Government's Policy

The closing of Jakarta's entertainment centers like nightclubs, massage parlors during Ramadan is a concrete example of the flawed Indonesian government policy.

The government seems to forget that although the Moslem is the majority, it's not the only religion. There are people who aren't Moslem and won't be fasting during the month. Those people have every right and the government have the obligation to let them have their entertainment.

But let's not go there. The people's relationships with their religions is not any of the government's business. The government never explains their reason of closing the nightclubs. However, if they want to force the people to be focus on their fasting and religion, they are wrong. If the Moslems want to go to nightclubs during Ramadan, it's their choice and their choice alone. It's their responsibility to their own selves. It's also their right to choose how they are going to pray and how they are going to behave on ramadan. It's their choice to fully focus on their spiritual obligation.

By closing the entertainment centers, the government enforces THEIR way of praying, therefore doesn't respect THE PEOPLE'S rights to choose their own spiritual ways.

-me

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