Indonesian Hardliners

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  A Secret Beauty Pageant For Indonesia's Transgender Women

  Crowds cheered on Friday night as a group of Indonesian transgender women showed off glittering gowns in a beauty pageant held almost entirely in secret to avoid unwanted attention from hardliners in the Muslim-majority nation.

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  Softening Indonesian Hardliners A Long-Term Game

  Life isn't easy for convicted militants like Machmudi Hariono when they walk out of prison in Indonesia. Barred from most jobs, shunned by society, Hariono's debts piled up until an outreach program working with reformed jihadists got him a kitchen job in a small cafe.

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  Hardline Indonesian Muslims Call for Church Closures in Aceh

  Hardline Muslims in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province today demanded the local government close 10 Christian churches, just days after a mob burnt down a church, leaving one person dead and several injured.

• Miss Philippines Megan Young crowned Miss World 2013

  Miss Philippines was crowned Miss World 2013 today in a glittering finale on the Indonesian resort island of Bali amid tight security following weeks of hardline Muslim protests.

• Indonesia to host Miss World final despite Muslim anger

  The Miss World final takes place on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Saturday after weeks of protests from Muslim hardliners and warnings that extremists could attack the pageant.

• Indonesian hardliners protest against Miss World beauty pageant

  About 150 hardliners protested in the Indonesian capital Jakarta today against the Miss World beauty pageant.