What point am I supposed to be trying to prove This is about facts Are relations largely harmonious or not I have presented a source that says they are not supported as I will demonstrate blow by the source for the harmonious sentence Of course I want the article to make sense as I said above Presently it doesnt make sense since it uses one source to supposedly prove that relations between different ethnic and religious groups are largely harmonious By your own rules this should be a quote saying that according to some writers relations between different I personally find that using quotes all the time makes for confusing reading and some writers is probably weasel words  Additionally a quickread through of your source is has demonstrated that it seems to be about  interethnic and religious strife not harmony It goes into considerable detail on Suhartos discriminatory policies and religious conflicts I havent  actually been able to find a part of the article which support the sentence in question Indeed however I find it a useful source as it demonstrates quite the opposite of what it sources in the article Some quotes since  the nation has witnessed an explosion of ethnic and religious violence the violence has had a corrosive impact on Indonesias own fragile efforts at democratic reform the violence has been directed by antireform elements in the now deeply divided military