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the state registers recognised religions.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q13198592","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"religion on the Earth","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"Indonesia","type":"related","note":"the country"},{"target":"Pancasila","type":"related","note":"the state ideology"},{"target":"Ministry of Religious Affairs","type":"related","note":"of Indonesia"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.religion-in-indonesia","Wikidata: Q2606232 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2606232)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["Muslims: about 87 percent - census 2020","Christians: about 10 percent - Protestant and Catholic combined","Hindus: about 1.7 percent - mainly Bali"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":["Religious landscape of Indonesia","Six recognised religions, indigenous beliefs, minorities","Religion in Malaysia and other Southeast Asian countries are separate topics","Not a visible object; 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