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By Yenni KwokApril 20, 2017 3:41 AM EDTOn Wednesday evening, hours after early counting revealed his electoral victory, the new governor of Jakarta, Anies Baswedan, celebrated his victory at Istiqlal, the Indonesian capitalrsquo biggest mosque.He was welcomed b stanley cup y Rizieq Shihab, the leader of the hard-line group Islamic Defendersrsquo; Front known by its Indonesian initials FPI . Also present were Bachtiar Nasir stanley cup mdash; a Muslim cleric who, along with Rizieq, organized a series of massive Muslim protests against Aniesrsquo; opponent, the incumbent governor mdash; and Prabowo Subianto, chairman of Gerindra Party, w stanley cup hich endorsed Aniesrsquo; candidacy.Jakarta high-profile gubernatorial election is the most viciously fought in Indonesia, and seen as a stepping stone to national politics. Indonesia current leader, President Joko Jokowi Widodo, is himself a former governor of Jakarta. Anies won 58% of the vote according to early tallies official results will be announced next week and his victory is widely seen as a triumph for religious conservatism in Indonesia mdash; momentously so. For although the country is the most populous Muslim nation in the world, political Islam has hardly made inroads until now.A former Education Minister, Anies had been thought of as a religious moderate, but during campaigning he made unexpected overtures to hard-line Islamist groups that were using racist and Islamist rhetoric to stir up opposition to Anies Rgsv Where Hurricane Maria Fits in the History of Puerto Rico
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