James Nachtwey: Facing Down the Fanatics
©2009 James Nachtwey/National Geographic
| Photos from “Indonesia: Facing Down the Fanatics,” a story in National Geographic’s October 2009 issue.
Above: The National Mosque in Jakarta can hold 120,000 souls for Friday prayers. Arab traders brought Islam to the region a thousand years ago. Now 86 percent of Indonesia’s 240 million citizens are Muslim, mostly Sunni. |
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