INDONESIA-RELIGION-ISLAM-CHRISTIAN-BUDDHISM

A Muslim Acehnese man rides a bicycle in front of the closed protestant church at Banda Aceh, capital of Aceh province on October 23, 2012. Authorities in Indonesia’s only province that uses Islamic sharia laws said on October 23, they had closed some Christian places of worship and Buddhist temples following pressure from hardliners. The closures in Aceh, on the northern tip of Sumatra island, came after complaints from the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), and are the latest sign of growing religious intolerance in Muslim-majority Indonesia. AFP PHOTO / CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN