indonesia's total population of 237 million).  the majority adheres to the sunni muslim tradition mainly of the shafi'i school of jurisprudence (99%).http://www.pewforum.org/2011/01/27/future-of-the-global-muslim-population-sunni-and-shia/religious clash in indonesia kills up to six, straits times, 6 feb 2011 there are around one million shias (0.5%), who are concentrated around jakarta, and about 400,000 ahmadi muslims (0.2%). in general, the muslim community can be categorized in terms of three orientations: "modernists," who closely adhere to orthodox theology while embracing modern learning; and "traditionalists," who tend to follow the interpretations of local religious leaders (predominantly in java) and religious teachers at islamic boarding schools (pesantren), and "islam ktp" ("only for id card"), who only include islam in their citizenship id card because the government requires to include religion in citizenship id card but only recognizes six formal religion. ==history== ===spread of islam (1200â1600)===    there is evidence of arab muslim traders entering indonesia as early as the 8th century. indonesia's historical inhabitants were animists, hindus and buddhists.{{cite news| title = islam in indonesia |last= duff |first= ma
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