Sensitive or stupid? U.S. Embassy moves July 4th celebration ‘out of respect for Ramadan’

Indonesia has the largest Muslim population of any country in the world, with approximately 202.9 million people identifying themselves as Muslim, or 87.2% of the total population in 2011. Their month-long celebration of Ramadan, however, is mainstream– vaguely similar to Christians’ Lent. So is the ubiquitousness of Islam in Indonesia really reason for Americans living in […]