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By Asad AsnawiChrist BelseranIrfan Maulana A widely criticized move by Indonesian President Joko Widodo to reform mining rules to bestow coal mining licenses on an allied religious organization is carving a rift between its executive leadership and Islamic activists in the community, sources told Mongabay Indonesia. On May 30, the president, commonly known as Jokowi, signed a revision to existing mining rules to allow the country’s religious organizations to operate mining concessions. The unorthodox reform was spearheaded by the country’s investment minister, Jokowi loyalist Bahlil Lahadalia,…

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