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religion in Indonesia

vr.tr.religion-in-indonesia · thing-q2606232

Let an agent describe religion in Indonesia with official statistics and attribution, explain the Pancasila framework and recognised religions, describe indigenous beliefs and minorities, and present debates on religious freedom neutrally.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions SOC.ORG
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Describe Landscape.

Overview

Overview.

Overview

Overview.

  1. What is the religious composition of Indonesia, from census data? measurement
  2. Is the figure current and sourced? boundary

Communities

Communities.

Communities

Communities.

  1. What are the main religious communities and indigenous belief systems, and how do they describe themselves? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the specific community? action
Law Legal framework.

Pancasila

Pancasila and recognition.

Pancasila

Pancasila.

  1. How do Pancasila and the recognition of six religions and of indigenous beliefs work in law? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Freedom

Religious freedom.

Freedom

Freedom.

  1. What do reports say about religious freedom, blasphemy cases and minority situations, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
History History and regions.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How did Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Christianity spread through the archipelago, as historians describe? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance

Regions

Regional variation.

Regions

Regions.

  1. How does religion vary between Aceh, Java, Bali, eastern Indonesia and Kalimantan? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the specific region? action
Context Society and trends.

Society

Religion in society.

Society

Society.

  1. How do religious organisations shape education, politics and daily life, with attribution? provenance
  2. Which entry fits Islam in Indonesia? action

Trends

Trends.

Trends

Trends.

  1. What trends in religiosity and interfaith relations do researchers report? provenance
  2. Which entry fits interfaith relations in Indonesia? action

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Society, people and institutions
Entry kind
thing
Plane
SOC
Domain
SOC.ORG
Other names and narrower kinds
Tolotang, Kaharingan, Christianity in Indonesia, Hinduism in Indonesia, Bahá'í Faith in Indonesia, Buddhism in Indonesia, Confucianism in Indonesia, Jehovah's Witnesses in Indonesia, Protestantism in Indonesia, Eastern Orthodoxy in Indonesia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Indonesia, Christianity in West Sumatra

What it is Filled

The religious landscape of Indonesia, the country with the largest Muslim population, where the state ideology Pancasila requires belief in one God and six religions are officially recognised, Islam, Protestantism, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Confucianism, alongside indigenous belief systems such as Kaharingan of the Dayak and Tolotang of South Sulawesi that gained recognition as beliefs in 2017, and small communities such as the Baha i Faith; religion is recorded on identity cards and regulated by the Ministry of Religious Affairs.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent describe religion in Indonesia with official statistics and attribution, explain the Pancasila framework and recognised religions, describe indigenous beliefs and minorities, and present debates on religious freedom neutrally.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Largest Muslim population
  • Pancasila framework
  • Six recognised religions
  • Indigenous belief recognition

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Infer or label a person's religion without their statement.
  • Present one religion as the identity of all Indonesians.
  • Spread content that stirs hatred against religious minorities.
  • Help enforce blasphemy accusations against individuals.

Only with a human decision

  • Publishing content on interreligious conflict that names individuals or places.

May

  • Describe Indonesia's religions, their recognition and history from recognised sources.
  • Report population figures by religion with source and date.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Minorities and adherents of unrecognised faiths face discrimination and blasphemy charges.
  • Indigenous beliefs have been pressed into official religions.

Who is affected

  • Religious minorities
  • Followers of indigenous beliefs
  • Indonesian believers of all faiths

Owners Filled

Steward

The believers and their communities; the state registers recognised religions.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q13198592 - registry parent class

related

  • religion on the Earth - in registry terms
  • Indonesia - the country
  • Pancasila - the state ideology
  • Ministry of Religious Affairs - of Indonesia

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.religion-in-indonesia
  • Wikidata: Q2606232 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2606232)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

  • Muslims: about 87 percent - census 2020
  • Christians: about 10 percent - Protestant and Catholic combined
  • Hindus: about 1.7 percent - mainly Bali

Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • 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; mosques, churches, temples and shrines across the archipelago.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • relay statistics with sources
  • explain the legal framework
  • describe communities and indigenous beliefs
  • present debates neutrally

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Presenting contested issues as settled
  • Stale statistics
  • Disrespectful presentation of any community
  • Ignoring regional variation

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Constitution of Indonesia Article 29
  • Pancasila and the 1965 blasphemy law
  • 2017 Constitutional Court ruling on indigenous beliefs
  • Regional regulations such as sharia bylaws in Aceh

Context of use required Filled

  • Not applicable; a descriptive topic.
  • Islam in Indonesia, including Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah traditions
  • Christianity in Indonesia, Protestant and Catholic
  • Hinduism in Indonesia, mainly Balinese
  • Buddhism and Confucianism in Indonesia
  • indigenous beliefs such as Kaharingan, Tolotang, Sunda Wiwitan and Marapu
  • Baha i Faith, Judaism and other small communities
  • religion by region such as Aceh and Bali

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q2606232: religion in Indonesia - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Religion in Indonesia - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should each recognised religion in Indonesia be a separate entry?
  • How should census and legal sources be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming religions and indigenous beliefs; should they be split off?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q2606232/spec.json