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By Asad Asnawi TRENGGALEK/YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s second-largest Islamic organization faces a growing backlash following a decision to enter the coal mining industry, with more than 1,000 young Islamic activists from a mining district the latest to campaign against the move. “Extractive mining causes massive global climate change, environmental damage, declining water quality, and triggers various forms of social conflicts for communities in mining areas,” the declaration by Muhammadiyah youth activists in the Java district of Trenggalek stated. Two Muhammadiyah student organizatio…