Aceh calls for referendum

Jakarta - Muslim religious leaders in the restive Indonesian province of Aceh have agreed to push for a referendum on self-determination…

Jakarta - Muslim religious leaders in the restive Indonesian province of Aceh have agreed to push for a referendum on self-determination, similar to the one held in East Timor. The decision was taken during a meeting of some 500 Muslim scholars and leaders in the staunchly Islamic province's capital of Banda Aceh that ended on Tuesday, the Kompas daily said.

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