To avoid the threat of closure, six Catholic schools in Indonesia have agreed to teach Islam to their Muslim students.
A local ordinance in Blitar city, East Java, requires all Muslim students, wherever they might be educated, to be able to read and write verses from the Koran.
A representative of the Islamic Anti-Discrimination Network asked: “Will Islamic schools, which are more exclusive than Catholic schools when it comes to accepting students of different faiths, also be required to provide Buddhist, Christian or Hindu lessons for their non-Muslim students?”