The foundation of the state of Indonesia was belief in the One and Only God. And yet, the country still adopted other aspects of Western theorieson statehood that it felt were suited to its people, including the importance of democracy. Inclusion of religion in state affairs was particularly suited to the Indonesian people, and this was n sacrificed by the writers for the sake of “modernizing” Western-style. No one was imposing secularism “on a people that it was not suited for” and there was complete freedom of religion: no ban on the headscarf or other forms of religious expression was enacted. The constitution remained true to the people and their aims and goals for the future.15

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